OREANDA-NEWS. July 27, 2012. State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) has made a decision on purchase of another 30 tons of gold.
At the press conference in Baku SOFAZ’s Executive Director Shahmar Movsumov reported that share of gold in the Fund’s investment portfolio will be brought up to 5%.

" We are planning to purchase 7.5 tons of gold by the end of the year. On the whole, 15 tons weekly or 30 tons annually will be bought ",- Sh. Movsumov said.

In his words, this process in the Fund is realized on fully transparent principle. The Fund purchases physical gold.

At that the Fund assets will be brought up to USD 34-35 bn by late 2012.