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India Targets SWFs in Next Stage of Bond Market Opening

23rd September, 2026

India already attracts more than INR5 trillion (US$52 billion) through registered SWF vehicles, but only INR12.66 billion (US$132 million) is held in debt. South Korea’s NPS is now seeking approval to invest in Indian government bonds through a new lower-compliance regime for long-term institutional capital.

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Arndt Exit Puts Future Fund’s Broader Mandate To A Succession Test

27th August, 2026

Future Fund Chief Executive Officer Raphael Arndt will leave at the end of 2026 with no successor yet named, opening a leadership transition as Australia’s sovereign wealth fund reports one of its strongest annual returns and begins putting more capital behind its expanded national-investment mandate. The timing puts succession alongside the wider question of how Future Fund preserves investment independence while taking on a more explicit domestic role.

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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.

QIA’s RWE Deal Shows Sovereign Investors are Backing Grid Infra to Support Renewables Build-Out

29th June, 2026

Qatar Investment Authority’s EUR432 million (US$490 million) participation in RWE’s capital raise is a bet on the grid bottleneck behind Europe’s energy transition.

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Future Fund At 20: Birthday Numbers Show A Strong Fund And A Broader State Role

5th May, 2026

This week, Future Fund marked 20 years since the Australian government transferred the initial A$18 billion seed capital. The same day, the governing Board of Guardians released its March 2026 quarterly update showing the flagship fund at A$269.1 billion (US$192.2 billion), after a 0.6% gain in the quarter and an 11.7% return over 12 months, with total funds under management reached A$337.2 billion (US$240.8 billion).

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How sovereign wealth funds use BlackRock: mandates, platforms and infrastructure partnerships

6th April, 2026

BlackRock’s relationships with sovereign wealth funds have moved well beyond traditional mandates, with the firm now serving different funds as external manager, platform builder, infrastructure sponsor and co-investment partner depending on the mandate, asset class and strategic objective.

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Future Fund’s private markets reset: senior exits, strong returns, and Abu Dhabi’s growing pull

19th March, 2026

David Bluff and Tammi Fisher, the Future Fund’s co-managing directors of real assets, are leaving at the end of March. Between them, they oversaw private equity, credit, property, infrastructure and energy transition at Australia’s A$267.4 billion sovereign wealth fund – equating to around 45% of assets under management.

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Australia’s Future Fund in 2025: Strong Returns, Structural Shift

4th February, 2026

Australia’s Future Fund delivered a 12.4% return in 2025, boosting its AUM by A$29.5 billion (US$20.1 billion) to A$335.3 billion (US$228.0 billion) after withdrawals.

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Treasury moves to calm sovereign wealth fund tax fears - but questions remain

19th January, 2026

When concerns began to circulate late last year that the Trump administration was preparing to upend the tax treatment of SWFs, the reaction  saw lawyers issue alerts, investors reviewing strategies and fund managers fielded anxious calls.

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Dutch Pension Fund’s US$17bn Break with BlackRock Shows Net Zero Fault Line

5th September, 2025

PFZW, the EUR250 billion Dutch healthcare pension fund managed by PGGM, has announced it is pulling a EUR14.5 billion (US$17 billion) mandate from BlackRock, over climate stewardship – revealing an ideological fault-line that has emerged over ESG investment and climate stewardship.

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Sovereign Investors Grapple with Israel Investment Risks

7th August, 2025

Norway’s US$1.8 trillion Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) - the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, managed by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) - has just launched a fresh review of its Israeli holdings following  revelations that it raised its stake in Bet Shemesh Engines, a jet engine supplier to the Israeli military, from 1.3% to over 2% in 2024.

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Labor’s Victory and the Future Fund: Australia's Sovereign Investment Set to Evolve

6th May, 2025

Australia's decisive election result on May 3rd delivered a fresh mandate to the Labor Party - and with it, a dramatic redefinition of the role and purpose of the nation’s A$230 billion sovereign wealth vehicle, the Future Fund.

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