Research handbook on sovereign wealth funds and international investment law / edited by Fabio Bassan.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SWFs and state investments : a preliminary general overview / Massimiliano Castelli and Fabio Scacciavillani -- Sovereign wealth funds : a definition and classification / Fabio Bassan -- SWFs in Five Continents and three narratives : similarities and differences / Larry Cata Backer -- Santiago GAPPs and code of conducts : limits and chances of negotiated rules / Locknie Hsu -- Policy frameworks for SWF investments - OECD and host country perspectives / Kathryn Gordon and Joachim Pohl -- The Foreign Investment and National Security Act Of 2007 : an assessment of its impact on sovereign wealth funds and state-owned enterprises / Paul Rose -- The EU and member states : FDI, portfolio investments, golden powers and SWFs / Anna De Luca -- SWFs and taxation : national, bilateral and multilateral approach / Fabio Bassan -- SWF and state immunity : overcoming the contradiction / Giovanna Adinolfi -- Sovereign wealth funds and bilateral investment treaties' new models : issues, new trends and state Practice / Elizabeth Whitsitt and Todd Weiler -- SWFs and human rights protection / Salar Ghahramani -- SWFs and environmental protection / Francesco Munari -- SWFs and development / Michele Vellano and Annamaria Viterbo -- Social investing without legal imprimatur : the latent possibilities for SWFs / Benjamin J. Richardson and Angela Lee.