| The chance for fund managers to help Abu Dhabi invest its oil fortune is getting slimmer by the year. Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, one of the world’s biggest sovereign wealth funds, said about 65 percent of its assets were managed by external fund managers last year, compared with 75 percent in 2013, according to its annual report. In 2011, outside investors managed about 80 percent of the fund’s assets.
Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates and home to about 6 percent of the world’s proven oil reserves, is seeking to diversify from crude exports with investments abroad. The sovereign wealth fund has posted gains of 7.4 percent annually over the past 20 years and is boosting in-house teams in areas such as real estate and private equity to increase returns...............................................Full Article: Source
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