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Bassan, Fabio --- "Introduction" [2015] ELECD 640; in Bassan, Fabio (ed), "Research Handbook on Sovereign Wealth Funds and International Investment Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015) 3

Book Title: Research Handbook on Sovereign Wealth Funds and International Investment Law

Editor(s): Bassan, Fabio

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781955192

Section Title: Introduction

Author(s): Bassan, Fabio

Number of pages: 7

Extract:

Introduction
Fabio Bassan



The research on the role that sovereign investments can play in a time of
crisis is still unsatisfactory. The focus continues to be on the active side
(investment flows and trends), grounded in economic scenarios and
objectives. Conversely, investigations from a legal standpoint are still few
and not focused on the `passive side', namely the host States' concerns
about sovereign investments' goals and tools. Hence, most of the many
relevant drivers that affect current sovereign investments, be they foreign
direct investment (FDI) or portfolio investments, remain unexplained.
This Research Handbook aims at illustrating the state of the art of the
legal investigation on sovereign investments, asking contributors to fill
the gaps, when possible and necessary. The book structure is original.
The editor sent not only topics and themes to the contributors, but also
detailed guidelines explaining the goal of the research that each contribu-
tor was asked to conduct.
The intention of this Introduction is to outline the whole original
framework, so that readers may understand the path followed in order for
this collection of contributions to have one least common denominator
and a fil rouge connecting all chapters. Each reader will judge the
outcome and assess whether and to what extent this book has fulfilled its
purpose.
In Chapter 1 the authors were asked to give a general overview of the
sovereign investment scenario and make a comparative analysis of
sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), focusing on their size and growth, their
investments (FDI or portfolio) and ...