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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.

Mubadala’s du Selldown Demonstrates Portfolio Management and Local Equity Playbook

11th September, 2025

Mubadala’s secondary sale of up to 7.55% of du (EITC) signals how sovereign capital is steering the UAE’s equity markets in 2025, as well as demonstrating its bid to liquidise assets through public markets as it redeploys capital to other strategic sectors.

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Abu Dhabi’s Global Health Triad: PureHealth, Arcera, M42

2nd September, 2025

Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth funds have spent the past 18 months turning healthcare and life sciences into platforms with international reach.

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Lunate takes a stake in Brevan Howard - and commits US$2bn to an ADGM platform

27th August, 2025

Abu Dhabi-based, ADQ-anchored alternative manager Lunate will buy a minority stake in Brevan Howard and commit US$2 billion of long-term capital to a new investment platform domiciled in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), with further fundraising planned from regional and international investors.

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Zero Two’s ASEAN Move Marks Abu Dhabi’s Entry into Global Hyperscale Stakes

13th August, 2025

Abu Dhabi’s ADQ made a bold digital infrastructure move with its first overseas deal via its digital infra arm Zero Two.

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