Sovereign Wealth Funds
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A01=Adam D. Dixon
A01=Javier Capape
A01=Patrick J. Schena
Author_Adam D. Dixon
Author_Javier Capape
Author_Patrick J. Schena
Category=KFF
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financial markets
global finance
investment
Norway GPFG
state capital
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- ISBN 9781788212472
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 08 Sep 2022
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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What constitutes a sovereign wealth fund is contested. In general, however, it is a state-sponsored institutional investor that is answerable only to the state and makes investments according to the interests and mandate of that state. Different types of funds have emerged in the context of particular economic conjunctures, and over the last decade the number of sovereign wealth funds has grown substantially, with total assets exceeding $7 trillion. This trend is set to continue, as more and more countries look to establish an SWF. The place of SWFs in global financial markets may appear settled, but this does not mean that concerns about "state capital" and its place in financial markets has gone away.
This short book offers an incisive discussion of the development of this class of investor, how they have become legitimate actors in global financial markets, and their role as providers of capital and in economic development at home and abroad.
Adam D. Dixon is Adam Smith Chair in Sustainable Capitalism at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. He is author of The New Frontier Investors (2016), The New Geography of Capitalism (2014) and Sovereign Wealth Funds: Legitimacy, Governance, and Global Power (2013). Patrick J. Schena is Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Business Relations at the Fletcher School, Tufts University, where he is also senior fellow of the Center for Emerging Market Enterprises and co-head of the Sovereign Wealth Fund Initiative. Javier Capapé is Adjunct Professor and Director of the Sovereign Wealth Research programme at the Centre for Governance of Change at IE University, Madrid. Since 2012, he has been a SovereigNET Research Affiliate at the Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA, and co-editor of the Sovereign Wealth Funds Reports series.
