| According to a survey by international real estate advisor Savills, sovereign wealth funds in 2013 accounted for total investment volumes worth €5.5bn in key European markets (Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom). The total is a year on year increase of 30%.
The firm notes that the top five sovereign wealth funds identified by the report were from the Middle East and Asia, with an average deal size per investor group of €700m over the year, up from €247m in 2012. Among the firms surveyed is the Qatar Investment Authority, led by chief executive Ahmad Al-Sayed...............................................Full Article: Source
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