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Classification as a Sovereign Wealth Fund

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I wanted to start a discussion on the classification of the fund as a Sovereign Wealth Fund.


The issue appears to be contentious:

Some plainly argue that it is not a Sovereign Wealth Fund.[1][2][3][4]

However, others such as the Financial Times, the Telegraph or the Spectator report on the NWF as a sovereign wealth fund.[5][6][7][8][9]

The fund is named the National Wealth Fund, which Wikipedia currently redirects to the sovereign wealth fund page: National wealth fund.

It's possible that the Treasury wanted to associate the fund with a sovereign wealth fund.

The Sovereign wealth fund article states in the second line that 'Sovereign wealth funds invest globally.' The NWF invests only domestically.

Additionally, the NWF is an evolution of the UKIB, which was a development bank.


It's clear that this issue is contentious.

I decided to list the National Wealth Fund as a sovereign wealth fund for the time being, whilst also highlighting that this classification is contentious.

What is our best course of action?


Pinging notable editors:

@Vicotair, ChefBear02, and Uhooep: LunaExplorer (talk) 10:54, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Portfolio Section

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I wanted to start another discussion relating to portfolio table, which I have removed.

Notable funds such as the Government Pension Fund of Norway or the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority do not list the fund's portfolio.

I believe that maintaining a complete list of the portfolio will be difficult, and that an incomplete list may become misleading.

This is especially true given the complex nature of some of the funds investments.


I'd like to propose that we do not maintain a portfolio section/table on the article. LunaExplorer (talk) 13:34, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]