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Where did the Sovereign Wealth Funds Go?

April 21, 2008 - 10:36am

Since November, sovereign wealth funds have injected $41 billion of a total of $105 billion into struggling financial institutions. Since the purchases, the weighted average of those investments is down 40%. Many sovereign wealth funds are somewhat protected by buying mandatory convertible bonds, which pay large dividends to their holders before paying out to those with common stock. Still, sovereign funds were hasty in their investments and have spent the last couple months licking their wounds.

Snapshot asks, when will sovereign wealth funds move back into financials?

Reuters - Gulf Arabs put brakes on buying spree, await bargains
Wall Street Journal - SWF Losses
Bloomberg - Bear Stearns's Ruin Will Shake Sovereign Funds
IMF (Box 1.2) - Global Financial Stability Report

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