The data describes the world’s leading sovereign wealth funds based on the value of assets under management as of August 2018. In that month, the Norwegian Government Pension Fund was the biggest SWF fund globally, with managed assets amounting to over 1 trillion USD.
Sovereign wealth funds – additional information
In the main, sovereign wealth funds are funded by foreign-exchange reserves, assets which are held by monetary authorities or central banks in the form of USD and other leading world currencies as a way of backing liabilities.
