20th March, 2024
Sovereign investors are looking to cash in assets, sensing markets are ripe for divestment. Singapore’s Temasek and GIC are the most active sovereign investors in big ticket sales, which are set to net them billions in returns that will be recycled into new strategies.
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23rd January, 2024
The Netherlands’ civil service pension fund manager APG has shut down its Beijing office due to a lack of interest among its clients, following the decision four months ago by the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, Norges Bank (NBIM) to end operations in Shanghai.
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15th January, 2024
Singapore has started 2024 with a surge of investment in India, focusing on existing investments in real estate, infrastructure and venture capital instead of fresh acquisitions.
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29th December, 2023
This year saw Global SWF publish 250 daily articles on the latest developments in the sovereign wealth universe at a time of rising geopolitical tensions, economic slowdown and high inflation.
15th December, 2023
On Monday, January 1, 2024, 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 2023. The report is titled “State-Owned Investors Powering Through Crises” and includes the following sections:
21st November, 2023
Canadian public pension fund manager CDPQ is preparing to deploy up to C$5 billion (US$3.6 billion) in capital to Brazil over 2024-27, on top of around C$8 billion (US$5.8 billion) already invested in the country since it started buying Brazilian assets in 2006.
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14th November, 2023
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Malaysia’s Employees Provident Fund have backed the MYR5.7 billion (US$1.2 billion) takeover of southeast Asian hospital operator Ramsay Sime Darby Healthcare by private equity firm TPG and Hong Leong Group.
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9th November, 2023
State-owned investors continued to slash their Chinese equity holdings in 2023 due to heightened geopolitical risks, poor returns and reduced IPOs.
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30th October, 2023
Singapore’s GIC is backing a major green ammonia plant in India, being established by the founders of Greenko Group, in which it has a 60% stake.
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27th September, 2023
Singapore’s GIC is pumping more capital into technologies and industries dedicated to the transition to net zero with a further US$115 million investment in Hong Kong-based green hydrogen projects developer InterContinental Energy (ICE) that follows the sovereign fund's involvement in a EUR1.5 billion private placement in H2 Green Steel earlier this month.
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22nd September, 2023
GIC has made India its prime focus of attention over the past two years and this week has seen the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund continue its thrust into India’s healthcare and real estate markets.
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11th September, 2023
Australian Super has made one of the biggest deals in data center investment by any state-owned investor, with its EUR1.5 billion (US$1.6 billion ) investment in Vantage Data Centers.
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