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SWFs jump 16% to $4.62tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
Global sovereign wealth fund assets jumped 16% in the past 12 months to $4.62 trillion, with private equity assets in North America attracting special interest, reveals new research. According to the alternative investments research group Preqin, 57% ...

Alaska SWF beats target return by 2pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... The fund's US stock portfolio returned close to 16 per cent while the non-US portfolio returned close to 12 per cent. The global shares portfolio posted similar returns of over 11 per cent. While the real estate portfolio returns aren't available until ...

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 ...

Future Fund behind Azerbaijan on transparency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... strategy and portfolio updates. The institute has modeled the index' principles on the Norway's Government Pension Fund-Global, which it said is one of the best examples of transparency in the world. The Future Fund scored nine out of a possible 10 along ...

SWFs no longer at arm's length

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... from being passive investors to active shareholders, predicts Andrew Rozanov, head of Sovereign Advisory at State Street Global Markets. This year Rozanov co-authored a comprehensive State Street report looking at the long-term consequences of the financial ...

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
... that stands to lose out. The nationalisation of the US banking sector will have its knock-on effect on the valuation of global finance stocks and consequently, the returns of pension funds and other sovereign funds invested in the sector.

SWFs back alternatives

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008
... infrastructure, commodities, private equity, real estate," said Patricia Pascuzzo, Mercer's principal, sovereign funds global. Middle Eastern SWFs in particular have been actively investing in private equity and the hedge fund sectors for many years. ...

Templeton opens SWF arm

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2008
... Investments is expanding its services to the $13 trillion sovereign wealth fund (SWF) sector. The firm promoted David Smart as global head of sovereign wealth and supranationals. Smart will be based in the firm's London office and report to Vijay Advani ...

SWFs finalise principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2008
... on international capital flows." SWFs currently total between $2-3 trillion in assets under management (AUM), exceeding global AUM of hedge funds which represent more than $2 trillion. Although Lipsky acknowledged the concerns of some countries on SWF ...