[eng] This article underscores the limited financial power of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and their growth potential, as well as their objectives and governance principles, With the Santiago Principles as a backdrop, It evokes efforts aimed at drafting a common charter of principles for...

Pension fund returns can be decomposed into different sources, including market movements, asset allocation policy, and active portfolio management. We use a unique database covering the asset allocations of US defined-benefit pension funds for the period 1990–2008, and we test the role of...

The long haul across capital-intensive growth in China will gradually come to an end. As a “silent revolution”, the financial reform taking place is laying the foundations for a modern market economy, in which the efficient allocation of capital should ensure a steady growth rate. Supported...

L’économie chinoise a la capacité de supporter un taux d’endettement élevé, mais elle souffre d’un excès de crédit persistant et qui s’est fortement aggravé après 2009. Au début de 2014, les autorités ont décidé d'y porter un coup d’arrêt. Elles s'attaquent en priorité...

In late 2011 the twin sovereign and bank crises worsened substantially. The very existence of the euro was getting jeopardized by both a creeping fragmentation of the European financial system and by a recession in Southern Europe dragging down the whole EMU. In this paper, we show why there was...