I believe four major actors—petrodollar investors, Asian central banks, hedge funds, and private equity—are today’s the key power brokers playing an increasingly important role in the world’s financial markets.

2. I believe four major actors—
petrodollar investors,
Asian central banks,
hedge funds,
and private equity—
are today’s the key power brokers playing an
increasingly important role in the world’s
financial markets.

3. Excluding cross-investments between them,
oil investors,
Asian central banks,
hedge funds,
and private-equity firms
together held $20 trillion in assets at the end of
2012.
Their assets have tripled since 2000, making
them two-thirds the size of global pension
funds.

4. Together these four players are reshaping
Global Capital Markets in a major way.
They each represent large new pools of liquidity
with longer-term investment horizons than
traditional Investors that allow them to pursue
higher returns—and risks.
They have markedly diversified the investor
base and expanded private markets for capital.

5. They are spurring financial innovation, enabling the
more efficient spreading of risk, and spreading
liquidity.
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