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Power Move in Abu Dhabi: L'IMAD takes over ADQ, Al Zaabi emerges as big winner

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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UAE President’s India Visit Underscores a Decade-Long Shift in Sovereign Wealth Strategy

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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Abu Dhabi’s fourth SWF L’IMAD gets a new Board, CEO, and mandate

13th January, 2026

On Monday, the Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs (SCFEA), which is chaired by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) and supervises all major energy and investment vehicles of Abu Dhabi, issued a resolution naming the new Board of Directors and the inaugural CEO of L’IMAD, the Emirate’s latest SWF.

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The Global SWF Year in Review 2025: The Ideas, Power Shifts and Structures That Defined Sovereign Capital

30th December, 2025

As 2025 draws to a close, Global SWF’s most-read analysis reveals a clear pattern: audiences were far less interested in short-term returns or league tables, and far more engaged by how sovereign capital is being organised, governed, and deployed. Across Abu Dhabi, the Gulf, Asia, and beyond, the most-popular themes among our readers shared a common thread: power, structure, intent, and institutional design.

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ADQ Steps Into the Spotlight in the Global Minerals Arms Race

27th November, 2025

Last week, Istvan Zollei of Orion Resource Partners summed up the new reality of the commodity world in one line: demand for copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt and rare earths is set to outpace supply “for much of the next decade,” driven not just by electric vehicles and renewables, but by data centres, artificial intelligence and the reshoring of industrial and defence production.

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KIA, Brookfield and the Rising AI Infra Club: Sovereign Wealth Funds Build the Stack

25th November, 2025

When Brookfield Asset Management unveiled a new US$100 billion programme to build out artificial intelligence infrastructure last week, one name in the press release signalled how far the balance of power in AI has shifted: the Kuwait Investment Authority.

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QIA–ORIX’s Japan fund is the tip of a bigger shift in how sovereigns build platforms

12th November, 2025

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and ORIX have launched a Japan-only buyout vehicle, OQCI Fund LP, at the yen-equivalent of US$2.5 billion.

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Selling Egypt by the Pound: Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds Swap Bailouts for Beaches and Gas

6th November, 2025

By any measure, Egypt in 2025 is still navigating a fragile recovery. It has been left structurally dependent on external support following a decade of repeated currency crises, surging external debt, inflation shocks, and fallout from the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

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L’imad: The Sudden Birth of A Fourth Pillar In Abu Dhabi Inc

3rd November, 2025

Abu Dhabi has introduced a new state vehicle with minimal public fanfare but immediate consequence.

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Saudi Infra, Global Money: Inside the $11bn Leaseback That Lures Sovereign Investors

21st October, 2025

Saudi Aramco’s latest monetisation of its vast Jafurah gas project has pulled in US$11 billion of fresh capital and given sovereign wealth and public pension funds another large, durable way to put money to work in the Gulf without taking a direct bet on commodity prices.

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ADQ-Backed Lunate Forges Logistics Alliance to Address GCC Supply-Chain Gaps

16th October, 2025

Blackstone and Abu Dhabi-based Lunate have launched GLIDE, a platform targeting about US$5 billion of Grade-A logistics across the Gulf.

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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.