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Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund ranked world’s largest

09 Feb 2012

(MENAFN) A report, issued by US-based Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute, ranked Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund with an estimated USD627 billion of assets under management, Arabian Business reported.

The report said that more than one third of the world’s top 20 investment funds are currently based in the Middle East with an estimated USD1731.5 billion of assets under management.

Saudi Arabia’s SAMA Foreign Holdings came fourth with an estimated USD472.5 billion of assets under management behind Norway’s Government Pension Fund – Global with USD560 billion and China’s SAFE Investment Company USD567.9 billion.

In terms of transparency, Kuwait Investment Authority came first with (6) points score for a Middle East sovereign wealth fund followed by Qatar Investment Authority (5) points.

Norway’s Government Pension Fund – Global, Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, Alaska Permanent Fund and Australian Future Fund all scored ten out of ten for transparency.

Last year, around 60 percent of total sovereign investment funding, which amounts to some $4.8 trillion worldwide, was driven by oil and gas revenues, according to the report.

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