Governments with extra money laying around have become major players in the global financial markets through their sovereign wealth funds. These are the gigantic state-owned funds that invest in stocks, bonds, and various other investments like private equity and hedge funds. And these investments are often international.
Barely a day goes by without a major multi-billion dollar fund from one petro-state or another making some splashy acquisition — just this past weekend, Bloomberg’s Josiane Kremer reported Norway’s sovereign wealth fund plans to sink its teeth into U.S. real estate………………………………………..Full Article: Source