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Proportion of SWFs
and aggregate assets under management from each
under Management 60% 55% region. Asia and MENA are home to the largest numbers
51%
50% 47% of sovereign wealth funds, and account for 57% of all
Fig. A shows the growth in the aggregate assets under 40% 37% SWFs between them. Furthermore, funds based in the
management of all sovereign wealth funds worldwide two regions make up three-quarters of the aggregate
30%
over the past four years. Aggregate total assets now value of all SWFs worldwide. The next most significant
20%
stand at $3.51 trillion, which represents a 9% increase region is Europe (including the two Russian SWFs), with
from last year’s figure, confirming that sovereign wealth 10% SWFs based there accounting for 20% of the global
funds have retained their collective significance in the 0% aggregate assets under management.
world of institutional investors. The largest sovereign Public Fixed Private Real Estate Infrastructure Hedge
Equities Income Equity Funds
wealth funds each manage hundreds of billions of dollars.
Although it has never released information on its assets Fig. D: Number and Value of Sovereign Wealth Funds by Region
under management, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is significant, with 55% of SWFs known to invest in private 45%
likely the largest SWF in the world. The next two largest equity, 51% in real estate, 47% in infrastructure and 37% 40%
40%
SWFs are Norway’s Government Pension Fund – Global in hedge funds. 35%
35% Proportion
and China’s SAFE Investment Company. The three of SWFs
29%
largest SWFs together are estimated to manage well over Sources of Sovereign Wealth Funds’ Capital 30% 28%
70%
4.00
60% 59%
3.51 60%
3.50
3.22
3.05 50%
3.00 Proportion of
40% SWFs
40% The 2010 Preqin Sovereign Wealth Fund Review contains
2.50
32%
2.02 30%
detailed profiles and analysis for all sovereign wealth funds
2.00 worldwide, and is a vital source of data and information for all those
1.50 20% Proportion of looking to find out more about this previously opaque group of
Aggregate
AUM
investment funds.
1.00 10% 8%
1% e visit:
For more information please
0.50 0%
Hydrocarbon Other Commodity Non-Commodity www.preqin.com/swf
0.00
2007 2008 2009 2010 Source of SWF Capital