Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have gained a considerable amount of attention in the past
few decades owing to their growing significance in the world economy. Increasingly, SWFs …

Selling membership into society has taken on new life with the recent proliferation globally of
Immigrant Investor Programs (IIP s). IIP s involve the sale of national membership privileges …

Endowed with half of the world's known oil and gas reserves, as well as a significant deposit
of mineral resources, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has perennially …

Financialisation presents a constraint on state power. It also offers opportunities. State-led
development, with the Asian experience at the forefront, is increasingly operationalised …

What constitutes a sovereign wealth fund is contested. In general, however, it is a state-
sponsored institutional investor that is answerable only to the state and makes investments …

Son yıllarda sayıları hızla artan Ulusal Varlık Fonları UVF'ler, devletin kontrolünde olan ve
çeşitli makroekonomik hedefleri gerçekleştirmek üzerine kurulan şirketlerdir. Bu fonlar daha …

In order for the Sustainable Development Goals to be achieved, a large amount of long-term
investment capital will need to be deployed in the sectors that can help catalyse …

In the last decade there has been a proliferation of state-sponsored institutional investors
(Monk, 2011). Although state-sponsored investors are not necessarily a novelty, this …

The substantial collapse of crude oil prices in the last quarter of 2014 was a stark reminder
of the volatility of commodity prices generally (Deaton 1999). For consumers, the collapse of …

The global financial crisis and ensuing economic slowdown have undercut investor
confidence in traditional financial markets and products (Awrey 2012). In response, the …