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The role of sovereign wealth funds in global financial intermediation
Author(s) -
Jory Surendranath R.,
Perry Mark J.,
Hemphill Thomas A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
thunderbird international business review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.553
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1520-6874
pISSN - 1096-4762
DOI - 10.1002/tie.20381
Subject(s) - sovereign wealth fund , scrutiny , intermediation , financial system , economics , business , government (linguistics) , politics , finance , political science , foreign direct investment , macroeconomics , linguistics , philosophy , law
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have experienced tremendous growth lately. Their combined wealth is currently estimated at $3 trillion, and the International Monetary Fund estimates that they will continue to grow to $10 trillion by 2012. SWFs' recent investments in the United States and Europe have been the focus of media and government scrutiny, given that a number of SWFs are not transparent, and emanate from authoritarian regimes, which are not political allies of the West. In this article, we provide a comprehensive overview, along with detailed summary statistics on various aspects of SWFs. We also provide recommendations to facilitate SWFs' role in global financial intermediation. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.