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5 nations with huge sway on Wall Street

Forget hedge funds. The world's biggest investors are sovereign wealth funds. When these countries move money around, the financial world listens.

Saudi Arabia's SAMA Foreign Holdings

world investors saudi arabia
  • Assets: $738 billion

Notable Investments: Saudi Arabia's sovereign fund derives most of its wealth from the country's vast oil production and exportation activities. Despite its size, the fund is pretty conservative when it comes to investing.

It has small stakes in some stocks, and spends most of its money on social development within Saudi Arabia and the region.

Source: Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute
  @JesseSolomonCNN - Last updated June 16 2014 08:35 AM ET

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