The growing might of SWFs is causing concern – and, in some cases, inciting virulent criticism – particularly in host OECD countries, where many fear the redistribution of financial, economic, and political power to emerging countries that have very different political regimes from their own. In fact, of the seven SWFs that control more than two-thirds of all SWFs’ assets, three are from Asia (one from China and two from Singapore) and three are from the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, and Qatar).
主权财富基金实力的增长引起了担忧——有时甚至是恶意攻击——特别是经合组织成员东道国的担忧，很多人担心金融、经济和政治实力的再分配，而新兴国家与它们自身的政治体制又大不相同。事实上，七家主权财富基金掌握着主权财富基金资产总量的三分之二以上，其中三家来自亚洲（一家来自中国，两家来自新加坡），三家来自中东（阿布扎比、科威特和卡塔尔）。