Mumtalakat and Bahrain’s National Economic Strategy – Straddling Performance and Liquidity (Case Study)

by Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi “Mumtalakat: Straddling Performance and Liquidity” is an interdisciplinary case, intended for use as a pedagogical tool,

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Sovereign Wealth Funds – ESADEgeo Annual Report 2013

by Javier Santiso ESADEgeo’s new report, Sovereign Wealth Funds 2013, shows the decline in direct investments experienced by SWFs in 2012:

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Into the institutional Void – Managing the Sovereign Wealth of Emerging Economies

by Eliot Kalter, Patrick J. Schena The goal of this note is to offer an analytical overview of the roles and investment

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Financing the Expansion of Global Energy – The Role of SWF Investment as Strategic Private Equity

by Patrick J. Schena By any measure, the role of the energy sector in any economy has strategic implications for

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The Geographic Challenges of Establishing Sovereign Wealth Funds in Frontier Markets (Case Study)

by Adam B. Robbins Introduction Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) face numerous, complex challenges in their establishment and growth. Like any investor,

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SWFs and Egypt – A Fresh Look at Infrastructure Funding and Investments

by Asim Ali, Shatha Al-Aswad This paper argues that “neighborly investment” by the Persian Gulf states and their Sovereign Wealth Funds

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SWF Asset Allocation after the Financial Crisis – Increased Diversification Requires Enhanced Political Risk Management

by Dr. Eliot Kalter Dr. Eliot Kalter delivered this presentation at the CFA Institute conference in March, 2012 Table of Contents: I. Emerging

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Political Risk – An Important Issue for Sovereign Wealth Funds

by Dr. David A. Glancy Political risk is any event that can directly or indirectly alter the value of an economic

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Redefining Political Risk Management – The SWF Dimension

by Dr. Eliot Kalter Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are becoming significant players in an unstable global financial stage. The financial

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Persian Gulf based SWFs & Financial Hubs in Bahrain, Dubai and Qatar – A Case of Competitive Branding

by Asim Ali, Shatha Al-Aswad Competitive branding between Bahrain, Qatar, and UAE has been made apparent on different levels; from oil,

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SWFs and the Economic Development Agenda – Reflections on the “Arab Spring”

by Elijah Reese Without preference to the Arab world, economic challenges fuel social pressures. As the Arab Spring has ably demonstrated,

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Proposed Tax Regulations Protect U.S. Tax Exemption for Sovereign Wealth Investors

by Joel D. Almquist, Won-Han Cheng, Thomas F. Holt, Jr., Scott D. Newman, Theodore L. Press, Charles H. Purcell, Roger S.

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Sovereign Wealth Funds, Debt Issuances, and the Development of Capital Markets

by Patrick J. Schena, Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi Can and do sovereign wealth funds (SWF) promote the development of capital markets? SWFs

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Sovereign Wealth Funds and the Privatization of State Assets – Toward a Life-Cycle Framework

by Jonathan Brookfield, Patrick J. Schena, Ravi Shankar Chaturvedi (Article Contribution to Report “Braving the New World: Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment

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Sovereign Wealth Funds’ Public Policy and Asset Allocation After the Financial Crisis

by Dr. Eliot Kalter Dr. Eliot Kalter’s Presentation in October 2010 explains the relevance of Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs), outlines

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Euro Zone Crisis and Sovereign Wealth Funds

by Dr. Eliot Kalter, Thomas F. Holt The authors write for Reuters on Euro Zone Crisis and Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs)  

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