14th September, 2026
Private equity entered 2026 with more money moving through fewer deals. KPMG’s latest Pulse of Private Equity puts global investment at US$1 trillion across 9,294 deals in H1 2026, while the rolling 12-month deal count fell to 20,105, its lowest level in more than five years.
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11th September, 2026
Global SWF estimates that Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) returned 8.9% in 2025, pushing assets under management to a record US$1.13 trillion, up 9.7% from US$1.03 trillion a year earlier. The estimate follows this week’s release of ADIA’s 2025 Annual Review, which showed stronger long-term returns and its biggest portfolio allocation changes in several years.
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2nd September, 2026
Two supertankers carrying a combined 4 million barrels of Saudi crude were struck by unidentified projectiles while leaving the Strait of Hormuz on September 1, reinforcing the prospect of prolonged disruption six months into the Iran war.
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28th August, 2026
CPP Investments is taking a larger role in ReNew Energy Global after agreeing with founder and CEO Sumant Sinha to buy out public shareholders at US$7.02 a share. Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Japanese utility JERA will keep their stakes, leaving the Indian renewables group backed by investors willing to provide further equity after its Nasdaq listing failed to deliver the valuation needed to support its expansion.
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20th August, 2026
Some of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds are concentrating more capital with hedge fund managers, with the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) becoming one of the biggest new sources of allocations in 2026.
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5th August, 2026
Manipal Health Enterprises’ INR92.75 billion (US$977 million) initial public offering has attracted a slew of global state-owned investors with Singapore’s Temasek seeing a modest dilution of ownership, but foreign sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds still hold 50.3% of the newly listed hospital group.
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13th July, 2026
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), Singapore’s GIC and Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) are buying into India’s savings shift. Their bids for the anchor tranche of SBI Funds Management’s IPO add the country’s largest asset manager to portfolios already spread across financial services, infrastructure, property and private equity.
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30th June, 2026
India has doubled its allocation to the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), giving the sovereign-anchored platform launched just over a decade ago a stronger base for its second infrastructure vintage after a run of exits in renewables, roads and smart meters.
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24th June, 2026
Abu Dhabi’s AI strategy is running via MGX which has reported a US$50 billion raise from sovereign funds, pensions and institutions, capturing third-party capital to invest in models, chips, data centres, digital finance and regulated platforms.
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23rd June, 2026
After years of pouring capital into private markets, sovereign wealth funds are facing a less comfortable phase. Fund stakes bought for long horizons are staying on balance sheets for longer than expected, and some are now being sold before managers can deliver exits.
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15th June, 2026
In September 2025, we reported about the latest changes at ADIC (formerly known as “the Council”), including the restructuring of its portfolio, the hiring of several seasoned investment professionals, and an increased oversight from its mother company, Mubadala. Nine months later, the team, portfolio and focus has continued to evolve as the SWF seeks its place in the over-crowded investment ecosystem of Abu Dhabi Inc.
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12th June, 2026
On Thursday, the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced that 2PointZero will be transferring the 7.29% stake it owns in the domestic utility giant TAQA, to its majority owner AD Power. The seller is part of the family office Royal Group, via IHC, while the buyer is a subsidiary of sovereign fund L’IMAD, via ADQ.
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