>>5249731 lb
>Corinthia Hotel started with Gaddafi cash?
>>5250022 lb
>"Having stood unoccupied since 2004, in 2007 the Metropole Building and the adjoining 10 Whitehall Place were acquired for a sum of £130M by a consortium owned equally by Malta's IHI plc and two of its principal shareholders, the Libyan Foreign Investment Company and Nakheel Hotels of Dubai"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinthia_Hotel_London
Libyan Foreign Investment Company or Libyan Investment Authority assets:
As of Q1 of 2010, the LIA held approximately US$56 billion in assets around the world, broken down as follows:[32]
$22 billion: Cash and deposits, mostly GOLD reserves in the Central Bank of Libya, with a small amount held by other banks including HSBC and Goldman Sachs.
$16.8 billion: Subsidiary companies owned by the fund, including Oil Invest.
$6 billion: Equities in companies including GE, AT&T, Citigroup, and Juventus
$3.8 billion: Alternatives, including investments with J.P. Morgan, Lehman Brothers and The Carlyle Group.
$3.2 billion: Bonds, including U.S. Treasuries.
$4.2 billion: Other assets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_Investment_Authority