11th July, 2024
Governance concerns have reportedly prompted the IMF to demand the abolition of the Pakistan Sovereign Wealth Fund as a condition for any new financial bailouts, in what is the biggest challenge to the country’s bid to create a state-owned investor.
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2nd July, 2024
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC has teamed up with Metro Pacific Tollways to buy up a 35% stake worth US$1 billion in a network of toll roads on Indonesia’s island of Java, in what could be a record year for investment by state-owned investors in Asian toll road networks.
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27th June, 2024
Hedge fund pod shops are the latest evolution in the hedge fund universe and are winning the backing of weighty state-owned investors (SOIs), particularly multi-strategy funds focused on the Asian regional market.
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17th June, 2024
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), the biggest of Abu Dhabi’s three sovereign wealth funds, has agreed to invest alongside Advent to take up a combined 20% stake in Fisher Investments for US$2.5-3.0 billion as it ramps up its private equity and private credit portfolio.
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14th June, 2024
Private equity group Ardian is combining forces with Qatari and Saudi sovereign wealth funds in two separate major European transactions in the aviation sector, demonstrating an ongoing strategy to work closely with state-owned investors and combine their capital strengths.
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29th May, 2024
Data Centers are pivotal in the development of the digital economy – and India’s digital economy is one of the biggest growth drivers, drawing in a range of sovereign wealth funds.
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15th May, 2024
Malaysia Airports (MAHB) is set to be taken over by an alliance of Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund Khazanah and its public pension fund the Employees Provident Fund along with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).
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3rd May, 2024
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is continuing its investment drive in India with the former boosting its support for Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance empire by investing in its logistics infrastructure, while also forging alliances in high growth residential real estate markets.
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25th April, 2024
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has forged a joint venture deal with the Kingdom’s telecoms company STC which sees it acquire a 51% stake in Telecommunication Towers Company Limited (TAWAL), which is set to form the basis of the Middle East’s biggest telecommunications infrastructure company – and a global player.
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19th April, 2024
On Thursday this week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its latest fiscal oil price breakeven in the statistical appendix of its Middle East overview. These are important figures, as they reflect the fiscal situation of the countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), when compared to current oil prices.
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28th March, 2024
The UK’s biggest water utility, Thames Water, which is two-thirds owned by state-owned investors, looks set to be renationalized – at least temporarily – after its shareholders refused to throw it a financial lifeline.
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22nd March, 2024
In a sign that venture capital is rebounding from a dismal 2023, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is reportedly in talks to back a late stage funding round by India’s Pocket FM as it seeks to advance its audio streaming service into new markets.
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