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Capital Markets

Sovereign Wealth Funds: Moving Capital Markets

December 28, 2025 neilmathieson Comments Off on Sovereign Wealth Funds: Moving Capital Markets
An elegant Sovereign Wealth Funds building
  • A Sovereign Wealth Fund is a state-owned investment fund that manages surplus capital.
  • Sovereign Wealth Funds are long-term investors, investing across multiple capital markets and asset classes.
  • Sovereign Wealth Funds create reserves for future generations, stabilise economies, drive innovation and economic development.
  • Sovereign Wealth Funds are significant in global capital markets; 180+ SWFs have assets under management of c. USD 15tn.
  • There are a further 280+ public pension funds with assets under management of USD 25.5 tn.

Sovereign Wealth Funds, Europe

Albania: Albanian Investment Corporation

​Austria: Oesterreichische Beteiligungs AG

​Belgium: Regional Investment Company of Wallonia, SFPI-FPIM

Cyprus: Cyprus National Investment Fund

Denmark: Export and Investment Fund of Denmark, Vaekstfonden

Finland: Finnish Industry Investment, Solidium

France: France Strategic Investment Fund

​Germany: Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund

​Greece: Greece Sovereign Wealth Fund, Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations S.A.

Ireland: Future Ireland Fund, National Pensions Reserve Fund, Ireland Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund

Italy: Fondo Strategico Nazionale del Made in Italy

Kosovo: Sovereign Fund of the Republic of Kosovo

Luxembourg: Luxembourg Intergenerational Sovereign Fund

Malta: Malta Government Investments, National Development and Social Fund (Malta)

Monaco: Monaco Constitutional Reserve Fund

​Norway: Norway Government Pension Fund Global

​Poland: Polish Development Fund

​Russia: Russian Direct Investment Fund, Reserve Fund of Russia, National Welfare Fund

​Slovenia: Slovenian Sovereign Holding

​Spain: Sociedad Estatal de Participaciones Industriales

​Sweden: Förvaltningsaktiebolaget Stattum, Statsföretag

​United Kingdom: National Wealth Fund, UK, UK National Security Strategic Investment Fund

Sovereign Wealth Funds, North America

Sovereign Wealth Funds, Canada

​Alberta Investment Management Corporation

Kahnawake Sovereign Wealth Fund

Little Red River Cree Nation Sovereign Wealth Fund

Nikutik Sovereign Wealth Fund

Northwest Territories Heritage Fund

Ontario First Nations Sovereign Wealth

Sovereign Wealth Funds, Trinidad and Tobago

Heritage and Stabilization Fund

Sovereign Wealth Funds, United States of America

Alabama Trust Fund

Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

Colorado Public School Fund Investment Board

Idaho Endowment Fund Investment Board

Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund

Native Hawaiian Trust Fund

New Mexico State Investment Council

North Dakota Legacy Fund

Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust

Texas Permanent School Fund

University of Texas Investment Management Company

Utah SITFO

West Virginia Future Fund

Wisconsin Board of Commissioners of Public Lands

Wyoming State Loan and Investment Board

Sovereign Wealth Funds, Asia

​Armenia: Armenian National Interests Fund

​Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan Investment Holding, State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan

​Bhutan: Druk Holding and Investments, Bhutan Economic Stabilization Fund

​Brunei: Brunei Investment Agency

China: National Council for Social Security Fund, SAFE Investment Company, Beijing State-Owned Assets Management Co Ltd, China Investment Corporation

Hong Kong SAR China: CNIC Corporation Limited, Hong Kong Future Fund, Hong Kong Investment Corporation, Hong Kong Monetary Authority Investment Portfolio

Indonesia: Badan Pengelola Investasi Daya Anagata Nusantara, Indonesia Investment Authority

Japan: Japan Investment Corporation

Kazakhstan: National Investment Corporation, Samruk-Kazyna, Kazakhstan National Fund

Malaysia: Khazanah Nasional, Sarawak Sovereign Wealth Future Fund

Mongolia: Mongolia Fiscal Stability Fund, Mongolia Future Heritage Fund

Pakistan: Pakistan Sovereign Wealth Fund

Philippines: Maharlika Investment Fund

​Singapore: GIC Private Limited, Sentosa Development Corporation, Temasek Holdings

​South Korea: Korea Investment Corporation

​Taiwan: Taiwan National Development Fund, Taiwan National Stabilization Fund

​Turkmenistan: Turkmenistan Stabilization Fund

​Uzbekistan: National Investment Fund of Uzbekistan, Fund for Reconstruction and Development of Uzbekistan

Vietnam: State Capital Investment Corporation

Sovereign Wealth Funds, Middle East

​Bahrain: Bahrain Future Generations Reserve Fund, Mumtalakat Holding

​Egypt: Sovereign Fund of Egypt

​Iran: Development Fund for Iraq

Iraq: National Development Fund of Iran, Iran Oil Stabilization Fund

 Israel: Israeli Citizens Fund

Kuwait: Ciyada Development Fund, Kuwait Investment Authority

Oman: Oman Future Fund, Oman Investment Authority, Oman Investment Fund,

Oman State General Reserve Fund

Palestinian Territories: Palestine Investment Fund

Qatar: Qatar Investment Authority, Qatar Investment Office

​Saudi Arabia: Istedamah Holding Company, Public Investment Fund, Saudi Technology Development and Investment Company

​Turkey: Turkey Wealth Fund

​United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Abu Dhabi Investment Council, Dubai Investment Fund, Emirates Investment Authority, Fujairah Holding, International Petroleum Investment Company, Investment Corporation of Dubai, Mubadala Development Company, Mubadala Investment Company, Sharjah Asset Management

Sovereign Wealth Funds, Oceania

​Australia: Future Fund, NSW Generations Fund, Western Australian Future Fund

Kiribati: Kiribati Revenue Equalization Reserve Fund

Nauru: Intergenerational Trust Fund for the People of the Republic of Nauru

New Zealand: New Zealand Superannuation Fund

Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea Sovereign Wealth Fund

Timor-Leste: Timor-Leste Petroleum Fund

Tuvalu: Tuvalu Trust Fund

Sovereign Wealth Funds, South & Central America

Bolivia: Fund for Productive Industrial Revolution

Brazil: Fundo Soberano Marica, Fundo Soberano de Estado do Espirito Santo, Fundo Soberano de Estado do Rio do Janeiro, Fundo Soberano do Municipio da Estancia Balnearia de Ilhabela, Fundo de Equalizacao da Receita de Niteroi, Sovereign Fund of Brazil

Chile: Social and Economic Stabilization Fund, Chile Pension Reserve Fund, Colombia Savings and Stabilization Fund

Guyana: Guyana Natural Resource Fund

Mexico: Fondo Mexicano del Petroleo, Mexico Budgetary Income Stabilization Fund, Oil Revenues Stabilization Fund of Mexico

Panama: Fondo de Ahorro de Panama

Peru: Peru Fiscal Stabilization Fund

Suriname: Savings and Stability Fund Suriname

Venezuela: FEM, FIEM – Macroeconomic Stabilization Fund

Sovereign Wealth Funds, Africa

Algeria: Revenue Regulation Fund

Angola: Fundo Soberano de Angola

Benin: Deposit and Consignment Fund of Benin

Botswana: Pula Fund

Cape Verde: Cape Verde Sovereign Wealth Fund

Djibouti: Sovereign Fund of Djibouti

Equatorial Guinea: Equatorial Guinea Fund for Future Generations

Ethiopia: Ethiopian Investment Holdings

Gabon: Gabonese Stabilization and Equalization Fund, Sovereign Fund of the Gabonese Republic

Ghana: Ghana Heritage Fund, Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund, Ghana Minerals Income Investment Fund, Ghana Stabilisation Fund

Guinea: Guinea Special Investment Fund

Libya: Libyan Investment Authority

Mauritania: National Fund for Hydrocarbon Reserves

Mauritius: Mauritius Investment Corporation

Morocco: Mohammed VI Investment Fund Morocco

Mozambique: Sovereign Fund of Mozambique

Namibia: Namibia Minerals Development Fund, Sovereign Fund of Namibia, Welwitschia Fund

Nigeria: Bayelsa Development and Investment Corporation, Ekiti State Wealth Fund, Lagos State Wealth Fund, Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority

Rwanda: Agaciro Development Fund

Senegal: Senegal FONSIS

South Africa: Royal Bafokeng Holdings

Uganda: Petroleum Investment Fund Uganda

Zimbabwe: Sovereign Wealth Fund of Zimbabwe

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