14.07.2016 - The world’s 10 biggest sovereign wealth funds
In the midst of collapsing oil prices, oil-funded sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are under pressure to liquidate assets, according to political risk advisory firm GeoEconomica. There was roughly a 20 per cent fall over the past year in the deposits and reserves stored in the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) by the Saudi government, according to estimates. This suggests that oil giants such as Saudi Arabia are now seeking to protect their budgets against dramatically declining revenues. SWFs are managed separately from a county’s official currency reserves. They are pools of money the government stores in funds or corporations to generate profits...............................................Full Article: Source
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