Kuwait Investment Authority
- Kuwait Investment Authority
The Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) is Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund managing body, specializing in local and foreign investment. It was founded to manage the funds of the Kuwaiti Government in light of financial surpluses after the discovery of oil.
Today, KIA manages the Kuwait General Reserve Fund, the Kuwait Future Generations Fund, as well as any other moneys committed by the Ministry of Finance.
To put KIA's size into perspective, the Kuwait Future Generations Fund has 10% of annual oil revenues added to it. As of fiscal year 2004/2005, the annual contribution to the Kuwait Future Generations Fund was valued at 896.24 million Kuwaiti dinars (USD$3.07 billion).
KIA's board of directors is headed by the Minister of Finance, with other seats allocated to the Energy Minister, Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, and 5 other nationals who are experts in the field, 3 of which should not hold any other public office.
KIA is estimated to hold in excess of $200 billion of assets, and is reportedly one of the largest Sovereign Wealth Funds in the World.
Some of the Investments around the world are:
*Finance House - a 24.1 % stake acquired
*Arab Insurance - a 12.5 % stake acquired
*Daimler AG - a 7.6 % stake acquired
*Citigroup - a 6.0 % stake acquired
ee also
*Economy of Kuwait
External links
* [http://www.kia.gov.kw/kia/ Kuwait Investment Authority]
* [http://www.mof.gov.kw/ Kuwait Ministry of Finance]
* [http://www.mof.gov.kw/rprt-2005.pdf Kuwait Investment Authority 2004/2005 Annual Report]
* [http://www.swfinstitute.org/fund/kuwait.php SWF Institute] Profile on KIA
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