I have little to no knowledge of Sovereign Wealth Funds. I’d like to find out more 
Does anyone think the UK should have one ?
Will Freetrade build it’s own Sovereign style Wealth Fund by owning a Portfolio of stocks to generate income other than from its clients ?
Should they ?
UK should’ve channeled North Sea Oil profits into a sovereign wealth fund, but that ship has sailed. Fail to see where the income to set up this fund would come from.
But, in principle, it would be a smart idea. There has been some suggestion that we should borrow a ton of money at current low interest rates and set up a sovereign wealth fund. Would be risky but highly unlikely not to generate a net positive return. Fail to see a government with a bottle to do that though!
This comes down to a single question. Do you think the governement can invest money more productively than private citizens and business? If yes, create such a fund. If no, don’t.
Alex hit the nail on the hit. Look what Norway did and what it enables them to do now. We missed a golden opportunity here.
A sensible governmental potential decision at last: the creation of a SWF in the UK partially funded by the exploitation of fossil fuels. Like Norway
I’ve been prattling on for years about how beneficial an SWF would be to help pay for pensions or social care. We’d need the conviction to leave it alone for 10-15 years to grow into a nice pot.