Sovereign wealth fund (SWF)
Aussie sovereign wealth fund readies for lower future returns
Australia's Future Fund has adopted a flexible approach to deal with a challenging yield environment
Former central bank chief to head up Zimbabwe SWF
Kombo Moyana, governor between 1983 and 1993, will chair board governing the country’s new sovereign wealth fund
Norges Bank faces ‘ripple effects’ from oil price collapse
Norway heading in opposite direction to generally favourable global trend, central bank’s annual report warns; banking sector profitable and resilient nonetheless
Qatari royal takes over oil fund
Previous CEO lasted little over a year before he was replaced by a member of the Qatari ruling family; sovereign wealth fund comes bottom in global governance and transparency rankings
MAS chief sees SWFs struggling with secular stagnation
Ravi Menon urges sovereign wealth funds to move beyond traditional asset classes to tackle diminishing returns
Trinidad and Tobago SWF set to gain corporate status
Incorporation will enable Heritage and Stabilisation Fund to hire staff and build capacity, says chairman Ralph Henry; ‘decent’ returns this year, he says
Norway SWF suffers weakest quarter in two years
Government Pension Fund Global returns 0.1% in third quarter following losses on European stocks; acquired several properties in EU and US
UAE governor replaced after 23 years in job
Sultan Bin Nasser Al-Suwaidi will be replaced as governor by Mubarak Rashid Al-Mansouri, who is currently CEO of the Emirates Investment Authority
Norway SWF manager doubles leadership team
Norges Bank Investment Management sets up separate ‘leader group' for real estate investments; wealth fund returns 3.3% ($31 billion) in second quarter
Angola SWF to send students to Switzerland as it ‘invests in investing'
Petroleum fund will pay for bright young Angolans to study investment in Zurich; move follows advice from abroad that investment capacity should be built up
Timor-Leste SWF hits 40% equities allocation
Timor-Leste petroleum fund quarterly report shows returns still exactly in line with benchmark; equity allocation hits 40%
Angola SWF joins London-based international forum
Angolan sovereign wealth fund joins London-based International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds; Kazakh fund granted associate membership
Sovereign wealth fund could help Macao overcome gambling dependency, IMF says
Central bank could manage new sovereign wealth fund as Macao authorities seek higher return on booming reserves; IMF encourages idea in staff report
Nigeria SWF to manage $350m for national electricity buyer
Finance minister backs deal, saying Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority will deliver a better return than the central bank
Kazakh central bank fund seeks advisers on managing $110bn reserves
Consultants sought to help direct country's reserve management strategy and SWF's growth in the alternative assets space
Sovereign bonds offer ‘return-less risk' says GIC's head of fixed income
The returns on offer from the biggest sovereign bond issuers offer too little return even for the small level of risk associated, says GIC's managing director in charge of fixed income
Ethical investment may not mean higher returns, says Norway fund chief economist
Ethical investment is ‘consistent with earning good returns' and suits a long-term strategy, but there is no evidence linking higher returns with avoiding unethical sectors
Philippines should divert reserves to form a SWF, says BSP’s Medalla
Senior Central Bank of the Philippines official calls for excess reserves to be siphoned off into a new sovereign wealth fund
OECD warns taper hits developing-world growth prospects
Paris-based club of advanced economies warns taper will combine with declining commodity cycle and anaemic eurozone growth to hurt the growth prospects of developing countries
Bank of Russia sells half its stake in Moscow bourse to SWF-led investor group
Sovereign funds and institutional investors lead purchase of 11% stake in Moscow stock exchange as central bank proceeds with mandated divestment
Temasek marks 40th birthday by opening New York office
Office is the Singaporean sovereign fund's first in the US; chair Lim Boon Heng says Temasek is forward-looking - even experimenting with Bitcoin
Expanding SWF forum to fly IMF nest and land in London next month
International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds welcomes new members ahead of relocation from the IMF's headquarters to its own premises in London in July
Australian sovereign wealth fund appoints new head
Chief investment officer David Neal picked to head up the management company behind Australia's $90 billion Future Fund
Norges Bank poised to complete shift from FX buyer to seller before year's end
The Norwegian central bank sends strong signal it will make no foreign exchange purchases this year; analysts predict bank will make ‘symbolic shift' to net-seller in Q4