Shoppers crowd at a market place ahead in Mumbai, India, October 22, 2022. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni/File photo
LONDON – India has emerged as the second most coveted investment market after the United States for sovereign wealth funds and public pensions funds in 2022, according to a study by asset manager Invesco published on Monday. Sovereign investors, which now manage some $33 trillion in assets, have also seen a rapid rise in allocations to private markets, though this development might start to slow with fixed income back in favour, the Invesco Global Sovereign Asset Management Study said.“Over the last 10 years sovereign investors have invested with the wind at their backs thanks to the secular bull market that emerged from the global financial crisis,” said Rod Ringrow, Invesco’s head of official institutions.
Average annual returns for sovereign investors over the past decade stood at 6.5 percent and, for sovereign wealth funds alone, at 10 percent in 2021, Invesco found. However, 2022 could prove to be a turning point with higher inflation and tighter monetary policy hitting long-term expected returns.
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