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Latin America round-up: Brazil to manage $20 billion
Euromoney June 2008
Brazil plans a sovereign wealth fund.
April 9th's FT carries an article "WORLD NEWS: Chile to invest $5.9bn surplus in new sovereign fund ", reporting on Chile's new investment programme for its two reserve funds.
Euromoney's 'Copper lifts Chile’s reserves', published 3 April, addresses this news in detail.
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Sovereign wealth funds: Copper lifts Chile’s reserves
Funds move to more aggressive investment strategies.
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"If the shoe was on the other foot, if these were sovereign wealth investors in France, Germany, the UK or the US earning fabulous returns, reducing national deficits, funding social security costs and investing into the rest of the world, would they think it was an issue? I suspect not"
Simon Israel, executive director of Temasek, takes critics of the sovereign wealth funds head on (see The new rulers of finance and the Temasek interview)
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Sovereign wealth funds: The new rulers of finance
Euromoney December 2007
State-owned, cash-rich and increasingly influential, sovereign wealth funds have emerged as the most controversial players in the financial markets. All the constituents – banks, private equity, corporates, hedge funds – want a slice of their action. Just how powerful will the funds become?
Getting the basics right
It is one thing to want a sovereign wealth fund but to actually set one up is a long and challenging process.
Financial institutions weigh up the opportunities
The proliferation of sovereign wealth funds is an opportunity and challenge for investment banks and asset managers. The opportunity is clear: potential business.
Fight on for Aussie’s future prizes
The Future Fund, created last year to cover long-term pension liabilities for the Australian federal public sector, is very much in its infancy but is finally managing money.
Temasek: A fund apart?
In a world of increasingly powerful and mistrusted sovereign wealth funds, Temasek, the investment arm of the Singapore state, stands apart in terms of governance, openness and performance, claims Simon Israel, its executive director.
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DIC looks to spread its investment wings
Euromoney April 2007
Simon Brady speaks to Sameer Al Ansari (SA), executive chairman, Dubai International Capital, and Rabih Khoury (RK), DIC’s head of Middle East and North Africa Investments about the strategies of the international investment arm of conglomerate Dubai Holding and how it fits in the Dubai Investment Group.
Dubai International Capital and Istithmar: Dubai flexes its buying muscle
Dubai’s investment agencies might not have the scale of their counterparts from other parts of the Middle East but they are becoming voracious buyers of assets. Who are they and what are their plans? Sudip Roy and Simon Brady profile the people and strategies behind Dubai International Capital and Istithmar as they join the ranks of the world’s most powerful investors.
Dubai World's Istithmar: The new kid on the block
In less than four years Istithmar, the investment arm of conglomerate Dubai World, has become one of the most influential private and public equity and real estate financiers in the world. Its blue-chip holdings include Time Warner, Standard Chartered Bank and large swathes of Manhattan real estate. Sudip Roy reports from Dubai on how the fund has risen to prominence so quickly.
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Where sovereign wealth funds invest
Varying investment objectives and risk profiles of sovereign wealth funds
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