The new acquisitions follow investments in two other companies hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic: Live Nation and Carnival Cruises
Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund, has acquired stakes in The Walt Disney Co., Facebook, Starbucks, and other large U.S. public companies in the past few months. The fund disclosed the stakes in a regulatory filing Friday afternoon.
The new acquisitions, which were bought on the public market, follow investments in two other companies hit hard by the novel coronavirus pandemic: Live Nation and Carnival Cruises. The stakes in Disney and Facebook are small but underscore the fund's desire to expand its U.S. presence, particularly in the wake of the pandemic.
The fund has been aggressively remaking its U.S. public holdings since the beginning of this year. Three months ago, the PIF reported stakes only in Tesla and Uber. Its latest filing shows that it has sold its stake in Tesla, while adding stakes in 23 new companies including IBM, Boeing, ADP Bank of America and Marriott, totaling nearly $8 billion. With its more than $2 billion stake in Uber factored in, the fund now has more than $10 billion in the U.S.equity market.
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