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Abu Dhabi's ADQ Buys into Luxury

9th August, 2024

Luxury brands and trophy properties have always had a place in the portfolios of Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and Abu Dhabi’s ADQ is following suit with the purchase of a minority stake in Sotheby’s, the global leader in fine art and luxury markets.

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ADQ Taps Markets in Bond Listing, Boosting ADX

4th July, 2024

Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ has launched a secondary listing of a US$2.5 billion on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), three months after its first listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

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State Investors Surge into Renewables in June - A Record Year for Green Investments?

26th June, 2024

The pace of investment in renewables by state-owned investors could breaking records this year as new opportunities arise at different stages of project delivery and Europe in particular shifts towards improved energy security.

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ADIA Backs US$3bn Investment in Asset Manager, Following an Abu Dhabi Trend

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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Saudi Arabia's Hassana Backs the Rise of Climate Funds

16th May, 2024

TPG Rise Climate vehicle has won another state-owned investor for its carbon-cutting mission with the US$320 billion Saudi public pension fund manager Hassana – part of the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) – making forming a US$1.5 billion partnership, including a “substantial anchor commitment” to the new Transition Infrastructure fund and an allocation to the TPG Rise Climate II fund.

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ADQ Approaches US$200bn, but Stake in Lunate is Still Unknown

29th April, 2024

Opacity is the common characteristic of most Arabian Gulf sovereign wealth funds, but ADQ’s disclosure this week with a prospectus for a bond issue shines a light on the Abu Dhabi fund’s evolution.

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Championing Consolidation: ADQ Creates Pharma Giant

24th April, 2024

Gulf sovereign wealth funds are continuing to consolidate assets, grouping them into platforms to become regional and global champions.

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UAE SWF's Chunky Listed Assets Buffeted By Markets, But Funds Will Remain Firm

23rd April, 2024

Emirati sovereign wealth funds’ decision to list assets can help drive private investment into their assets, free up capital for diversifying portfolios and improve transparency – but weighty listed assets can play havoc with portfolio values, as some funds have learned in the year-to-date.

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ADQ-Owned TAQA's Take-Over Bid for US$23.5bn Naturgy Could Be Biggest Ever SWF M&A

17th April, 2024

ADQ subsidiary TAQA is looking to buy out Spanish energy firm Naturgy in what could be the biggest ever acquisition by a sovereign wealth fund portfolio company.

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Lunate Brings Oil Pipelines Back In-House, Slashing FDI in Midstream Infra

5th April, 2024

Lunate Capital, a multi-asset class investment manager backed by Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ and seeded with US$50 billion, has conducted its first major transaction, acquiring a 40% stake in Adnoc Oil Pipelines from BlackRock and KKR.

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Gulf SWFs Build their EV Empires

2nd April, 2024

The Gulf region’s sovereign wealth funds have pursued very different strategies towards the rise of electric vehicles.

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ADQ Boosts Crisis-Ridden Egyptian Economy

27th February, 2024

The UAE is set to funnel US$35 billion into the Egyptian economy with infrastructure-oriented sovereign fund ADQ set to lead the capital injection by a consortium of investors, which could move the North African country from life support to economic resurrection.

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