The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)
Topics at Sovereign Capital Nexus: the pages in this section are listed below, each with its own scope and status.
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The Sovereign Capital Nexus topics are the eight subject dossiers of its field, among them sovereign wealth funds, state asset portfolios and strategic investments. Each dossier sets out how the risk develops, what is measured and in which units, the public sources and their licences, the methods, who decides and the limits of the evidence.
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Topic pages in Sovereign Capital Nexus share one structure: mechanisms, indicators, sources, methods, decisions and limits, written for sovereign wealth and reserve fund managers and public debt managers.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Stabilisation fund | A fund that absorbs revenue swings, often from commodities, to smooth public spending. |
| Quasi-fiscal activity | Government policy carried out through public corporations rather than the budget, such as below-cost tariffs. |
| Double bottom line | A mandate to earn a financial return and to achieve a policy goal at the same time. |
| Institutional separation | Keeping the roles of owner, board, manager and auditor in distinct hands. |
| Fiscal breakeven price | The commodity price at which a government's budget balances. |
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
Fund mandates, governance and markets.
TopicPublic commercial assets and risk.
TopicIndustry, infrastructure and national priorities.
TopicBoard, fiscal and institutional separation.
TopicCommodity cyclicality and national wealth.
TopicCross-border exposure and restrictions.
TopicClimate, demography and technology.
TopicSeparation of invested assets and fiscal obligations.
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