29th August, 2024
Cairo has shaken up The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) as it seeks to re-energise a flagging privatization program.
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23rd August, 2024
Mubadala’s investment in Yondr Group, a UK-based global hyperscale data center developer, represents its fourth major investment in the sector in the past two years as the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund seeks to capitalize on surging growth in demand for AI and other data-intensive technology.
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12th August, 2024
Abu Dhabi continues to invest weighty sums in asset managers with the US$993 billion Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) forming a consortium with CVC Private Equity Funds and Nordic Capital to take the London-listed Hargreaves Lansdown private in a GBP5.4 billion (US$6.9 billion) takeover bid.
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5th August, 2024
The tiny Himalayan mountain kingdom of Bhutan is seeking to exploit some of its 33GW of hydroelectric potential to supply energy-hungry India by mobilizing its US$3.3 billion sovereign wealth fund, Druk Holding and Investments, to forge partnerships – and its peers are likely to be the most eager investors.
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26th July, 2024
An investment of more than US$600 million in US trailer lessor Transportation Equipment Network (TEN) by Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala and the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is the latest development in sovereign investor involvement in the transportation leasing sector.
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19th June, 2024
Sovereign wealth fund interest in Japan is modest compared to economies of a similar size and diversity, but this could all change with Asian and Middle Eastern funds showing increasing interest.
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18th June, 2024
Canada’s biggest public pension fund, CPP Investments, could be close to acquiring a INR100 billion (US$1.2 billion) Indian roads portfolio from India’s quasi-sovereign wealth fund the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), but is up against Macquarie and infrastructure investment trust Cube Highways at the advanced bidding stage.
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17th June, 2024
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), the biggest of Abu Dhabi’s three sovereign wealth funds, has agreed to invest alongside Advent to take up a combined 20% stake in Fisher Investments for US$2.5-3.0 billion as it ramps up its private equity and private credit portfolio.
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5th June, 2024
*Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat may be a minnow compared to its Saudi, Emirati and Qatari peers, but is swimming towards stronger currents of capital with an agreement forged with the China Investment Corporation (CIC).
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29th May, 2024
Data Centers are pivotal in the development of the digital economy – and India’s digital economy is one of the biggest growth drivers, drawing in a range of sovereign wealth funds.
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23rd May, 2024
The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is playing catch-up with its Saudi and Emirati peers with a major investment in semiconductors as the global market seeks to diversify production following the chip shortage of 2020-23.
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20th May, 2024
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala has joined an elite of top 10 sovereign wealth funds as its AUM rose above US$300 billion in 2023 with Global SWF calculating an annual return of 15.4%, based on its increase in five-year return of 10.3% and proprietary data analysis of historical returns.
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