01/08/2014
World’s Biggest Wealth Fund Sees Backing to Expand Investments
Norway’s $820 billion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, is closer to getting the go ahead to expand into more asset classes as it struggles to meet return targets
01/02/2014
Sovereign Wealth Fund Leads PE Investment
GIC, one of the two sovereign wealth funds of Singapore, was has been named as the one of the biggest investors in private equity for 2013.
12/31/2013
Norway to refrain from fx buying for wealth fund in January
Last month the central bank said it would refrain from buying foreign exchange that would have enabled the fund to invest money in foreign stocks and bonds.
12/25/2013
Singapore wealth fund GIC buys Broadgate stake
Wealth fund GIC becomes Britsh Land's new partner in City complex Broadgate with purchase of Blackstone stake
12/16/2013
Erste details sovereign exposure at end-H1
Erste detailsErste Group Bank said on Monday its largest sovereign exposure at the end of the first half was to home country Austria.
11/25/2013
MassMutual hires head of Sovereign Wealth Funds and Official Institutions
He will work across the distribution networks of Group companies Barings, Babson and OFI Global Asset Management
11/11/2013
World’s Biggest Wealth Fund Told Return Target Raising Risk
Norway’s $800 billion oil fund is under pressure to show it can handle the risks associated with emerging markets as the world’s biggest sovereign wealth investor looks for ways to boost returns.
11/11/2013
World’s Biggest Wealth Fund Told Return Target Raising Risk
Norway’s $800 billion oil fund is under pressure to show it can handle the risks associated with emerging markets as the world’s biggest sovereign wealth investor looks for ways to boost returns.
11/05/2013
Asian Sovereign Wealth Funds Go Big in Europe
Sovereign wealth funds are comfortable investing directly into Europe
10/27/2013
Kuwait wealth fund hires ex-BofA banker as infrastructure head
He previously a vice president at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London
10/15/2013
London Business School Signs Deal with China's Sovereign Wealth Fund
The Memorandum of Understanding is the first that London Business School has signed with an organisation in China and arguably the most important anywhere in the world.
10/14/2013
Sovereign wealth fund assets exceed $5 trillion
Sovereign wealth funds around the world have added more than $750 billion to their total assets under management since 2012.
10/13/2013
London now a key Islamic finance centre
London has emerged as the key Western centre for Islamic finance, acting as the leading financial centre with specific provisions made to spearhead the sector with the British government support
10/13/2013
Korean Sovereign Wealth Fund Accelerates Push Into Alts
The $65 Billion Korea Investment Corp. has added about $3 billion in alternatives investment this year, putting the sovereign wealth fund half-way toward its goal of lifting private equity, real estate and hedge fund allocations to 20% of its portfolio.
10/10/2013
Wealth funds boost investments in int'l alternatives
Alternative investments gained favor in all four regions
09/29/2013
First Global Sovereign Asset Management Study Released Today
The first Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study was released today.
09/08/2013
EMEA ratings movement continues to be dominated by Sovereign crisis, according to Aon Benfield study
Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon plc today launches its annual Evolving Criteria report, which reviews the latest developments in rating agency protocol and impact for the insurance industry in the Europe, Mid
09/03/2013
Australian Sovereign Wealth Fund Manager Resigns
He resigned as managing director of Australia’s Future Fund, the country’s A$89 billion ($81 billion) sovereign wealth manager.
08/27/2013
Barclays’s Azar Sees Middle East M&A Driven by Sovereigns
Middle East mergers and acquisitions, at a six-year high, will be driven by sovereign wealth funds and regional transactions amid an economic recovery in the Persian Gulf, according to a Barclays Plc (BARC) executive.
08/11/2013
Norway wealth fund CEO betting on 'quite high' China growth
We still have confidence that long-term prospects for China are quite good