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Industry | Sovereign wealth fund |
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Founded | 2011 |
Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
Key people | Mehdi Ghazanfari (CEO) |
Total assets | $64.8 billion (June 2014)[1] $35 billion USD (March 2012)[2] $23.8 billion USD (December 2021) |
Website | www.ndf.ir |
The National Development Fund of Iran (NDFI; Persian: صندوق توسعه ملی) is Iran's sovereign wealth fund. It was founded in 2011 to supplement the Oil Stabilization Fund. NDFI is independent of the government's budget.[3] Based on Article 84 of the Fifth Five-year Socio-Economic Development Plan (2010–2015), the National Development Fund was established to transform oil and gas revenues to productive investment for future generation.[4] It is a member of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds and therefore is signed up to the Santiago Principles on best practice in managing sovereign wealth funds.[5] Withdrawing any money from this fund requires Khamenei's permission.[6]
Accordingly, 20% of oil income is to be transferred to the National Development Fund and this percentage increases 3% annually until the end of the Fifth Five-year Socio-Economic Development Plan. The new fund is to extend 50% of its financial facilities to private, cooperative and non-governmental sectors and 20% to promote foreign investment (inward and outward).[7][8][9] The remaining 30% is invested (in capital markets) abroad.[3]
NDFI's reserves stood at $24.4 billion in 2011 and $35 billion in 2012.[2][10] It is foreseen that the Development Fund will reach $55 billion by March 2013 and $61 billion by March 2014.[2][11] In October 2023, the fund has US$10 billion in assets under management.[12]
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