| The world’s sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are allocating the highest volume of assets via direct deals and co-investing since the global financial crisis, research showed, as the mega-rich institutional investors increasingly bypassed fund managers.
A report from the SWF Institute showed that direct deals and transactions by SWFs topped US$50.02 billion in value during the first half of 2014, or 23.1% higher than the equivalent period a year earlier. This was the highest first half on record since the first six months of 2008, which yielded $51.05 billion worth of direct investment, much of which was attributable to banking bailouts, the SWF Institute said..........................................Full Article: Source
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