25th November, 2025
When Brookfield Asset Management unveiled a new US$100 billion programme to build out artificial intelligence infrastructure last week, one name in the press release signalled how far the balance of power in AI has shifted: the Kuwait Investment Authority.
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12th November, 2025
Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and ORIX have launched a Japan-only buyout vehicle, OQCI Fund LP, at the yen-equivalent of US$2.5 billion.
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28th October, 2025
Goldman Sachs is in talks to manage as much as US$10 billion for the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), channelling capital over several years into private equity, private credit and infrastructure funds.
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3rd September, 2025
Thames Water’s slow-motion crisis has become the Rorschach test for how attractive - or not - UK regulated infrastructure is to sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and public pension funds (PPFs).
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6th June, 2025
The artificial intelligence arms race just gained another trillion-dollar contender. This week, the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), the world’s oldest and one of the largest sovereign wealth funds, announced it will become the first non-founder financial anchor in the Microsoft- and BlackRock-backed AI Infrastructure Partnership - a US$30 billion global initiative to bankroll the next generation of AI infrastructure.
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27th May, 2025
After nearly a decade of political gridlock, fiscal stagnation, and mounting deficits, Kuwait has finally taken a decisive step to rewrite its economic story.
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28th April, 2025
Kuwait is converting its US$4 billion in deposits at Egypt's Central Bank into direct investments, following Gulf peers in significantly ramping up economic stakes in Egypt
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22nd April, 2025
After nearly a decade of financial paralysis, Kuwait has finally pulled the trigger. The long-delayed public debt law has passed, unlocking up to KD30 billion (US$98 billion) in borrowing power.
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25th February, 2025
On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, Global SWF celebrated a new milestone of 1,000 articles, which provide original content and insights into the opaque world of Sovereign Wealth Funds on a daily basis.
18th November, 2024
Last week was rather eventful among the SWFs of the Arabian Gulf. In Qatar, QIA changed its leadership on Tuesday, after Al Mahmoud was appointed Minister of Health. In Saudi, PIF decided to change the CEO of its flagship project NEOM on Wednesday, in an effort to ensure the success of the job. In Abu Dhabi, ADIA reported its annual results on Thursday, which according to Global SWF estimates may have signaled a new milestone for its portfolio. And that same day in Kuwait, KIA confirmed the retirement of its MD Ghanem Al-Ghaniman.
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23rd July, 2024
Kuwait’s finance minister has revealed that the country’s fiscal stabilization, the Government Reserve Fund (GRF) overseen by the Kuwait Investment Authority, is heavily depleted, with liquidity falling by around 95% in the decade to end-March to less than KWD2 billion (US$6.5 billion).
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11th July, 2024
Governance concerns have reportedly prompted the IMF to demand the abolition of the Pakistan Sovereign Wealth Fund as a condition for any new financial bailouts, in what is the biggest challenge to the country’s bid to create a state-owned investor.
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