Time horizons among sovereign investors globally 2017-2021, by investment objectives

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 18, 2023

The overall time horizons for sovereign investments worldwide rose during the period from 2017 to 2021. The time horizon for investments grew to 11.3 years, up from 9.9 years in the previous year. Meanwhile, time horizons for liquidity sovereigns have barely changed, and amounted to 2.9 years.

Investment time horizons among sovereign investors worldwide from 2017 to 2021, by investment objectives

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Release date

July 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

January to March 2021

Number of respondents

141 respondents*

Special properties

Chief investment officers, heads of asset classes and senior portfolio strategists

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Direct Strategic Investments (DSI) are direct investments held outside a private markets’ portfolio.

*Interviews were conducted with 141 funds: 82 sovereign investors and 59 central banks.

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "What is the time horizon of your investment objective?"

Sample size: 2017 = 57, 2018 = 64, 2019 = 65, 2020 = 58, 2021 = 55

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