Report shows SWFs accelerating their co-investments

The extent to which sovereign investors are taking a lead in funding groundbreaking technologies has been highlighted in a new survey released this week. A report published on Monday by ICEX-Invest in Spain, jointly with the IE Business School, shows that sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have been actively expanding their strategic asset allocation via higher risk ventures, private equity/debt transactions, co-investments and joint venture partnerships. While investing in mainstay …