News & Press Releases
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2021 was a Record Year for Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment
London, 13 June 2022 – Today, the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF), a global network of sovereign wealth funds from over 40 countries, has released its annual review of sovereign wealth fund investments in 2021, titled A Year of...
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IFSWF Strengthens its Footprint in Africa with Three New Memberships
London, 17 May 2022 – The International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF), a global network of sovereign wealth funds from over 40 countries, has admitted the Sovereign Fund of Egypt, as a full member, as well as Ethiopian Investment...
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Report from State Street and the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds Reveals Significant Asset Allocation Shift by Large Institutional Investors
New Focus on Assets and Markets Considered to be Less Risky LONDON, 25 April 2022 — State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) and the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF), a global network of sovereign wealth funds from 40...
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Gabon’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, FGIS, Joins the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds
LONDON – 26 January 2022. Today, the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF), a global network of sovereign wealth funds from 40 countries, is pleased to announce that it has admitted the Fonds Gabonais d’Investissements Stratégiques (...
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Morocco’s Ithmar Capital Becomes Acting Chair of the IFSWF
The IFSWF Board has resolved that the Deputy Chair, Obaid Amrane, Chief Executive Officer of Morocco’s Ithmar Capital, will become the Acting Chair following the departure of Angela Rodell from the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC) on 9...
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Sovereign Wealth Funds Put Climate Change Centre Stage at IFSWF Annual Meeting
Members elect new board IFSWF hosts the largest meeting of sovereign wealth fund CEOs and senior leaders in over a decade Climate change discussed at length in every session London, 4 November 2021 – The International Forum of Sovereign...
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IFSWF welcomes Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund as an associate member
London, 24 May 2021 – Today, the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF), the global network of sovereign wealth funds, announces that it has admitted the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA) as an associate member. IFSWF now has...
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SWFs Double Direct Investment During COVID-19 Crisis
Research reveals that – as well as supporting their governments – these long-term investors redoubled their focus on climate change and other secular trends in 2020. London, 11 May 2021 – Today, the International Forum of Sovereign...
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African Sovereign Wealth Funds Double Down on Governance to Power Growth and Prosperity
Research reveals the challenges and opportunities for a new generation of sovereign wealth funds London and Cape Town, April 28 2021 – Today, the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF), a global network of sovereign wealth funds...
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State Street and the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds Announce Research on Institutional Investor and Sovereign Wealth Fund Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Research Reveals Sovereign Wealth Funds and Institutional Investors are moving into Equities as Systemic Risk Recedes LONDON, 1 April 2021 — State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) and the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF), a...