Explainer: What is a sovereign wealth fund?President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, aiming to support future generations. Sovereign we...
04 Feb, 2025, 08.24 AM IST
Saudi Fund outpaces GIC with $31.6-billion splurgePIF, as the Saudi fund is known, deployed $31.6 billion in 2023, according to research consultancy Global SWF. That was higher than the $20...
02 Jan, 2024, 06.32 AM IST
Saudi fund outpaces Singapore’s GIC with $31.6 billion splurgeThe declines were led by GIC, which cut the amount of capital deployed by 46% to $19.9 billion and lost its spot as the world’s most active...
01 Jan, 2024, 11.56 AM IST
Sovereign funds moving early into next gold rushTheir investment horizon may also offer a perspective to investors concerned over the rising benchmark indices and whether the rally can be...
22 Dec, 2023, 10.37 AM IST
World’s oldest wealth fund swells to record and cracks the top 3The Future Generations Fund, managed by the authority known as KIA, has risen to a record of about $700 billion, according to a person with...
03 Jul, 2021, 06.49 PM IST
Pension, sovereign funds bring in more ‘sticky’ moneyFPIs’ total AUM at $428b accounts for nearly one-fifth of the total m-cap of Indian equities.
25 Dec, 2019, 10.52 AM IST
Sovereign funds take a liking to Indian IPOs; invested in 30% of IPOs in past 18 monthsIn Parag Milk Foods IPO of May 2016, SWFs of Abu Dhabi and Norway cumulatively subscribed to 8% of the total book and nearly 18% of the tot...
22 Jul, 2016, 06.44 AM IST
Finance Ministry opposes sovereign wealth fund out of forex reservesFinance Ministry has opposed creation of a $ 10 billion Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) to acquire oil and gas and fertiliser assets abroad.
24 Apr, 2013, 05.31 PM IST
Sovereign wealth fund assets touch $ 4.62 trillionThe sovereign wealth funds have been getting richer with their AUM rising to $ 4.62 tn so far in 2012 worldwide, an increase of 16 per cent...
16 Apr, 2012, 04.43 PM IST
- Sovereign wealth fund and forex reserves: Exploring the reality
Our forex reserves are liabilites, not assets... How? Let's find out.
19 Nov, 2011, 06.41 AM IST
- Sovereign wealth funds make a beeline for India
After overseas pension pools and foreign portfolio funds, it’s now sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) that find India an irresistible investment...
10 Apr, 2009, 03.26 AM IST
- Sovereign wealth funds bullish on investing in India
After overseas pension pools and foreign portfolio funds, it’s now sovereign wealth funds that find India an irresistible investment destin...
08 Apr, 2009, 01.10 PM IST
- IMF wakes up to threat from sovereign funds
After European policymakers and Reserve Bank of India, the International Monetary Fund is now awakening to the potential threat by the sove...
10 Oct, 2008, 01.05 AM IST
- SWFs to invest $725 billion in real estate by 2015
Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) are now expected to become one of the most significant investors in the world's commercial property markets, ...
24 Sep, 2008, 09.42 PM IST
- Atithi Devo Bhava: Sovereign funds policy won’t build wall
Investment arms of foreign governments planning investments in India need not worry about the country turning an unwelcome host suspecting ...
23 May, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- State investment funds fight suspicion at Davos
Sovereign wealth funds are in Davos this year in force, reflecting their new-found power, but even at this meeting celebrating globalisatio...
24 Jan, 2008, 05.29 PM IST
- Govt wakes up after China floats $200 bn fund
Govt is examining if a special investment framework is required to regulate sovereign wealth funds promoted by various countries, including...
22 Nov, 2007, 05.28 PM IST