A Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) is a state-owned investment fund composed of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate, or other financial instruments funded by foreign exchange assets

1. Sovereign
Wealth Funds,
Rankings
and
Asset Allocations Globally

2. A Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) is a state-owned
investment fund composed of financial assets such
as stocks, bonds, real estate, or other financial
instruments funded by foreign exchange assets.
These assets can include: balance of payments
surpluses, official foreign currency operations,
the proceeds of privatizations, fiscal surpluses,
and/or receipts resulting from commodity exports

3. Sovereign Wealth Funds can be structured as a fund,
pool, or corporation. The definition of sovereign
wealth fund exclude, among other things, foreign
currency reserve assets held by monetary
authorities for the traditional balance of payments
or monetary policy purposes, state-owned
enterprises (SOEs) in the traditional sense,
government-employee pension funds, or assets
managed for the benefit of individuals.

4. Some funds also invest indirectly in domestic
state-owned enterprises. In addition, they tend to
prefer returns over liquidity, thus they have a
higher risk tolerance than traditional foreign
exchange reserves.
Funds may have their origin in:
 Commodities - Created through commodity
exports, either taxed or owned by the
government.

5.  Non Commodities - Usually created through
transfers of assets from official foreign exchange
reserves.
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