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.
Posle tzv. krize hipotekarnih zajmova drugog reda koja je izazvala pometnju u bankarskom sektoru na obe strane Atlantika, na primer, vodeće finansijske grupe poput Sitigrupa i Morgan Stenlija pokušale su da ublaže svoje velike gubitke pomoću tzv. Fondova nacionalnog bogatstva (Sovereign Wealth Funds - SWFs).