Chapter 19

Portfolio Allocation Dynamics of China Investment Corporation in the Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007–2009

Tayyeb Shabbir,    College of Business and Public Policy, Department of Finance, SBS C 314, 1000 E.Victoria Street, Carson, CA 90247, USA    E-mail: tshabbir@csudh.edu

Abstract

Since its inception in 2007, the China Investment Corporation (CIC), the current operational vehicle of China’s Sovereign Wealth Fund, has undergone several important transformations. This Chapter will analyze these dynamics in terms of asset allocation strategies with respect to types of investments, geographical destination of funds, and investment goals of CIC especially as they relate to the Global Financial Crisis of 2008–2009, its aftermath, ...

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