| In recent years, sovereign wealth funds have grown in popularity, and subsequently, so too have their investment credentials. First appearing around the midpoint of last century, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have long occupied a significant space in financial markets. However it’s only in recent years that these rainy-day funds have come into their own.
Speaking at the 68th CFA Institute Annual Conference in May, the former CIO of the Korea Investment Corporation (South Korea’s SWF) Scott Kalb offered up some choice statistics on what he called an “active and powerful” opportunity. First was that at the end of 2014 the world’s 74 highest ranking SWFs held a colossal $7.7trn in assets, $3.3tn greater than in 2010 and significantly more than the $500bn held in 1990, according to the IMF...............................................Full Article: Source |