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Sovereign Wealth Funds surge to $5 trillion

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
Sovereign Wealth Funds across the globe have added $750 billion to their total assets under management over the last year to reach $5.38 trillion, according to new research from Preqin. The growth, which was attributed to the launch of a number of new ...

NZ Super CEO appointed deputy chair of IFSWF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... of New Zealand Superannuation, Adrian Orr, has been elected deputy chair of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF). As deputy, Orr will play second fiddle to chair Bader M. Al Sa'ad of the Kuwait Investment Authority. Orr, who will ...

Sovereign wealth funds up alternatives exposure in 2012

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2013
Global sovereign wealth funds have significantly increased their allocations to alternative assets such as real estate, private equity and hedge funds, according to a recent Invesco survey. The fund manager's annual Global Sovereign Asset Management ...

Sovereign wealth funds climb to US$5.5tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
Sovereign wealth funds have reached an aggregate US$5.5 trillion at June 2013, up 9.1% over the past 12 months, according to the SWF Institute. The SWF Institute also reported that SWF assets are up 44% since the global financial crisis (GFC) and that ...

Macquarie Group tops global alternative investment table

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... Top 100 alternative managers' assets. Wealth managers followed with 19%, then insurance companies (9%), sovereign wealth funds (6%), banks (5%), funds of funds (3%) and endowments & foundations (2%). Dougherty added: "The on-going economic uncertainty ...

Asset diversification gathers momentum

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... global data from Towers Watson. The data shows that in 2012 its clients - which include pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies - allocated 70% more assets to hedge fund and private market strategies than in 2010, reaching $12 billion ...

EM fund manager Esemplia explains turnaround plans

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2013
... changes they had made, several others, which include both Australian superannuation funds and overseas sovereign wealth funds, have now elected to maintain their relationships with the group, he said. While in Australia, representatives from the London-based ...

Pension funds reckless on climate risk: Hewson

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... climate change. "The first survey of the world's 1,000 largest retirement funds, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds' management of climate risk paints a disturbing overall picture of greenwash (sic) and reckless mismanagement but with some ...

Cash in on overseas asset offload

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2012
... why." Natural buyers for the debt are few, and "the banks dominated that space for so long, super funds and sovereign wealth funds never had a chance to explore it as an option." Rather than simply buying off the balance sheet, opportunities also exist ...

SWFs to reach $30tr in 20 years

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
Sovereign wealth funds (SWF) have grown to US$5 trillion but still account for just 6% of world funds under management, according to new research from Rainmaker. The SWF sector has grown 10% pa over the past four years and is on its way to reaching ...