17.11.2015 - Fears over sovereign wealth funds pulling assets overblown, Morgan Stanley says
Fears that sovereign wealth funds would pull out of equity markets - say, as some countries tried to shore up their public finances in the face of lower oil prices - and the impact that might have on asset managers and banks were "overblown," analysts at Morgan Stanley found. Only 60% of SWF's assets, totalling approximately $7tn (£4.64bn), are held by oil producing nations and the pressures on their state finances vary depending on the economy in question, they argued in a research report sent to clients. An "extreme" bear-case suggested potential earnings risk of 0.1-7.1% (average: 2.1%) if all SWFs redeemed all externally managed assets, the broker said..............................................Full Article: Source
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