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Alaska Permanent Fund Corp. leaders see it as a way to better meet the responsibilities lawmakers have laid out for them while also encouraging economic growth in the state.
To many skeptics, it’s the first step towards degrading a $65 billion investment that has become revered worldwide as a sterling model of how governments can turn fleeting riches into continual wealth.
In September, the corporation announced it had selected North Carolina-based Barings LLC and McKinley Capital Management of Anchorage to invest up to $200 million in Alaska-based ventures and projects.