州長表示，沙烏地阿拉伯 PIF 計劃將海外投資削減三分之一

公共投資基金行長Yasir Al-Rumayyan表示，主權財富基金更關注國內經濟，旨在將該基金的國際投資比例從30%降至18%至20%。

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund plans to reduce its overseas investments by about a third, its governor said on Tuesday, as the kingdom taps into its resources to fund plans to wean the economy off oil.

沙烏地阿拉伯主權財富基金計劃將海外投資減少約三分之一，該國州長週二表示，該國正在利用其資源為經濟擺脫對石油依賴的計畫提供資金。

Speaking on a panel of business, technology and finance leaders at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) summit in Riyadh, Public Investment Fund (PIF) governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan said the sovereign wealth fund was now more focused on the domestic economy.

在利雅德舉行的未來投資倡議(FII) 峰會上，公共投資基金(PIF) 行長亞西爾·魯邁揚(Yasir Al-Rumayyan) 在商業、技術和金融領導人小組上發表講話時表示，主權財富基金現在更加關注國內經濟。

“We started PIF with 30 per cent (of its total investments) international and 70 per cent domestic. Now we are shifting. We want to bring (international investments) down to 18-20 per cent and bring up the domestic (investments),” he said.

「我們在創辦 PIF 時，（佔其總投資的）30% 是國際投資，70% 是國內投資。現在我們正在轉變。我們希望將（國際投資）降低至 18-20%，並提高國內（投資）。

Global business, technology and financial leaders have converged on the Saudi capital for the annual summit, an opportunity for attendees to forge relations with some of Saudi Arabia’s biggest companies and its $925bn sovereign wealth fund.

全球商業、技術和金融領袖齊聚沙烏地阿拉伯首都參加年度高峰會，與會者有機會與沙烏地阿拉伯一些最大的公司及其 9,250 億美元的主權財富基金建立關係。

This year, the event may also test investor appetite for Saudi Arabia’s economic transformation at a time when there are fears of widening conflict in the Middle East.

今年，在人們擔心中東衝突擴大之際，這起事件也可能考驗投資人對沙烏地阿拉伯經濟轉型的興趣。

The sovereign wealth fund is the primary vehicle for Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s plans to steer the Saudi economy away from oil, with investments of hundreds of billions of dollars to develop new sectors and create more sustainable revenue streams.

該主權財富基金是總理兼王儲穆罕默德·本·薩勒曼計劃引導沙烏地阿拉伯經濟遠離石油的主要工具，投資數千億美元開發新產業並創造更永續的收入來源。

However, the fund has been scaling back some of its flagship “giga-projects” due to rising costs.

然而，由於成本上升，該基金一直在縮減其一些旗艦「巨型計畫」。

Al-Rumayyan said there had been a shift in the way the fund deploys its investments towards establishing joint ventures with both international and local companies.

Al-Rumayyan 表示，該基金的投資方式發生了轉變，轉向與國際和本地公司建立合資企業。

“Now we see a shift from people who want us to invest or take our money to invest from there to co-investments,” he told the conference.

他在會議上表示：“現在我們看到人們從希望我們投資或拿我們的錢進行投資的人轉向共同投資。”

Other high-profile speakers on the Tuesday morning panel included Stephane Bancel, CEO of Moderna, BlackRock CEO Laurence Fink, Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman and Alphabet’s President and CIO Ruth Porat.

週二上午小組討論中的其他知名演講者包括 Moderna 執行長 Stephane Bancel、BlackRock 執行長 Laurence Fink、Blackstone 執行長 Stephen Schwarzman 以及 Alphabet 總裁兼首席資訊長 Ruth Porat。

Most executives on the morning panel spoke about the potential life-changing impact of artificial intelligence. At the same time, Citadel CEO Ken Griffin said that markets expected Donald Trump to win the US election on November 5 but that the outcome remained “almost a coin toss”.

上午小組中的大多數高階主管都談到了人工智慧可能改變生活的影響。與此同時，Citadel 執行長 Ken Griffin 表示，市場預計唐納德·川普將贏得 11 月 5 日的美國大選，但結果仍然「幾乎是拋硬幣」。

Blackstone Group CEO Steve Schwarzman, who has endorsed Trump, initially said he would not comment on the election before saying that Trump had a better understanding today of how the presidency works than in 2016.

支持川普的黑石集團執行長史蒂夫·施瓦茨曼(Steve Schwarzman)最初表示，他不會對此次選舉發表評論，後來又表示，川普今天比2016 年對總統職位的運作方式有了更好的了解。

While the first panel made no mention of wars in the region, it was followed by a speech by economist Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University that was critical of the US and Israel.

雖然第一個小組沒有提及該地區的戰爭，但隨後哥倫比亞大學經濟學家傑弗裡·薩克斯發表了批評美國和以色列的演講。

“We don’t need artificial intelligence in war; we need human intelligence to stop the wars,” he said to applause. “We don’t need more smart weapons; we need negotiations.”

「我們在戰爭中不需要人工智慧；我們在戰爭中需要人工智慧。”我們需要人類智慧來阻止戰爭。 “我們不需要更聰明的武器；我們需要的是更聰明的武器。”我們需要談判。

Sachs said Israel and the US were blocking the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.

薩克斯表示，以色列和美國正在阻止建立獨立的巴勒斯坦國。

“Until there is (a Palestinian state), there is going to be no peace in the region,” he said, speaking of wars in Gaza and Lebanon and concerns there may be a wider regional conflict.

「在建立巴勒斯坦國之前，該地區不會有和平，」他在談到加薩和黎巴嫩的戰爭以及可能出現更廣泛的地區衝突時表示。

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