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Entries for February 2013
We suggest in this paper that the risk-adjusted rate of return on German savings could be improved by creating a sovereign wealth fund for Germany (designated DESWF), which couldinvest excess German savings globally. Creation of ...
Sovereign wealth funds are ramping up their hedge fund allocations, but successfully navigating the manager selection process requires more than good investment performance.
Sovereign wealth funds wield a staggering amount of financial influence. Indeed, according to atleast one report, the total aggregate amount of assets under management by state-owned investment funds is approximately $4.8 trillio...
Sovereign wealth funds emerged as early as the 1950s, and expanded in number in the 1970s especially in oil-producing emirates, such as Abu Dhabi, as a way to accumulate current account and budget surpluses during the oil boom. No...
General levels of interest in the activities and motivations of ‘‘sovereign wealth funds’’ (‘‘SWFs’’)have waxed and waned over the last several years, with interest being more acute ...