title: Global assets under management
text: # 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
  
  | Rank | Fund type | US$ billion | 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 |
  
  * ^1 Around one third of private wealth is incorporated in conventional investment management (Pension funds, Mutual funds and Insurance assets).
  * ^2 Many surveys systematically overestimate the global wealth pool. This is because they fail to separate out assets that are inaccessible for wealth management services (e.g. pension assets, real estate, dedicated liquidity, etc.)
  
  ## Assets by region
  
  Assets by region, 2020 :
  
  | Region | Value by region (in US$ billions) |
  | - | - |
  | North America | 40,000 |
  | Europe | 20,000 |
  | Middle East | 6,000 |
  | Japan and Australia | 5,200 |
  | Asia (excluding Japan and Australia) | 5,200 |
  | Latin America | 2,000 |
  
  ## Assets by company
  
  ### Key
  
  * AM — Asset management firm
  * FOREX — Foreign exchange reserves
  * HF — Hedge fund
  * MF — (Exchange Traded) Mutual fund
  * PEN — Pension fund
  * PE — Private equity firm
  * SWF — Sovereign wealth fund
  * UHNWI — (Billionaire) Ultra high-net-worth individual
  
  ### Companies
  
  | Investor Name | Type | Total assets (US$ billion) |
  | - | - | - |
  | BlackRock | AM | 12,000 |
  | Charles Schwab Corporation | AM | 7,500 |
  | The Vanguard Group | AM | 7,000 |
  | People's Bank of China | FOREX | 3,700 |
  | Fidelity Investments | AM | 3,600 |
  | Allianz Asset Management (PIMCO + Allianz Global Investors) | AM | 3,400 |
  | State Street Global Advisors | AM | 3,300 |
  | Capital Group | AM | 2,300 |
  | JPMorgan Chase | AM | 2,300 |
  | BNY Mellon Investment Management | AM | 2,300 |
  | Goldman Sachs | AM | 2,300 |
  | Amundi | AM | 2,000 |
  | Government Pension Investment Fund (Japan) | PEN | 1,370 |
  | Bank of Japan | FOREX | 1,264 |
  | Government Pension Fund - Global (Norway) | SWF | 893 |
  | Government Pension Fund of Norway (Norway) | PEN | 856 |
  | Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund (United States) | PEN | 832 |
  | Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Abu Dhabi) | SWF | 773 |
  | SAMA Foreign Holdings (Saudi Arabia) | SWF | 757 |
  | Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority | FOREX | 745 |
  | UBS Asset Management | AM | 680 |
  | China Investment Corporation (China) | SWF | 653 |
  | SAFE Investment Company (China) | SWF | 567 |
  | Swiss National Bank | FOREX | 531 |
  | Central Bank of the Russian Federation | FOREX | 429 |
  | Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP (Netherlands) | PEN | 427 |
  | National Pension Service (South Korea) | PEN | 400 |
  | Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | AM | 278 |
  | Barclays Inverse US Treasury Composite ETN (Blackrock) | MF | 211 |
  | SPDR S&P 500 (State Street Global Advisors) | MF | 200 |
  | Bridgewater Associates | HF | 78 |
  | Bill Gates (Microsoft) | UHNWI | 76 |
  | Carlos Slim (Grupo Carso/Telemex) | UHNWI | 72 |
  | Core S&P 500 ETF (Blackrock) | MF | 70 |
  | Man Group | HF | 65 |
  | Amancio Ortega (Inditex Group) | UHNWI | 64 |
  | Warren Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway) | UHNWI | 58 |
  | iShare MSCI EAFE ETF (Blackrock) | MF | 54 |
  | Total Stock Market ETF (the Vanguard Group) | MF | 50 |
  | Larry Ellison (Oracle Corporation) | 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 (KKR) | PE | 28 |
  | Warburg Pincus | PE | 26 |
  