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Welcome to a new era of petrodollar power

What are the hundreds of billions of oil riches being spent on?

DOHA, QATAR - NOVEMBER 16: Doha Bay with the skyline of the city in the background taken from the Museum of Islamic art ahead of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 at on November 16, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
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A pack of hungry headhunters has descended on Europe’s financial quarters. Over coffee in the mid-morning lull, they tempt staffers at blue-chip investment funds with tax-free jobs, golden visas and gorgeous vistas at the firms’ clients: sovereign-wealth funds in the Gulf.

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