Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs)-capital pools created by governments to invest surplus funds in private markets-are increasingly important global financial actors. Many fear that the economic power of SWFs, which is measured in trillions of dollars, will be used strategically and politically. Are...

This Article considers the increasing impact of equity investments made by sovereign wealth funds. Observers have increasingly viewed sovereign investments with a high degree of suspicion due to the potential for the investments to be used as political tools rather than traditional investment...