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Power Move in Abu Dhabi: L'IMAD takes over ADQ, Al Zaabi emerges as big winner

30th January, 2026

Hours after publishing an article on Mohamed Al Suwaidi's transfer from ADQ to Lunate, the Abu Dhabi Media Office announced the take over of ADQ by L'IMAD, which helped explained the previous announcement. As confirmed by the Government, there will now be three major SWFs in the Emirate: ADIA, Mubadala (incl. ADIC), and L’IMAD (incl. ADQ).

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UAE President’s India Visit Underscores a Decade-Long Shift in Sovereign Wealth Strategy

21st January, 2026

When UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan – aka MBZ – visited India on 19 January, the joint statement that followed ranged across trade, defence, energy, technology and education.

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Treasury moves to calm sovereign wealth fund tax fears - but questions remain

19th January, 2026

When concerns began to circulate late last year that the Trump administration was preparing to upend the tax treatment of SWFs, the reaction  saw lawyers issue alerts, investors reviewing strategies and fund managers fielded anxious calls.

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Abu Dhabi’s fourth SWF L’IMAD gets a new Board, CEO, and mandate

13th January, 2026

On Monday, the Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs (SCFEA), which is chaired by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) and supervises all major energy and investment vehicles of Abu Dhabi, issued a resolution naming the new Board of Directors and the inaugural CEO of L’IMAD, the Emirate’s latest SWF.

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ADIA’s vote of confidence in China via secondaries, platforms and Hong Kong listings

9th January, 2026

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has taken a lead role in a China-focused continuation vehicle (CV) backed by Beijing-based CDH Investments, a transaction that sheds light on how the US$1.2 trillion sovereign investor is approaching the market: staying active, but increasingly through structures and partners designed to manage liquidity, exits and execution risk.

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The US as the Decision Market: Why 2025 Marked a Structural Break in Sovereign Investment

5th January, 2026

In 2025, sovereign investors channelled more than US$140 billion into the US economy, lifting the country’s share of global sovereign deal activity to over 50%, as revealed in Global SWF’s 2026 Annual Report published last week.

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The Global SWF Year in Review 2025: The Ideas, Power Shifts and Structures That Defined Sovereign Capital

30th December, 2025

As 2025 draws to a close, Global SWF’s most-read analysis reveals a clear pattern: audiences were far less interested in short-term returns or league tables, and far more engaged by how sovereign capital is being organised, governed, and deployed. Across Abu Dhabi, the Gulf, Asia, and beyond, the most-popular themes among our readers shared a common thread: power, structure, intent, and institutional design.

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KIA, Brookfield and the Rising AI Infra Club: Sovereign Wealth Funds Build the Stack

25th November, 2025

When Brookfield Asset Management unveiled a new US$100 billion programme to build out artificial intelligence infrastructure last week, one name in the press release signalled how far the balance of power in AI has shifted: the Kuwait Investment Authority.

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ADIA’s Ooredoo Selldown Highlights Changing Ties in Gulf Capital Markets

20th November, 2025

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is selling half of its 10% stake in Ooredoo, the Qatari telecoms group, in a secondary share sale that could raise up to US$572 million.

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SWFs are Driving the Take-Private Surge

13th November, 2025

In the past two years, public-to-private (P2P) deals have re-emerged as one of the most reliable channels for private capital deployment at a time of volatility, with sovereign wealth funds serving as anchors and cornerstone investors in consortium take-privates.

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GIC Tests the Secondaries Market with a US$1bn LP-Stakes Sale

29th October, 2025

Singapore’s GIC is exploring the sale of around US$1 billion of private-equity fund interests, a move that aligns with how the sovereign wealth fund has used the secondaries market over the past few years to fine-tune exposure and recycle capital.

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ADIA and GIC’s Hologic Take-Private Deal Demonstrates Sovereign Alliance Theme

23rd October, 2025

Blackstone and TPG’s US$18.3 billion take-private of Hologic - backed by “significant” minority cheques from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Singapore’s GIC – underlines the trend towards repeat, programmatic co-investment by sovereign funds alongside tier-one sponsors, delivering cheaper, faster equity and the follow-on capacity needed for platform growth.

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