| The Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI) tracks direct public asset owner investment flows. Public asset owners are becoming bigger players in the capital markets. Increasingly, public asset owners are increasing assets, investing more directly, hiring more internal staff and acquiring more services. Public funds, particularly sovereign wealth funds, have grown enormously over the past decade.
In higher frequency, governments, asset managers, bankers and private equity funds have sought more information regarding these sovereign investors. As of August 2014, sovereign wealth funds are a US$ 6.7 trillion investor class. When combined with public funds over US$ 10 billion in assets, the figure surpasses US$ 22 trillion...............................................Full Article: Source
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