Case Study: Sovereign Wealth Fund

Free CFA Level III: Private Markets lesson in Portfolio Construction. 32 min read, ~4,872 words.

SWFs pursue multiple competing objectives: stabilization, savings, development, and reserve management. Stabilization funds need short duration, high liquidity, low risk, they are crisis insurance. Savings funds (future generation) have perpetual horizons, high risk tolerance, low liquidity needs, the natural home for equities and alternatives. Governance and transparency determine whether a...

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