Super funds and weapons of mass destructionBY ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2017 9:26AM Warren Buffett may have called derivatives "financial weapons of mass destruction" but an increasing number of super funds are using them as a cost-saving measure.
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