The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is a global asset management company established on 1 July 2005 with a mission to preserve and grow national wealth by pursuing high investment returns overseas. In 2009, KIC earned a return of 18.67%, and excess return of 1.42 percentage points, on its...

China Investment Corporation (CIC) achieved a return of 11.7% on its overseas assets (global portfolio) in 2010. In the same year, it made $35.7 billion of new investments and continued to make direct investments in resource and energy projects. In addition, it reorganized its investment...