| Over the past few years, sovereign wealth funds have gained a bit of leverage over private equity managers. Sovereign funds like Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), China Investment Corporation (CIC) and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), have taken ownership stakes in headline private equity firms such as The Blackstone Group and The Carlyle Group.
As sapient sovereign funds and mega pensions boost the ranks of their internal private equity teams, they will be larger actors in co-investments and direct deals. According to the Sovereign Wealth Fund Transaction Database, in the first half of 2014, sovereign funds invested directly US$ 51.3 billion. This compares to US$ 42.6 billion in the first half of 2013......................................Full Article: Source |