Gulf sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have become a prominent feature of the international financial landscape. They have grown in size so considerably in the past decade that they are now recognised as key institutional investors across a multitude of asset classes and markets.
Today, assets accumulated by the Gulf’s 14 SWFs amount to more than $1800bn, or one-third of the $5400bn total assets accumulated by SWFs worldwide, according to a report published by the US-based Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute in May 2013.