"China's economy is growing at three times the rate of the West, and if that growth continues, China will become the largest economy in the world within the next couple of decades, " Mr Schwarzman said in a statement ahead of the funds launch on Sunday.

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Lipper gets its numbers from the "Statement of Additional Information" that funds file with the SEC.

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All the government bonds in those trust funds are just a statement of the legal authority that Social Security has to draw from general revenues to pay Social Security benefits.

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