Asset Classes and Investment Policy
Think tanks such as the World Pensions Council (WPC) have argued that the extended investment horizon of sovereign wealth funds allows them to act as long term investors in less liquid assets such as unlisted companies, commodities, real estate and infrastructure assets, a trend likely to develop further as banks and insurance companies decrease their exposure to these asset classes in the context of the Basel 2 and Solvency 2 regulatory constraints.
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