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Global SWF presents its MENA Report in Abu Dhabi

13th October, 2025

Last week, Global SWF presented its 2025 MENA Special Playbook at an event co-hosted with American law firm Morgan Lewis, at the Rosewood Hotel (ADGM) in Abu Dhabi. This is the fifth SWF conference organized by Global SWF in the past 15 months, after two similar workshops in New York, and two more in Singapore.

Abu Dhabi named world's wealthiest city with US$ 1.7 trillion

8th October, 2024

On Tuesday, 8 October, Global SWF released a new global ranking of cities according to the capital managed by their Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs). According to data and research of the industry specialist, Abu Dhabi is the world’s richest city in terms of capital managed by its SWFs, with US$ 1.7 trillion as of October 2024.

Changes in Abu Dhabi: A Tale of Two Brothers, Two Sons, and Two Key Advisors

9th March, 2023

Since Sheikh Khalifa’s demise on May 13, 2022, there has been a lot of speculation in Abu Dhabi, recently dubbed the Capital of Capital, around the new sharing of responsibilities, both political and financial.

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GCC Pension Funds manage Half a Trillion US Dollars

8th December, 2021

The six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are home to fewer than 60 million people, of whom only 29 million are nationals entitled to pension benefits. However, the pool of pension capital has been increasing steadily and can no longer be ignored. Global SWF estimates that the 10 PPFs from the region now manage US$ 502 billion, a 25% more than six years ago.

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Happy 50th Anniversary, UAE!

2nd December, 2021

Congratulations are in order to the United Arab Emirates, for keeping seven (very wealthy) siblings under the same roof for the past 50 years. Here's to the next 50!

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