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Announcing 2023 Annual Report

26th December, 2022

Next Sunday, January 1, 2023, we will be releasing the industry’s most timely, rigorous, and insightful account of the activity and trends of Sovereign Wealth Funds and Public Pension Funds during 2022. The report is titled “State-Owned Investors in a Multipolar World” and includes the following sections:

Temasek and OTPP Are Chief Losers From Crypto’s Reputational Crash

18th November, 2022

The collapse of crypto group FTX is sending ripples across the financial sector and has impacted most on Singapore’s state-owned investor Temasek, raising questions around due diligence and regulation.

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CDPQ Prepares for Asia Real Estate Push

10th November, 2022

One of Canada’s biggest public pension funds, Québec’s CDPQ, is set to see an increase in its Asia property exposure as its real estate arm Ivanhoé Cambridge looks to expand its investments in the region’s logistics, residential, life science and mixed use sectors.

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Renewable Investments Surge Ahead of COP27

25th October, 2022

As the world builds up to the COP27 summit in Egypt next month, Canadian and Arabian Gulf state-owned investors have ramped up their commitments to renewable energy.

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Canadian Pension Funds Ride the Wave of Life Science Real Estate Investments

20th October, 2022

Norway’s US$1.2 trillion sovereign wealth fund manager Norges Bank (NBIM) and the US$185 billion Canadian Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) have kicked off their GBP1.5 billion UK life science real estate partnership with an acquisition in the university city of Cambridge.

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Lagos Joins a Surge of New Sub-National SWFs

17th October, 2022

Nigeria’s financial heart, Lagos, is launching a sovereign wealth fund of its own – the Lagos State Wealth Fund – representing the latest in a surge new sub-national SWFs, from Brazil to Malaysia.

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Canadian Funds Divest US Road Asset as they Tilt Towards Asian and European Infra

14th September, 2022

Canadian public pension funds CPP Investments and Ontario’s OMERS have cashed in their investment in Skyway Concession Company (SCC) at twice the value they invested, supporting the idea that infrastructure is a hedge against volatility in more liquid assets, such as public equities.

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What does a Lula Victory Mean for Sovereign Investors in Brazil?

9th September, 2022

The front-runner in the Brazilian presidential election Lula da Silva looks set to take aim at the privatization of the country’s refineries, putting him on collision course with Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala.

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Sovereign Investors Undaunted by Indian Renewables Setback

6th September, 2022

The slump in New York-listed Azure Power’s stock value has cast a pall over strategy of state-owned investors who have sunk million in the Indian renewables sector.

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DP World’s Profit Surge Feeds Dubai Inc, Catalyzes Sovereign Investment in Ports

19th August, 2022

DP World’s 60.4% surge in revenue to US$7.93 billion in H1 2022, providing US$721 million (up 51.8% y-o-y) of profit to owner Dubai World, the Dubai government’s global investment vehicle.

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Private Equity and Real Assets: The Hedge Against Public Market Turmoil

17th August, 2022

With markets in turmoil due to the energy price spike following Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, losses were to be expected in H1 – yet, recent results indicate that private markets are a good hedge against the impact on nosediving public equities.

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Saudi Arabia’s PIF Seeks to Land Jumbo British Airport Acquisition

10th August, 2022

Saudi Arabia’s rapidly growing Public Investment Fund (PIF) could become the biggest shareholder in the UK’s busiest airport if it goes ahead with the acquisition of Ferrovial’s 25% stake.

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