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Mubadala’s Public Equity Strategy: Concentration Holds, Optionality Expands

17th February, 2026

Mubadala’s latest 13F filing for Q4 2025 confirms that its US-listed equity portfolio remains dominated by a single strategic industrial holding, but the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund has broadened the rest of its portfolio, making it more thematic and more active than it has been for several quarters.

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GIC anchors a sovereign presence in frontier AI

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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Mubadala and Getir: From emergency recapitalisation to an engineered exit

12th February, 2026

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company has agreed to sell Getir’s Turkish delivery operations to Uber Technologies, bringing to a close one of the most visible sovereign interventions in the post-pandemic technology correction.

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Ownership Transition in Asian Data Centres: GIC and Mubadala Join KKR in Proposed US$10bn STT GDC Buyout

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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Power Move in Abu Dhabi: L'IMAD takes over ADQ, Al Zaabi emerges as big winner

30th January, 2026

Hours after publishing an article on Mohamed Al Suwaidi's transfer from ADQ to Lunate, the Abu Dhabi Media Office announced the take over of ADQ by L'IMAD, which helped explained the previous announcement. As confirmed by the Government, there will now be three major SWFs in the Emirate: ADIA, Mubadala (incl. ADIC), and L’IMAD (incl. ADQ).

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UAE President’s India Visit Underscores a Decade-Long Shift in Sovereign Wealth Strategy

21st January, 2026

When UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan – aka MBZ – visited India on 19 January, the joint statement that followed ranged across trade, defence, energy, technology and education.

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Treasury moves to calm sovereign wealth fund tax fears - but questions remain

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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Abu Dhabi’s fourth SWF L’IMAD gets a new Board, CEO, and mandate

13th January, 2026

On Monday, the Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs (SCFEA), which is chaired by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) and supervises all major energy and investment vehicles of Abu Dhabi, issued a resolution naming the new Board of Directors and the inaugural CEO of L’IMAD, the Emirate’s latest SWF.

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xAI’s $20bn round draws sovereign capital deeper into the AI stack

8th January, 2026

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has raised US$20 billion in an upsized Series E funding round, underscoring how state-owned investors are increasingly treating AI not as a single venture bet, but as a strategic asset class spanning models, data and the physical infrastructure that runs them.

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The US as the Decision Market: Why 2025 Marked a Structural Break in Sovereign Investment

5th January, 2026

In 2025, sovereign investors channelled more than US$140 billion into the US economy, lifting the country’s share of global sovereign deal activity to over 50%, as revealed in Global SWF’s 2026 Annual Report published last week.

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Mubadala Energy’s US gas gamble signals a strategic pivot for Abu Dhabi’s sovereign capital

2nd January, 2026

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Energy is doubling down on its gas-centric expansion strategy as it enters 2026 with natural gas now making up roughly 70% of its production portfolio, which is a milestone the company says underscores a pivotal year for its global growth, particularly following recent progress in Southeast Asian projects and its first major US gas investment.

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The Global SWF Year in Review 2025: The Ideas, Power Shifts and Structures That Defined Sovereign Capital

30th December, 2025

As 2025 draws to a close, Global SWF’s most-read analysis reveals a clear pattern: audiences were far less interested in short-term returns or league tables, and far more engaged by how sovereign capital is being organised, governed, and deployed. Across Abu Dhabi, the Gulf, Asia, and beyond, the most-popular themes among our readers shared a common thread: power, structure, intent, and institutional design.

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