14.06.2013 - Total sovereign wealth funds' assets amount to $5,473bln
According to the SWF Institute's latest Sovereign Wealth Fund Rankings, the total amount of sovereign wealth funds' asset under management is now $5,473bn, to which oil and gas related revenues contributed $3,193bn. The rankings show Norway’s Government Pension Fund on top of the list, with $737bn in asset under management (AuM). The fund gets its capital mainly from oil revenues, and it scores 10 points out of 10 in the Linaburg-Maduell Transparency Index. It is followed by the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority’s fund ($627bn in AuM, origin: oil, and index: 5 points); China’s SAFE Investment Company (around $567bn in AuM, origin: non-commodity, index: 4); Saudi Arabia’s SAMA Foreign Holdings ($532bn, origin: oil, index: 4 points); and the Kuwait Investment Authority fund ($342bn, origin: oil, index: 7 points). At the end of 2010, 58% of SWFs’ funding came from oil and gas related revenues. Asia had the greatest amount of SWFs, namely 40%, followed by the Middle East with 35% and Europe with 17%. The Americas and Africa only had each 3% of the share...............................................Full Article: Source
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