Global assets under management
Global assets under management consists of assets held by asset management firms, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds, and private equity funds.
Assets by classification
- AM - Asset Management Firm
- FOREX - Foreign Exchange Reserves
- HF - Hedge Fund
- MF - Mutual Fund
- PEN - Pension Fund
- PE - Private Equity Firm
- SWF - Sovereign Wealth Fund
- UHNWI - Ultra High-Net-Worth Individual
Rank | Fund type | billions USD | Figures as of |
| — | Private wealth | $ 32,800 | 2008 |
| 1 | Pension funds | $ 31,500 | 2011 |
| 2 | Insurance companies | $ 24,400 | 2011 |
| 3 | Mutual funds | $ 23,800 | 2011 |
| 4 | Real estate | $ 10,000 | 2006 |
| 5 | Foreign exchange reserves | $ 7,341 | February 2008 |
| 6 | Sovereign wealth funds | $ 3,980 | 2011 |
| 7 | Hedge funds | $ 2,845 | 2014 |
| 8 | Private equity funds | $ 1,600 | 2009 |
| 9 | REITs | $ 764 | 2007 |
- Around one third of private wealth is incorporated in conventional investment management.
- Many surveys systematically overestimate the global wealth pool. This is because they fail to separate out assets that are inaccessible for wealth management services
Assets by Region
Assets by company
| Investor Name | Type | Total assets |
| Blackrock | AM | 4,700 |
| People's Bank of China | FOREX | 3,700 |
| The Vanguard Group | AM | 3,000 |
| Allianz Asset Management | AM | 2,213 |
| State Street Global Advisors | AM | 2,300 |
| Government Pension Investment Fund | PEN | 1,370 |
| Bank of Japan | FOREX | 1,264 |
| Government Pension Fund - Global | SWF | 893 |
| Government Pension Fund of Norway | PEN | 856 |
| Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund | PEN | 832 |
| Abu Dhabi Investment Authority | SWF | 773 |
| SAMA Foreign Holdings | SWF | 757 |
| Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority | FOREX | 745 |
| UBS Asset Management | AM | 680 |
| China Investment Corporation | SWF | 653 |
| SAFE Investment Company | SWF | 567 |
| Swiss National Bank | FOREX | 531 |
| Central Bank of the Russian Federation | FOREX | 429 |
| Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP | PEN | 427 |
| National Pension Service | PEN | 400 |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | AM | 278 |
| Barclays Inverse US Treasury Composite ETN | MF | 211 |
| SPDR S&P 500 | MF | 200 |
| Bridgewater Associates | HF | 78 |
| Bill Gates | UHNWI | 76 |
| Carlos Slim | UHNWI | 72 |
| Core S&P 500 ETF | MF | 70 |
| Man Group | HF | 65 |
| Amancio Ortega | UHNWI | 64 |
| Warren Buffett | UHNWI | 58 |
| iShare MSCI EAFE ETF | MF | 54 |
| Total Stock Market ETF | MF | 50 |
| Larry Ellison | UHNWI | 48 |
| JP Morgan Asset Management | HF | 47 |
| Brevan Howard Asset Management | HF | 37 |
| TPG Capital | PE | 36 |
| the Carlyle Group | PE | 33 |
| the Blackstone Group | PE | 30 |
| Och-Ziff Capital Management Group | HF | 29 |
| Kohlberg Kravis Roberts | PE | 28 |
| Warburg Pincus | PE | 26 |