The consulting agency International SWF tracks all of the essential information about Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) and Public Pension Funds (PPFs). Its an incredible assortment of charts and knowledge.

The asset worth peak was $33.6 trillion (USD) in 2021; that’s down solely barely to $31.4 trillion as of the top of 2022.

Given the tough yr markets had in 2022, together with all the held asset courses, it’s a powerful, albeit curious displaying. Guess they have been hedged or holding bodily property like timber or oil or gold in massive sufficient portions to supply the market declines proven under:

Alternatively, the precise reported values may very well be fabricated nonsense, which if reported precisely would possibly trigger some consternation or require a tax improve.

Regardless, the league desk by way of this database displaying all of the SWFs and PPFs is breathtaking within the dimension of the asset swimming pools collectively:

The annual report (PDF) is chock filled with enjoyable knowledge. The group additionally names 2022’s Better of, together with Fund, Asset Class, Area, and Trade of the Yr (all discovered right here).

It’s a world knowledge geek’s paradise . . .

Supply:
2023 Annual Report SOIs in a Multipolar World
SWF, January 1 2023

A run of charts I need to retailer right here in case i am going searching for them months from now however can’t bear in mind the place I left them…