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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826529603321

Autore

Quadrio Curzio Alberto

Titolo

Sovereign wealth funds : a complete guide to state-owned investment funds / / by Alberto Quadrio Curzio and Vaeria Miceli

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Petersfield [Great Britain] : , : Harriman House, , 2010

ISBN

0-85719-152-7

Edizione

[Reprint edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 233 p. ) : ill

Collana

Harriman finance essentials

Altri autori (Persone)

MiceliValeria

Disciplina

254

Soggetti

Sovereign wealth funds

Investment of public funds

Investments, Foreign

International finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published as "I fondi sovrani" in Italy in 2009.

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

List of Figures and TablesAbout the AuthorsIntroduction1. How and When Sovereign Wealth Funds Came About2. What Are Sovereign Wealth Funds?3. The Most Representative Actors4. Strategies and Effects on Global Financial Markets5. Geoeconomics and Geopolitics6. The United States and the European Union Confronted with SWFs7. The Principles of the IMF and the OECD: Towards a Multilateral FrameworkConclusionAppendix - The Santiago PrinciplesNotesBibliographyAbbreviations and Acronyms

Sommario/riassunto

Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) are state investment vehicles based on balance of payment surpluses. This book answers such key questions as: What defines a SWF? When and how did SWFs emerge? What investment strategies do SWFs pursue? What are the main financial, economic and political consequences of the operations of SWFs? And more.