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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29th September, 2025
NBIM has just committed US$1.5 billion to Brookfield Asset Management’s Global Transition Fund II (BGTF II), which represents its second indirect allocation to unlisted renewables and its first to a broad “energy transition” platform.
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25th September, 2025
This week, the Dutch government announced the partial sale of TenneT’s German operations to a consortium of long-term investors: Norway’s Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), Singapore’s GIC, and Dutch pension fund APG.
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5th September, 2025
PFZW, the EUR250 billion Dutch healthcare pension fund managed by PGGM, has announced it is pulling a EUR14.5 billion (US$17 billion) mandate from BlackRock, over climate stewardship – revealing an ideological fault-line that has emerged over ESG investment and climate stewardship.
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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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29th August, 2025
Norway’s NOK20.2 trillion (US$2 trillion) Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) has shed stakes in 23 Israeli companies since the end of June after an accelerated ethics review by its manager, Norges Bank (NBIM).
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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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7th August, 2025
Norway’s US$1.8 trillion Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) - the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, managed by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) - has just launched a fresh review of its Israeli holdings following revelations that it raised its stake in Bet Shemesh Engines, a jet engine supplier to the Israeli military, from 1.3% to over 2% in 2024.
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3rd July, 2025
Norway’s Ministry of Finance has launched a fresh independent review into the active management of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, the US$1.94 trillion (valuation this week) Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG).
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29th May, 2025
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), manager of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, just confirmed another step in its long-term strategic pivot: it is shutting the doors of its Tokyo real estate office.
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14th May, 2025
In a world where logistics is the beating heart of the global economy, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) just made another high-conviction move that underscores how seriously it takes that metaphor.
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29th April, 2025
Norway's colossal sovereign wealth fund, the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) overseen by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), slammed into 2025 with a brutal reminder that even the biggest players aren't immune to market chaos.
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