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ADQ Emerges as a Major MENA Chemicals Industry Investor

13th November, 2024

Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ is developing its petrochemicals portfolio, adding value to upstream output – but also overlapping with the interests of Abu Dhabi’s other state-owned investor, Mubadala, which has its own assets in the sector.

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ADQ Continues Türkiye Investment Charge with Banking Acquisition

16th October, 2024

Abu Dhabi has taken a slice of Türkiye’s banking sector with its acquisition of a 96% stake in Lebanon-based Bank Audi’s local subsidiary, Odeabank, as it continues its multi-billion dollar drive into the country's troubled economy.

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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.

CDPQ, GIC and Temasek Join ADQ-Backed Altérra in Support of Brookfield's US$5bn CTF

23rd September, 2024

Singapore’s state-owned investors GIC and Temasek have joined Canadian public pension fund CDPQ and institutional investors to back Brookfield’s Catalytic Transition Fund (CTF), putting it nearly halfway to its US$5 billion fundraising target.

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PIF Flexes Saudi's Soft Power Muscles in Egypt

17th September, 2024

Despite persistent economic problems, Egypt is a top investment destination for Gulf sovereign wealth funds that are not only mindful of its long-term potential as an emerging market but also its strategic position in soft power rivalry over the MENA region.

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TSFE: Was CEO the Fall-Guy for Egypt’s Flagging Privatization Program?

29th August, 2024

Cairo has shaken up The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) as it seeks to re-energise a flagging privatization program.

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Abu Dhabi Leads Global Asset Manager Takeovers with ADIA in US$6.9bn Bid for HL

12th August, 2024

Abu Dhabi continues to invest weighty sums in asset managers with the US$993 billion Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) forming a consortium with CVC Private Equity Funds and Nordic Capital to take the London-listed Hargreaves Lansdown private in a GBP5.4 billion (US$6.9 billion) takeover bid.

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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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