Saudi, UAE sovereign funds among world’s largest

The kingdom’s SAMA Foreign Holdings fund, which was placed sixth on the list, saw its asset value at $515.6 billion in February.

Elsewhere in the region, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) ranked third on the list after Norway and China, with $697 billion in assets. The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) claimed the fourth spot with assets worth $592 billion, while Investment Corporation of Dubai placed 13th at $233.8 billion.

Norway's Government Pension Fund maintained its ranking as the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, with assets reaching $1.07 trillion during the period.

SWFs’ gross assets reached around $8.14 trillion in February. Saudi Arabia holds a 10.8 percent share of the world’s wealth funds, or $875.6 billion, while the UAE controls 14.6 percent, or $1190.8 billion.

World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Funds
Ranking	Fund	Country	Asset ($ bln)	Variation compared to June 2018 ($ bln)
1	Government Pension Fund - global	Norway	1,074.6	+ 16.6
2	China Investment Corporation	China	941.4	--
3	Abu Dhabi Investment Authority	UAE	697.0	+ 14.0
4	Kuwait Investment authority	Kuwait	592.0	--
5	Hong Kong Monetary Authority Investment Portfolio	China	522.6	--
6	SAMA Foreign Holdings	Saudi Arabia	515.6	--
7	SAFE Investment Company	China	441.0	--
8	Government of Singapore Investment Corporation	Singapore	390.0	--
9	Temasek Holdings	Singapore	375.0	--
10	Public Investment Fund	Saudi Arabia	360.0	--
11	Qatar Investment Authority	Qatar	320.0	--
12	National Social Security Fund	China	295.0	--
13	Investment corporation of Dubai	UAE	233.8	--
14	Mubadala Investment Company	UAE	226.0	--
15	Korea investment corporation	South Korea	134.1	--
16	Australian Future Fund	Australia	103.0	(4.7)
17	National Development Fund of Iran	Iran	91.0	--
18	National Welfare Fund	Russia	68.5	(8.7)
19	Libyan Investment Authority	Libya	66.0	--
20	Alaska Permanent Fund	USA	65.7	--

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