Some of you probably heard of SWFs, the state-owned investment funds with hundreds of billion dollars in assets under management. At the time there are about 50 SWFs, with total assets value of $4tn, twice the size of all hedge funds. And they are owned mostly by Asian and Middle East countries.
If you want to get more insight into SWF i recommend the latest The Economist's
article on SWF. Worthy read if you want to know what is going on in the global economy.
In this thread i would like to encourage you to the discussion on the topic, which is I think one of the most important issues in today's financial markets.