30th April, 2026
Two months after the outbreak of the US-Israeli war with Iran, Gulf SWFs are acting according to mandate rather than market sentiment.
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17th April, 2026
Hedge funds are not a major allocation for sovereign wealth funds or public pensions, but they have grown from an estimated 2.0% of SWF exposure in 2022 to over 3.0% in 2025.
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6th April, 2026
BlackRock’s relationships with sovereign wealth funds have moved well beyond traditional mandates, with the firm now serving different funds as external manager, platform builder, infrastructure sponsor and co-investment partner depending on the mandate, asset class and strategic objective.
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24th March, 2026
ADIA’s investment in a new Christofferson Robb & Company (CRC) fund focused on significant risk transfer (STR) transactions extends a broader private credit strategy that has been taking shape across the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund.
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12th March, 2026
India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is entering a second phase of development that is characterised by larger successor funds, asset monetisation from earlier platforms and deeper partnerships with global sovereign investors.
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12th March, 2026
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has partnered with Ardian to launch a dedicated real estate secondaries platform to capitalise on a rapidly expanding segment of private markets which are impacted by liquidity pressures and valuation adjustments.
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4th March, 2026
Escalating tensions involving Iran and the security of the Strait of Hormuz have revived questions about how Gulf sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) will react to this major regional geopolitical crisis.
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26th February, 2026
Private credit assets under management globally reached approximately US$2.4 trillion by the end of 2025, according to industry estimates, and now fund roughly 80% of leveraged buyout financing in the US and Europe.
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11th February, 2026
Over the past two years, China–US tensions have increasingly shaped the portfolio strategies public pension funds and sovereign wealth funds leading to a structural recalibration in how China and the US are accessed, financed and exited.
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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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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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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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