| Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) might take a further $404 billion out of global listed equities in 2016 if oil prices stay between $30 and $40 a barrel, after pulling out about half that amount last year, a research organisation said on Monday.
The largest SWFs, accounting for about 89 percent of managed assets, sold $213.37 billion of listed equities in 2015, the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI) said, after an oil price crash triggered massive fund redemptions and relentless selling of foreign currency reserves by producers...............................................Full Article: Source |