Following the subprime crisis that threw banking into turmoil on both sides of the Atlantic, for instance, top-notch financial groups such as Citigroup and Morgan Stanley looked to Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) as a vehicle for offsetting huge losses.
Primjerice, nakon krize koja je uzrokovala velike probleme u bankarstvu s obje strane Atlantika, najveće financijske grupacije poput Citigroupa i Morgan Stanleyja obratile su se Državnim fondovima (SWF-ovima) kako bi im pomogli nadići ogromne gubitke.