Sovereign wealth funds control about $30tn, so knowing what they are doing or planning to do is very important for asset managers. Acquiring that information is difficult, however, since hugely rich entities mostly accountable only to their national governments do not tend to be particularly chatty.
The second annual Invesco sovereign asset management survey offers a few insights, in particular that sovereign funds are expecting strong flows of new money as government surpluses allow increased contributions. They also expect to use that new money to build their strategic asset allocations………………………………………..Full Article: Source

Sovereign wealth funds–charged with preserving the accumulated fortunes of their home nations–are well known for their opaque, tightly-guarded investment decisions. Shining a light behind their closed doors isn’t easy. But U.K. asset manager Invesco has attempted to provide a glimpse at what these behemoth funds are thinking, and has compiled a second-annual survey of 52 sovereign investors.
The thick report is full of intriguing statistics, but perhaps the biggest reason to pay attention is the simplest: the investors interviewed control, and deploy, enormous amounts of money. The group surveyed manages a mind-boggling $5.7 trillion of assets, an amount on par with the collective economic output of Germany and the U.K. combined………………………………………..Full Article: Source

Sovereign wealth funds have increased allocations to alternative investments in the past year and expect to continue doing so in 2014, according to a study. The Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study suggests this continued appetite for alternatives is a structural trend driven by the influence of allocating assets strategically, rather than a short-term shift due to tactical allocations to boost short-term returns.
First, many sovereign investors remain underweight in alternatives relative to their strategic asset allocation targets. These sovereign investors had increased their target allocations for alternatives in the last five years and had yet to reach these targets………………………………………..Full Article: Source

Invesco’s new study reveals that sovereign funds are increasingly attracted to alternatives and markets such as Africa and Latin America. Sovereign investors are increasing their allocations to emerging markets and alternatives, according to a new study by Invesco.
The Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study, which is in its second year, is based on surveys with more than 50 sovereign investors including central banks, sovereign wealth funds and government pension funds………………………………………..Full Article: Source

Sovereign wealth funds are stepping up their investment in alternatives as well as in emerging markets, according to a new survey. Invesco’s latest annual Global Sovereign Asset Management study showed that, in 2013, alternative investments were still the asset classes receiving the highest new asset allocations from sovereign investor portfolios, continuing the trend from the year before.
It said 51% of sovereign investors raised their new exposure to real estate in 2013, and 28% lifted their new investment to private equity, relative to their whole portfolio………………………………………..Full Article: Source

Luye Pharma Group Ltd., a Chinese drugmaker backed by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, and existing owners are seeking to raise as much as $764 million from a Hong Kong initial public offering.
The company and its investors are selling 999.6 million shares at HK$5.38 to HK$5.92 each, according to terms for the deal obtained by Bloomberg News. The shareholders include GIC Pte as well as Chinese private equity firms CDH Investments Fund Management Co. and Citic Private Equity Funds Management Co., the terms show………………………………………..Full Article: Source