Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) has retained its position as the world’s sixth largest sovereign wealth fund (SWF) with a net worth of $515.6 billion, the November 2018 data from SWF Institute showed.
Meanwhile, the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) maintained its 10th spot with assets valued at $360 billion.
PIF had already announced plans to increase its total assets to nearly $600 billion by the end of 2020.
Norway’s Government Pension Fund topped the list of SWFs with assets standing at $1.058 trillion.
China Investment Corporation (CIC) came in the second with $941.4 billion worth of assets. It was followed by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority ($683 billion) and Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) with $592 billion worth of assets.
The assets of Investment Corporation of Dubai grew by $4 billion to $233.8 billion in November.
The combined assets of all sovereign funds under study amounted to $8.11 trillion by the end of November 2018, with Saudi Arabia and UAE accounting for 10.8 and 14.5 percent of total assets, respectively.
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World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Funds |
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Ranking |
Fund |
Country |
Asset ($ bln) |
Variation compared to June 2018 ($ bln) |
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1 |
Government Pension Fund - global |
Norway |
1,058.05 |
-- |
|
2 |
China Investment Corporation |
China |
941.4 |
-- |
|
3 |
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority |
UAE |
683.0 |
-- |
|
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 |
+4 |
|
14 |
Mubadala Investment Company |
UAE |
226.0 |
-- |
|
15 |
Korea investment corporation |
South Korea |
134.1 |
-- |
|
16 |
Australian Future Fund |
Australia |
107.7 |
-- |
|
17 |
National Development Fund of Iran |
Iran |
91.0 |
-- |
|
18 |
National Welfare Fund |
Russia |
77.2 |
-- |
|
19 |
Libyan Investment Authority |
Libya |
66.0 |
-- |
|
20 |
Alaska Permanent Fund |
USA |
65.7 |
-- |
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