SWF

Featured Story

The ultimate trophy asset: When prestige is more important than returns

Forget returns. The Gulf SWFs vying for ownership of European football clubs are after amenity value, soft power influence and winning regional rivalries. The returns only come at the end when they sell these trophy assets… as long as there are enough billionaires in the world to buy them.

Sarah RundellFebruary 21, 2023

Featured Story

Global SWF: GIC leads; oil fuels Gulf funds and hedge funds give refuge

Singapore’s GIC invested more than any other SWF last year and fuelled by buoyant oil revenues, Gulf SWFs have had and are expected to continue their investment rampage. Elsewhere, hedge funds have proved one of the most successful allocations, particularly for ADIA, says Global SWF in its annual report.

Sarah RundellJanuary 3, 2023

Featured Story

Africa’s SWFs pledge to work together

Africa’s sovereign wealth funds demonstrate a growing sophistication as they seek to conform to international governance practices and pledge to boost co-operation and co-investment across the continent and around the world.

Sarah RundellJuly 12, 2022

Risk

Gulf SWFs have most exposure to Russia as crisis grows

Gulf SWFs funds face some of the biggest losses to their investments in Russia, particularly through investing alongside Russia's RDIF, a fund set up to attract foreign capital into the country.

Sarah RundellMarch 3, 2022

Asset Allocation

SWFs invest record amounts in VC

SWFs invested record amounts into venture capital last year with VC allocations ballooning. Overall assets were boosted by four new SWFs: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cape Verde and Rio de Janeiro. While Israel, Namibia, Bahamas and Mozambique will all launch this year.

Sarah RundellJanuary 13, 2022

Asset Allocation

The rise of the Sovereign Wealth Fund

In the past 20 years the number of SWFs has grown from 20 to more than 100 with their assets estimated to grow by $500 billion a year. So where do they invest and what impact are they having on the market? Sarah Rundell investigates.

Sarah RundellMarch 11, 2020

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