Other known sovereigns in U.S. commercial real-estate lending include Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, the Norwegian Government PensionFundGlobal, and the Government of Singapore Investment Corp.
Other large gold investors include Tom Kaplan, who owns a major position in Novagold(NG), a Canadian company, Frank Giustra, a Canadian mining entrepreneur, The University of Texas pensionfund and many others such as US Global Investors, a mutual fund company in San Antonio, Texas.
The global investment arm of the Government PensionFund, as the oil fund is formally named, is the biggest investor in shares across Europe, so its holdings took a knock during the financial crisis.