29th June, 2026
Qatar Investment Authority’s EUR432 million (US$490 million) participation in RWE’s capital raise is a bet on the grid bottleneck behind Europe’s energy transition.
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23rd June, 2026
After years of pouring capital into private markets, sovereign wealth funds are facing a less comfortable phase. Fund stakes bought for long horizons are staying on balance sheets for longer than expected, and some are now being sold before managers can deliver exits.
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9th June, 2026
This week could be historical for financial markets as SpaceX kicks off a series of “Giga-IPOs”, with valuations of US$ 1 trillion or more, and with unprecedented fundraising targets. Elon Musk’s conglomerate, which includes X (formerly Twitter) and xAI is currently the most valuable private company in the world at US$ 1 trillion and is targeting a value of US$ 1.75 trillion when it gets listed on June 12 on Nasdaq.
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2nd June, 2026
Anthropic’s US$65 billion Series H further integrates GIC, Temasek, and MGX into the private ownership of large-model AI.
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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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17th April, 2026
Hedge funds are not a major allocation for sovereign wealth funds or public pensions, but they have grown from an estimated 2.0% of SWF exposure in 2022 to over 3.0% in 2025.
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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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20th March, 2026
GIC’s new US$1.6 billion build-to-suit logistics joint venture with Prologis is a continuation of GIC’s long-standing preference for scaled platforms and operating partners with a reawakening of a relationship with Prologis after a 17-year abeyance. It also serves as another sign that the US$936 billion Singaporean sovereign wealth fund wants real estate exposure through specialised, pre-leased assets.
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13th February, 2026
Anthropic’s US$30 billion Series G financing, valuing the company at approximately US$380 billion post-money, represents one of the largest private capital raises in the technology sector to date. The round was led by GIC alongside Coatue, with MGX participating as a co-lead and a broad syndicate of institutional and strategic investors completing the allocation. Earlier, in September 2025, Anthropic had raised US$13 billion in a Series F round that included both GIC and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), embedding sovereign capital in the company before the most recent step-change in valuation.
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9th February, 2026
The reported decision by CPP Investments and OMERS to divest their combined majority stake in Associated British Ports (ABP) represents one of the biggest potential infrastructure transactions in the UK market to date with a targeted valuation over GBP10 billion (US$13 billion). The two Canadian pension funds hold a combined stake of approximately 67% of the company, with CPP Investments owning 34% and OMERS 33%, which would net each Canadian partner stands more than US$4 billion from divestment.
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3rd February, 2026
A consortium led by KKR and Singtel is in advanced discussions to acquire ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) in a transaction that could value the company at more than US$10 billion.
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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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