Paul Singer: Big Trouble Ahead For Pensions And SWFs

Excerpted from Paul Singer Elliott Management Q1 letter to investors.

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These are two large classes of global investors that may provide powerful and not necessarily welcome dynamics under some market circumstances.
Sovereign wealth funds represent money owned by nations and invested in securities and other assets located generally outside those nations. With trillions of dollars of assets, they have emerged as significant investors in a relatively short period of time. Their appetite for variety in investing has also grown, and now they are among the largest investors in hedge funds and private equity funds, in addition to their direct ownership of securities, real estate and other assets.
Interestingly, it is reported that almost 60% of sovereign wealth...