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The 'Santiago Principles' for Sovereign Wealth Funds: A Case Study on International Financial Standard-Setting Processes

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This article considers the subject of 'multi-level governance' respecting ' "regulatory" financial standard-setting' through the lens of the 2008 'Santiago Principles' and 2009 establishment of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds. Upon a US initiative, the matter fell on to the policy plate of the G-20 Finance Ministers and was then translated into 'administrative marching orders' for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and World Bank to work with the major sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and others in devising a set of 'best practices'. What transpired has been a sui generis, ad hoc, 'multi-level, rule-oriented governance network process'. The immediate 'deliverable' has been a set of 'international best practices' (Santiago Principles). The related International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds encapsulates a new ongoing 'institutional', 'administrative', and 'qualified self-regulatory' process for implementing, interpreting, revising, adjusting, monitoring, and assessing these Principles and for further fostering their global acceptance as part of the post-global-financial-crisis 'international architecture'. These developments add a new component to the global capital markets and to the proliferation of 'global administrative networks' and related 'soft law regulation' in the area of international economic financial law. Tangentially, this SWF phenomenon raises the question of the interconnected roles of the IMF, OECD, World Bank, United Nations, International Labour Organization and World Trade Organization, along with the related-linked 'soft law, regulatory network(s)', in the 'new international financial architecture'. Oxford University Press 2010, all rights reserved, Oxford University Press.

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  • Joseph J. Norton, 2010. "The 'Santiago Principles' for Sovereign Wealth Funds: A Case Study on International Financial Standard-Setting Processes," Journal of International Economic Law, Oxford University Press, vol. 13(3), pages 645-662, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jieclw:v:13:y:2010:i:3:p:645-662
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    1. Bahoo, Salman & Alon, Ilan & Paltrinieri, Andrea, 2020. "Sovereign wealth funds: Past, present and future," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).
    2. Oliver McPherson‐Smith, 2021. "Diversification, Khashoggi, and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 12(2), pages 190-203, April.
    3. Mehrpouya, Afshin, 2015. "Instituting a transnational accountability regime: The case of Sovereign Wealth Funds and “GAPP”," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 15-36.
    4. Grira, Jocelyn, 2020. "Back to government ownership: The Sovereign Wealth Funds phenomenon," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 34(C).

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