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Alaska SWF tips $1bn into investments

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
Sovereign wealth fund (SWF) Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC) has poured over $1 billion into various global fund managers following an investment meeting in December. The SWF gave $250 million to Oaktree Capital Management and Audax Management ...

Abu Dhabi SWF opens it doors

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... outlines its investment strategy and details its relationship with the government. In addition, the sovereign wealth fund (SWF) has also relaunched its website to provide extra information and better functionality. The SWF's role as co-chair of the International ...

Future Fund behind Azerbaijan on transparency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... billion Future Fund is slightly less transparent than SWFs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), New Zealand and Azerbaijan. The SWF Institute has developed the Linaburg-Maduell Transparency Index, which is based on 10 principles that show how transparent ...

SWFs no longer at arm's length

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... PRI as part of their philosophy to advocate better corporate governance. The industry has come a long way since the first SWF, the Kuwait Investment Agency, was set up in 1953. The sector is predicted to reach US$15 trillion by 2020.

SWF Institute opens trading platform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2009
The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute has launched a confidential trading platform that allows some of the biggest institutional investors to trade assets. Wholly owned by the institute, the Imbourse platform provides capital introduction between buyers ...

China's SWF on hiring spree

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
The world's ninth largest sovereign wealth fund, the $240 billion China Investment Corporation, is embarking on a recruitment spree to boost its investment teams. A statement released yesterday on the CIC website noted that they were seeking "qualified ...

Norway SWF adopts ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
One of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global is putting more emphasis on responsible investing with tighter regulations on environmental, social and good corporate governance. The fund previously had two ...

Sovereign funds lose out after bank bail-out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
... the bank will influence Citi's strategy in the future and a conversion of preferred shares to common shares will dilute the SWF's share," she said. She added, "SWFs may have already mentally written off their investment. SWF investors will likely hold ...

Sovereign wealth funds to buy more equities

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2009
... stated without exception that their preferred option for investing was through minority participation via capital injection. No SWF said they had a desire or intention to control of manage investee companies - a clear indication of their passive investment ...

SWFs back alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... SWFs are investing their money but also the sector's makeup. While the sector is expected to grow to $9.3 trillion by 2012, SWF assets currently account for less than 2 per cent of global financial assets and less than 5 per cent of the assets of all ...