Economics of sovereign wealth funds
Subtitle: issues for policymakers
By: editors, Udaibir S. Das, Adnan Mazarei, and Han van der Hoorn
Contributors: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781589069275
Subjects: Sovereign wealth funds
Description: The book covers a wide range of topics of relevance to policymakers in countries that have sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), and those that receive SWF investments,  organized around four themes: (1) the role and macrofinancial linkages of SWFs, (2) institutional factors, (3) investment approaches and financial markets, and (4) the post-crisis outlook.  It also discusses the challenges facing sovereign wealth funds in the coming years, from an inside perspective on countries, including Canada, Chile, China, Norway, Russia, and New Zealand.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Demystifying sovereign wealth funds / Espen Klitzing, Diaan-Yi Lin, Susan Lund, and Laurent Nordin; title: From reserves accumulation to sovereign wealth fund : policy and macrofinancial considerations / Yinqiu Lu, Christian Mulder, and Michael Papaioannou; title: Sovereign wealth funds : new economic realities and the political responses / Steffen Kern; title: Sovereign wealth funds and economic policy at home / Jon Shields and Mauricio Villafuerte; title: Sovereign wealth funds and the Santiago Principles / Udaibir S. Dos, Adnan Mazarei, and Alison Stuart; title: Legal underpinnings of capital account liberalization for sovereign wealth funds / Wouter Bossu, Gbianuju Ezejiofor, Thomas Laryea, and Yon Liu; title: Sovereign wealth funds : investment flows and the role of transparency / Robert Heath and Antonio Galicia-Escotto; title: Regulating a sovereign wealth fund through an external fund manager / Andre de Palma, Luc Leruth, and Adnan Mazarei; title: Sovereign wealth funds and recipient-country investment policies : OECD perspectives / Kathryn Gordon; title: Sovereign wealth fund investment strategies : complementing central bank investment strategies / Stephen L. Jen; title: Investment objectives of sovereign wealth funds : a shifting paradigm / eter Kunzel, Yinqiu Lu, Iva Petrova, and Jukka Pihlman; title: Managing a sovereign wealth fund : a view from practitioners / Didier Darcet, Michael du Jeu, and Thomas S. Coleman; title: Sovereign wealth funds and financial stability : an event-study analysis / Tao Sun and Heiko Hesse; title: The macroeconomic impact of sovereign wealth funds / Julie Kozack, Doug Laxton, and Krishna Srinivasan; title: A market view on the impact of sovereign wealth funds on global financial markets / Jens Nystedt; title: Sovereign wealth funds in the new normal / Mohamed A. EI-Erian; title: The future of sovereign wealth funds / Edwin M. Truman; title: Long-term implications of the global financial crisis for sovereign wealth funds / Andrew Rozanov; title: A final word : views of the sovereigns. A. Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund : looking forward / Aaron Brown and Rod Matheson; title: B. Managing Chile's SWFs beyond the global financial crisis / Eric Parrado; title: C. SWFs and recipient countries : toward a win-win situation / Jin Liqun; title: D. The New Zealand Superannuation Fund : surviving through and seeing beyond the global financial crisis / Adrian Orr; title: E. Norway : dealing with risk in an uncertain world / Thomas Ekeli and Martin Skancke; title: F. The Russian Federation : challenges for a rainy day / Peter Kazakevitch and Alexandra Trishkina; title: Appendices. The Santiago Principles; title: The International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds.