State Street has been appointed by the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) as one of its two official research partners.

State Street Associates, State Street Global Exchange’s research and advisory arm, will form the main point of contact for the IFSWF, and will support a working group of SWFs on two specific research projects.

According to the IFSWF, the first project will focus on investment and asset allocation strategies for the long term, and a second project will examine SWFs experiences investing in private versus public markets, with both topics leading to whitepapers co-authored by State Street and the group of SWFs by November.

Will Kinlaw, State Street Associates’ global head and senior vice president said the firm will draw on research, data, and analytics resources from across the firm that relate to long-horizon investing, asset allocation, and private market investments.”

The IFSWF was formed in 2009 as a global network of sovereign wealth funds which would exchange views on common issues while developing research on topics relevant to long term investors, such as asset allocation and investing in private markets.