Sovereign Wealth Fund Investments


	Sovereign Wealth Fund Investments

	Sovereign wealth fund (SWF) are investment funds owned by states to have returns from their reserves build thanks to foreign exchanges or pension investments. Usually, Sovereign wealth funds are characterized by long term return and the aim is to diversify incomes of the country to face changing economic scenario. The first Sovereign wealth funds was the Kuwait Investment Authority, born in 1953 to manage oil revenues of Kuwait. The term sovereign wealth fund comes from an article by Andrew Rozanov entitled "Who holds the wealth of nations?", published on Central Banking Journal in 2005 . Loading...

The largest Sovereign Wealth Funds and Pension Funds are:

Japan Government Pension Investment Fund (935$Billion);
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (627$Billion);
Saudi Arabia Monetary Agency (431$Billion);
Norway Government Pension Fund (395$Billion);
China State Administration of Foreign Exchange (347$Billion);
Netherlands Stichting Pensioenfonds (313$Billion);
Canada Quebec Pension Fund (258$Billion);
Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (247$Billion);
Russia National Welfare Fund (220$Billion);
United States California Public Employees' Retirement System (218$Billion);
Kuwait Investment Authority (203$Billion);
Hong Kong Monetary Authority Investment Portfolio (193.4$Billion);
Netherlands Stichting Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (123$Billion);
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (123$Billion);
Canada Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (109$Billion);
Singapore Temasek Holdings (85$Billion);
Investment Corporation of Dubai (82$Billion);
Libyan Investment Authority (65$Billion);
Qatar Investment Authority (62$Billion);

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