Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) has retained position as the world’s fifth biggest sovereign fund with a net worth of $494 billion, despite a $20 billion withdrawals from October 2017, SWF Institute’s December 2017 data showed.
Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) also maintained its 11th spot with assets valued at $223.9 billion. PIF had announced plans to increase its total assets to $400 billion (SAR 1.5 trillion) by the end of 2020.
Norway’s Government Pension Fund topped the list of largest Sovereign wealth funds in the world with assets standing at $998.9 billion.
China Investment Corporation (CIC) climbed to the second place by $900 billion worth of assets followed by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA).
The combined assets of all sovereign funds under study amounted to $7.58 trillion by the end of 2017, with Saudi Arabia and UAE accounting for 9.5 and 17.2 percent of total assets, respectively.
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World’s Top 20 Sovereign Funds - 2017 |
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Rank |
SWF |
Country |
Assets |
Change from October |
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01 |
Government Pension Fund - global |
Norway |
998.9 |
-- |
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|
02 |
|
China |
900.0 |
+86.2 |
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|
03 |
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority |
UAE |
828.0 |
-- |
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|
04 |
Kuwait Investment authority |
Kuwait |
524.0 |
-- |
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|
05 |
SAMA Foreign Holdings |
Saudi |
494.0 |
(20.0) |
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|
06 |
Hong Kong Monetary Authority Investment Portfolio |
China |
456.6 |
-- |
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|
07 |
SAFE Investment Company |
China |
441.0 |
-- |
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|
08 |
Government of Singapore Investment Corporation |
Singapore |
359.0 |
-- |
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|
09 |
Qatar Investment Authority |
Qatar |
320.0 |
-- |
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|
10 |
National Social Security Fund |
China |
295.0 |
-- |
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11 |
Public Investment Fund |
Saudi |
223.9 |
-- |
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12 |
Investment Corporation of Dubai |
UAE |
209.5 |
-- |
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|
13 |
Temasek Holdings |
Singapore |
197.0 |
-- |
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|
14 |
Mubadala Investment Company |
UAE |
125.0 |
-- |
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|
15 |
korea Investment Corporation |
South Korea |
122.3 |
-- |
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|
16 |
Abu Dhabi Investment Council |
UAE |
110.0 |
-- |
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|
17 |
Australian Future Fund |
Australia |
105.4 |
-- |
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18 |
National Development Fund of Iran |
Iran |
91.0 |
-- |
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19 |
National Welfare Fund |
Russia |
72.2 |
-- |
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20 |
Libyan Investment Authority |
Lybia |
66.0 |
-- |
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