Talk:Sovereign wealth fund

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Concerns about SWFs
Some of these points seem less concerning than others, as an example "As this asset pool continues to expand in size and importance, so does its potential impact on various asset markets", this seems like kind the point in some ways, as demonstrated by Norway's SWF where companies can be 'punished' for socially irresponsible activities by divestment, or rewarded by continuing to be part of the SWF.

The argument made by the Norway SWF page is that those with "non-market investment motives" may not be good for the market, but this is based on Beck's opinion published in 2008 -- in the meantime we've seen megafunds like BlackRock and Fidelity work on ESG concerns and act as activists for non-market investment motives. Non-market investment motives are much more of a reality than the theoretical idea they once were.

An investment to "secure control of strategically important industries" also seems like a straightforward benefit for the country with the wealth fund.

Other points such as lack of transparency do seem to be appropriately referred to as concerns.

I believe that this is WP:UNDUE. This section needs reworked to be able to show these observations more neutrally, given that these are not straightforward concerns, particularly depending on context they're viewed in. Oh no no no no no (talk) 06:59, 15 October 2023 (UTC)

Early funds - Texas first?
The Early funds section says that the first funds where USA state funds and that Texas was the first, but the table has France as the oldest SWF and that within states of the USA Texas would be third. Some inconsistency? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.28.223.214 (talk) 21:10, 7 December 2023 (UTC)

Texas PSF missing from table
Article body talks about Texas PSF as an early SWF and links to a page that suggests PSF is still actively a SWF with US$48 billion under management as of 2020, but PSF is missing from the table. Should it be present? 2600:1700:4636:0:5146:A1B2:AEF4:44A7 (talk) 23:37, 14 December 2023 (UTC)