20th May, 2026
The UAE–India agreements announced during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s May 2026 visit to Abu Dhabi show the bilateral relationship rising in the banking, credit, energy storage, AI and maritime repair sectors – thanks to sovereign investment structures.
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15th May, 2026
On Thursday, Blackrock’s wholly owned GIP announced a US$ 30 billion partnership with L’IMAD, ADNOC, and Temasek, to invest in infrastructure investment across the GCC and Central Asia. The partnership will raise a combination of equity and debt capital to target both greenfield and brownfield assets across key segments including energy, transportation, logistics, digital, water, and waste management.
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14th May, 2026
The Q1 rise in disclosed Gulf holdings of Chinese A-shares was mainly driven by ADIA.
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13th May, 2026
Mubadala’s US$325 million investment in Hornsea 3 adds to Abu Dhabi’s position in UK clean power as Britain continues to rely on long-duration capital to finance the electricity transition.
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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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