Sovereign-wealth funds that are “highly politicized” earn lower returns on their stock-market investments than more independent peers, according to new academic research. An analysis of more than 1,000 sovereign-wealth fund investments in publicly traded companies found that shares in those companies rose less following a purchase by a sovereign-wealth fund compared with almost 6,000 comparable stock purchases by private investors.
The so-called SWF discount was worse when funds with strict government oversight bought shares. There was no discount when Norway’s independently managed sovereign-wealth fund bought shares, according to Veljko Fotak of the University at Buffalo……………………………………….Full Article: Source