Sovereign wealth : the role of state capital in the new financial order /

As the first major collection of papers on sovereign wealth funds and state-owned enterprises, this book provides an essential guide to the geo-political impact of these pools of capital on global markets. The rise of sovereign wealth funds and state-owned enterprises represents a fundamental shift...

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Corporate Authors: World Scientific Firm
Group Author: Fry, Renee; McKibbin, Warwick J., 1957; O'Brien, Justin Peter Justin
Published: Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co.,
Publisher Address: London : Singapore :
Publication Dates: 2011.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/P658#t=toc
Summary: As the first major collection of papers on sovereign wealth funds and state-owned enterprises, this book provides an essential guide to the geo-political impact of these pools of capital on global markets. The rise of sovereign wealth funds and state-owned enterprises represents a fundamental shift in market dynamics. The potential fusion of political and commercial imperatives raises unresolved geo-political questions that have been sharpened by the vaporization of credit markets as a consequence of the global financial crisis. State-controlled pools of capital have now eclipsed hedge funds
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (ix,206pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781848164321 (electronic bk.)
CLC: F830.59
Contents: Introduction. Sovereign wealth funds in an evolving global financial system / Renee Fry, Warwick McKibbin and Justin O'Brien -- Section 1. Structure and impacts on the global economy. ch. 1. What is a sovereign wealth fund? / Stephen Grenville. ch. 2. Sovereign wealth funds and global capital flows : a macroeconomic perspective / Julie Kozack, Doug Laxton and Krishna Srinivasan. ch. 3. A portfolio analysis of sovereign wealth funds / Christopher Balding. ch. 4. The implications of sovereign wealth fund investment on capital markets : a bottom-up view / David G. Fernandez -- Section 2. Regula