Ashby Monk, Ph.D., a research director at Stanford University and a senior research associate at the University of Oxford, has been blogging about sovereign and pension funds since 2008. 

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February 02, 2012 at 5:00 PM EST


TheCityUK has published its annual update on sovereign wealth funds. And, as per usual, it's loaded with informative graphs and charts. Here are some of the highlights.

By the end of 2012, SWFs should have over $5.2 trillion in AUM:

If we add in some of the other "sovereign" investment vehicles, the size of this group would be much, much bigger.

And sovereign wealth funds are more popular than ever. More funds have been created since 2000 than in all the years beforehand.

Interesting stuff. Again, get the whole report here.



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Hi Ashby! Do you agree with the inclusion of SAMA and SAFE as Sovereign Wealth Funds? As you said in the title, they seem to be more like state funds, aren't they?
Thank you for your posts!
Javier

Feb 07 2012 at 3:28 PM EST