Leading global sovereign wealth funds 2022, by assets under management

截至2022年1月，全球最大的主权财富基金(SWF)是挪威银行投资管理公司(Norges Bank Investment Management), managing assets reaching around 1.33 trillion U.S. dollars. 该基金又称挪威石油基金，是挪威在北海发现石油后于1969年成立的.

What are sovereign wealth funds?

Sovereign wealth funds are state-owned and are comprised of a wide array of financial assets 包括股票、债券、房地产、贵金属和其他金融工具. In the main, sovereign wealth funds are funded by foreign-exchange reserves, 由货币当局或中央银行以美国货币形式持有的资产.S. 美元和其他世界主要货币作为支持债务的一种方式.

Who holds the SWF?

A state’s central bank will generally hold the sovereign wealth fund; in the process of its management of a nations funds or banking system funds will be accumulated. These types of state fund are of major economic and fiscal importance, and may be implemented for different objectives: protect the economy against sudden shocks, hedge against the problem of an aging population, or to foster socio-economic development.