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GIC Tests the Secondaries Market with a US$1bn LP-Stakes Sale

29th October, 2025

Singapore’s GIC is exploring the sale of around US$1 billion of private-equity fund interests, a move that aligns with how the sovereign wealth fund has used the secondaries market over the past few years to fine-tune exposure and recycle capital.

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Mubadala in Brazil: Taking Control and Scaling Up

27th October, 2025

Mubadala has turned Brazil into a multi-platform focus of investment with a strategy that seeks to rebuild distressed assets, lower financing costs and back large-scale decarbonisation. The past year brought hard evidence across roads, restaurants, exchanges, biofuels, higher education - and a potential move into aluminium.

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Saudi Infra, Global Money: Inside the $11bn Leaseback That Lures Sovereign Investors

21st October, 2025

Saudi Aramco’s latest monetisation of its vast Jafurah gas project has pulled in US$11 billion of fresh capital and given sovereign wealth and public pension funds another large, durable way to put money to work in the Gulf without taking a direct bet on commodity prices.

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Global SWF presents its MENA Report in Abu Dhabi

13th October, 2025

Last week, Global SWF presented its 2025 MENA Special Playbook at an event co-hosted with American law firm Morgan Lewis, at the Rosewood Hotel (ADGM) in Abu Dhabi. This is the fifth SWF conference organized by Global SWF in the past 15 months, after two similar workshops in New York, and two more in Singapore.

What SWF leaders are saying about the world economy

8th October, 2025

Across the biggest sovereign wealth funds, leaders have reached a common view of 2025: the world is at the beginning of a long period of uncertainty in which debt, deglobalization and geopolitics keep volatility elevated, while technology - especially AI - creates durable pockets of growth.

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EGA’s Listing Test: Policy, Power, and Mubadala and ICD Strategy

23rd September, 2025

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is moving forward to an IPO, lining up Citi, Goldman Sachs, Emirates NBD Capital and First Abu Dhabi Bank. A valuation of US$10-15 billion has been estimated, but the listing venue - Abu Dhabi (ADX) or Dubai (DFM) - still in play.

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ADIC continues to build its Dream Team – with a focus on Strategy and Returns

16th September, 2025

This week a new move shook the world of Sovereign Investors, as Australia Future Fund’s CIO Ben Samild quit after 12 years to become the new Chief Strategist of the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC).

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Mubadala’s du Selldown Demonstrates Portfolio Management and Local Equity Playbook

11th September, 2025

Mubadala’s secondary sale of up to 7.55% of du (EITC) signals how sovereign capital is steering the UAE’s equity markets in 2025, as well as demonstrating its bid to liquidise assets through public markets as it redeploys capital to other strategic sectors.

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Abu Dhabi’s Global Health Triad: PureHealth, Arcera, M42

2nd September, 2025

Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth funds have spent the past 18 months turning healthcare and life sciences into platforms with international reach.

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Mubadala’s Public Equity Strategy: Chips, Credit, and Crypto

18th August, 2025

Mubadala’s US-listed equity footprint continues to be defined by a single, sovereign-scale anchor with a widening range of strategic investments.

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How Abu Dhabi’s Stablecoin Signals a Sovereign Crypto Endgame

11th August, 2025

When Abu Dhabi’s ADQ joined forces with International Holding Company (IHC) and First Abu Dhabi Bank to launch a UAE Dirham-backed stablecoin, it was a geopolitical move, a monetary gambit, and a market-access play rolled into one.

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Hayfin Stake Marks Strategic Expansion of Mubadala’s Burgeoning Credit Portfolio

24th July, 2025

Mubadala’s acquisition of a minority stake in Hayfin Capital Management, alongside AXA IM Prime, fits squarely within its evolving private credit strategy, which has become one of the fund’s most transformative yet understated plays in recent years.

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