Sovereign Wealth Funds

Adam D. Dixon is Adam Smith Chair in Sustainable Capitalism at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. He is author of The New Frontier Investors (2016), The New Geography of Capitalism (2014) and Sovereign Wealth Funds: Legitimacy, Governance, and Global Power (2013).Patrick J. Schena is BLR Professor of Practice, Department of Economics, Tufts University and Adjunct Professor of International Business, the Fletcher School, Tufts UniversityJavier Capapé is Adjunct Professor and Director of the Sovereign Wealth Research at the Centre for Governance of Change at IE University, Madrid.

• 1. What is a sovereign wealth fund?2. The short history of sovereign wealth funds3. Legitimizing state actors in global markets4. The new giants in global finance: myths and realities5. Tools of strategic development6. The new state capitalist normal?

Dixon, Schena and Capapé have written a concise, thorough and informative volume on sovereign wealth funds. They carefully explore the many issues that these governmental institutions still raise. The combination of historical context and analytical content is highly accessible. A must-read.