fund institute type private company founded 2007 headquarters las vegas us number of locations 3 in 1 country key people carl linaburg michael maduell products research events consulting website swfinstitute.org the sovereign wealth fund institute or swf institute or swfi is a global corporation analyzing public asset owners such as sovereign wealth funds and other long term governmental investors . initially the sovereign wealth fund institute focused solely on sovereign wealth funds . it has branched out to cover all types of public institutional investors . the institute is a financial data vendor but provides information to the media as well . 1 2 3 it was founded by michael maduell and carl linaburg in late 2007 . 4 transparency ratings edit the swfi came out with the linaburg maduell transparency index in 2008 . it is a 10 point scale based on ten principles of transparency each adding one point to the index rating . the index is used by sovereign wealth funds in their annual reports . 5 6 data edit the swfi tracks direct deals in sovereign wealth funds . the value of global direct deals by sovereign wealth funds hit 50.02 billion in the first half of 2014 . 7 references edit kim susanna . why norwegians are millionaires and americans are paupers . abc news . retrieved 11 january 2014 . blas javier . protecting nigeria oil swf is no easy task . financial times . retrieved 10 october 2013 . abedine saad . body of abu dhabi sovereign wealth fund chief found . cnn . retrieved 31 march 2010 . allen brad 30 may 2014 . is there an swf in your future . ir magazine . the state oil fund of the republic of azerbaijan ranks among the highest in transparency index . sofaz . retrieved 11 april 2009 . nsia rated transparent by sovereign wealth institute . nigeria sovereign investment authority . 16 july 2014 . dunkley dan 7 august 2014 . sovereign wealth funds pump near record amount of cash in deals . wall street journal . v t e international trade terminology absolute 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