Insights

Studies built from the deals, sizes and disclosures in our 231 fund profiles. Every figure links back to the fund profile it came from.

Rankings and comparisons

Development vs Savings vs Stabilisation Funds: How Sovereign Fund Types CompareOur profiles classify each fund by main purpose. One fund, one main type; many have a secondary type on their profile. Savings funds grow wealth for future…How Sovereign Wealth Funds Invest by Industry: The Top Sectors ComparedWhere sovereign wealth funds put money, sector by sector, from the deals in our fund profiles. 1,163 deals, 161 funds, 10 sector pages.Sovereign Wealth Funds by Region: Gulf, Asia, Europe, Americas and Africa ComparedSeven regions compared on size, count, transparency, returns, where funds invest and what they buy. Top 100 combined: USD 20.1 trillion.Sovereign Wealth Fund Deal Activity: Who Does the Most and Biggest Deals1,163 deals from 161 fund profiles. Transfers of state assets are left out. Top sector by count: Multi-sector (172 deals).Size vs Transparency: Do the Biggest Sovereign Wealth Funds Disclose the Most?100 of the top 100 carry our transparency score: ten items, out of 10. One point per item, half a point if partly published. The score measures what a fund…Who Publishes Returns? Sovereign Wealth Fund Performance Disclosure Compared53 of the top 100 publish returns. 47 do not. Median one-year figure: 10.0%.Top 100 Sovereign Wealth Funds: The Full Comparison TableEvery fund in our profiles with a USD size, ranked by headline size. Pipeline funds are excluded. Columns: ISO country code, size in USD billion (est. marks…Top Sovereign Wealth Funds Compared: The Top 100 in Numbers180 operating funds in our profiles report a size in USD; we rank the top 100. Pipeline funds are left out. Combined top 100 size: USD 20.1 trillion…

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Data studies

Does a bigger fund publish more? Size against transparencyThe short answer: somewhat, and mostly among funds that publish their own size. Across the 166 operating sovereign and state funds where we have both a size…Which regions publish the most? Transparency by region and by IFSWF membershipEurope publishes the most and the Middle East the least, on our 10-item disclosure score, with Australia and the Pacific second. And in every region, funds…The ten disclosure walls: what sovereign funds leave outMost sovereign and state funds will tell you who runs them and what their mandate is. Far fewer will tell you how they have done over the long run. Across…The sovereign fund boom: when were today's funds founded?Most of today's sovereign wealth funds are young. Of the 78 core national funds on our list, 77 have a founding year in their profiles, and 63 of those were…Where does the money come from? The funding behind sovereign fundsOil and gas is the most common main source of money for national sovereign funds, but it is far from the only one. Of the 78 core national funds on our list…Why published sizes of sovereign funds differThe same fund can carry very different size figures, and there is usually a plain reason. Of the 167 entities with a comparable headline size in our…Data and studiesEverything on this site is built from one dataset: 231 fund profiles, with tier, category, country, region, founding year, funding source, size with basis…

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