Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Keynote Addresses Sovereign Wealth Funds-Distinguishing Aspects and Opportunities The Contribution of Institutional Investors to Fostering Stability and Long-Term Growth Sovereign Wealth Funds as Stabilizers Financing Long-Term Investments After the Crisis: A View from Europe What Sovereign Wealth Funds Can Do to Alleviate Global Poverty The Sovereign Debt Problem 2. The State of Sovereign Wealth Funds Overview The Rationale for Sovereign Wealth Funds from a Development Persepective Sovereign Wealth Funds: Form and Function in the Twenty-first Century 3. Benchmarking and Performance Standards Introduction Stabilization Funds Tilt of Benchmarks Four Benchmarks of Sovereign Wealth Funds Which Financial Benchmarks and Other Incentives Work for Long-Term Investing? Further Considerations Panel Summary Panel Paper: The Four Benchmarks of Sovereign Wealth Funds 4. Fostering Development Through Socially Responsible Investment Introduction Impact Investing: A New Asset Class and Its Implications for Sovereign Wealth Funds Sovereign Wealth Funds as Catalysts of Socially Responsible Investing Objectives and Ethical Guidelines of Norges Bank Investment Management Building Emerging Countries' Financial Infrastructure and Investing in Microfinance Further Considerations Panel Summary 5. Expanding Investment Horizons: Opportunities for Long-Term Investors Introduction How to Reward Long-Term Investors Sovereign Wealth Funds and the Shifting Wealth of Nations Compensation and Risk-Taking in the U.S. Financial Industry Building Long-Term Strategies for Investment of Sovereign Wealth Further Considerations Panel Summary Panel Paper: Capital Access Bonds-Securities Implementing Countercyclical Investment Strategies Panel Paper: L-Shares-Rewarding Long-Term Investors 6. Reducing Climate Risk Introduction Influencing Clean Innovations The Emerging Role of State Investors in the Governance of Global Corporations The Rise of Carbon-Free Technology Smart Energy Globalization Further Considerations Panel Summary 7. Managing Risk During Macroeconomic Uncertainty Introduction Macroeconomic Uncertainty and Managing Risk for Sovereign Wealth Funds Funds and Volatility Managing Uncertainy Key Issues Further Considerations Panel Summary 8. Manging Commodity Price Volatility Introduction Managing Commodity Price Volatility Chile and Copper Management of Commodity Price Risks on Sovereign Balance Sheets Further Considerations Panel Summary Panel Paper: Managing Commodity Risk-Can Sovereign Funds Help? 9. Sovereign Wealth Funds and World Governance Introduction Reconciling Sovereignty, Accountability, and Transparency in Sovereign Wealth Funds Sovereign Wealth Funds: Perhaps We See What We Want to See Restrictions on Cross-Border Investment The Value of Transparency Maximizing Autonomy in the Shadow of Great Powers Further Considerations Panel Summary Conclusion: Taking Stock-Analytical Challenges and Directions for Future Research Contributors About the Conference Organizers

This book is an excellent in-depth exploration of how the wealth of future generations can be put to use in addressing the critical issues of our time. Having gone from foe to friend in the global financial crisis, sovereign wealth funds now clearly have an important role to play in improving governance, preserving the planet, sustaining global financial stability, and ensuring long-term growth. -- Erik Berglof, chief economist and special adviser to the president at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development This book is an excellent and in-depth exploration of how to look at the wealth of future generations with respect to the critical issues of our time. Clearly long term investors and sovereign funds have a prominent place in our shared global values to preserve the planet and to build a more sustainable future. -- Robert Tessier, Chairman of the Board of Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec SWFs now have major opportunities that are too good to miss - investing for the long term and investing in low-carbon technology. This book provides a road map for actions which can accelerate sustainable investment whilst helping the world manage the macroeconomic crises facing this decade and managing potential future crises of climate change. -- Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics and former chief economist of the World Bank

This volume achieves, in uncompromising fashion, the fundamental objective of scholarly conferences, yet one not often accomplished this well. By assembling the most informed individuals to educate us about this development at the center of global economics and politics and by expressing their insights in such well-reasoned fashion, Sovereign Wealth Funds and Other Long-Term Investors makes us better prepared to think through a subject crucial to our nation's governance. The prospect that the global financial crisis could bring forth a better form of capitalism is an idea worthy of consideration. This book is another valuable addition to our public discourse from the editors and their many celebrated contributors. -- Lee C. Bollinger, president, Columbia University