29th November, 2022
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC has teamed up with Centerbridge to buyout a US industrial REIT for US$660 million – its third bid for a North American REIT since September, indicating a serious push into the market.
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3rd November, 2022
GIC has stumped up US$480 million in capital for yet another joint investment platform in real estate with ESR, cementing the ties between the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund and the Hong Kong-listed Asian real estate manager.
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12th October, 2022
With favorable long-term development objectives, ESG opportunities and rapid demographic and consumer change, Indian infrastructure investment has attracted sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds over recent years.
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5th October, 2022
Sovereign wealth and public pension funds are limbering up for a race for Asian real estate acquisitions, but are biding their time in anticipation of snapping up bargains amid signs of a market downturn.
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4th October, 2022
The decision by the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) to invest EUR2.4 billion in RWE to support its accelerated ‘Growing Green’ strategy represents one of the 30 biggest ever investments by state-owned investors.
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23rd September, 2022
Over the past four years, sovereign investors have stumped up nearly US$2 billion in Indonesian startups, the majority funded by Singapore’s GIC and Temasek.
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15th September, 2022
A blockbuster deal backed by GIC to take real estate investment trust Store Capital Corporation private is proof that Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund is continuing its swing towards US real estate – as a bolt hole from economic uncertainty.
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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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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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28th July, 2022
Despite the fall from grace of crypto currencies in recent months, sovereign investors are still looking at exposure to the sector – and continue to pump in millions in a bid to increase risk into their profile in the hope of long-term yield, with Singaporean state-owned investors GIC and Temasek leading the charge.
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27th July, 2022
The latest annual report by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC suggests the fund witnessed a sharp dip in performance in FY2021/22, with its highly liquid portfolio hit by the global market turmoil that followed the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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26th July, 2022
Canada’s biggest public pension fund, CPP Investments, continues to maintain its position as a leading global investor in renewable energy with this week seeing it stump up a further US$225 million in Octopus Energy Group.
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