Victoria Barbary  is Director of Strategy & Communications for the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) in which her focus is to help sovereign wealth funds become better investors for the benefit of their citizens.  She formerly worked in research roles relating to Sovereign Wealth Funds and prior to that was a PhD student in the field of Victorian History.

Our conversation starts by setting the stage with sovereign wealth funds around the world, setting out the different sizes, structures and objectives that characterize the landscape. We move then into the goals of IFSWF, which are standard setting, knowledge sharing and representation, and describe what each goal means in real terms.

Given the reach of sovereign wealth funds and their influence on local economies, we focus on the current trends around productive finance, sustainability, governance and staffing, and look to the future in terms of the surge of influence of these institutional investors.

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