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Sovereign Investors Widen Funding Options as Competition for Capital Grows

16th October, 2026

Governments and state entities are looking further afield for funding as artificial intelligence, infrastructure, defence and energy compete for global capital. Citi says borrowers are examining renminbi, Australian dollar, Hong Kong dollar and Singapore dollar markets as financing needs rise and borrowing costs remain high.

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FNZ Turns La Caisse From Backer to Fixer

9th October, 2026

Eight years after La Caisse made FNZ a flagship patient capital investment, repeated equity injections and a deeper governance role are putting pressure on the advantages of long-term direct ownership. The next phase will show whether that patience has preserved value or merely extended the turnaround.

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Canada Calls the Maple 8 Back Home

15th September, 2026

Canada’s push to bring more pension capital into the domestic economy has moved decisively from debate to deployment. Ontario Teachers’ and OMERS have each committed C$10 billion (US$7.2 billion), putting real money behind years of pressure for the Maple 8 to invest more at home. The 10-year record suggests that higher domestic exposure has not consistently come at the expense of total-fund returns.

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Maple 8 Price Trump Risk as US Exposure Keeps Rising

8th September, 2026

Canada’s largest public pension funds have become more exposed to the United States since Donald Trump’s November 2024 election, even as tariffs, threats against Canada and wider policy uncertainty have increased the risks attached to the market.

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Sovereign Investors Return to Retail Real Estate After Years of Repricing

4th September, 2026

Retail property has moved from the margins of sovereign real estate investment to one of its busiest segments in 2026.

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Global SWF modernizes scorecard for Sovereign Investors; nine institutions continue to excel

2nd July, 2026

La Caisse, Ontario Teachers’ and BCI (Canada) in North America; NBIM (Norway) in Europe; NSIA (Nigeria) in Africa; Temasek (Singapore) in Asia; and Future Fund, Rest (Australia) and NZ Super (New Zealand) in Oceania achieve a perfect score on the 2026 assessment of Governance, Sustainability and Resilience practices.

Sovereign Investors see the Value of their US Equities drop; Canadians Double Down

18th May, 2026

Sovereign Wealth Funds and Public Pension Funds saw their portfolios of US Equities decrease in value significantly during the first quarter of 2026, due to the War in Iran and the subsequent effect in oil prices and global financial markets. According to the quarterly filings released by SEC this week, the average holdings of Sovereign Investors would have fallen 12% by March 31, after all investments and exits.

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Abu Dhabi Shores Up Support for UK Renewables and the Net Zero Push

13th May, 2026

Mubadala’s US$325 million investment in Hornsea 3 adds to Abu Dhabi’s position in UK clean power as Britain continues to rely on long-duration capital to finance the electricity transition.

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Canada Strong Fund Tests A New Sovereign Development Model

28th April, 2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s brainchild Canada Strong Fund is not Canada’s answer to Norway’s US$2 trillion Government Pension Fund Global - it is a different kind of sovereign vehicle, a leaner federal equity investor for a deficit-running economy that wants to turn public capital into ownership stakes in strategic domestic assets.

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Canadian and Australian Pension Funds Formalise an Established Investment Relationship

5th March, 2026

The Canadian-Australian Pension Funds Investment Initiative (CAP Invest) brings together nine Australian superannuation funds and investment platforms and nine Canadian public pension organisations in a framework intended to facilitate dialogue with governments and encourage cross-border investment.

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CY25 Early Results: Allocation Structure, Currency Policy and Mandate Discipline

2nd March, 2026

The first group of major sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds to report calendar year 2025 results shows that performance dispersion was primarily structural with high-equity savings funds such as Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZSuper) and Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) clustered in the mid-teens.

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China–US frictions prompt state-owned investors to adjust private equity exposure

11th February, 2026

Over the past two years, China–US tensions have increasingly shaped the portfolio strategies public pension funds and sovereign wealth funds leading to a structural recalibration in how China and the US are accessed, financed and exited.

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