The Malaysian government under Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad has been reprioritizing its large-scale infrastructure developments. The highly anticipated railway from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore has been delayed by another five years. The governments of Malaysia and Singapore signed a formal agreement on September 5, 2018. The previous ruling party in Malaysia had set the railway in motion, but the current administration is seeking time for further review. A joint statement suggested that the railway was still a certainty.

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Jose Filomeno de Sousa dos Santos, the son of Angola’s former president and former chairman of the country’s sovereign wealth fund, has been placed under arrest, according to the state prosecutor’s office. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]

On September 20, 2018, Keppel Land China, a subsidiary of Singapore-based Keppel Corporation, purchased a 40% stake in Nanjing Jinsheng Real Estate Development Co, a subsidiary of Gemdale Corporation. Keppel Land China did the deal through an entity called Eternal. [ Content protected for Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute Standard subscribers only. Please subscribe to view content. ]