9th June, 2026
This week could be historical for financial markets as SpaceX kicks off a series of “Giga-IPOs”, with valuations of US$ 1 trillion or more, and with unprecedented fundraising targets. Elon Musk’s conglomerate, which includes X (formerly Twitter) and xAI is currently the most valuable private company in the world at US$ 1 trillion and is targeting a value of US$ 1.75 trillion when it gets listed on June 12 on Nasdaq.
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1st April, 2026
The Republic of Kazakhstan has four major Sovereign Wealth Funds: the National Fund (NF), the National Investment Corporation (NIC), which operate under the central bank the National Bank of Kazakhstan (NBK), Samruk-Kazyna JSC (SK), and Baiterek NIH JSC, a state development holding focused on the banking sector.
1st September, 2025
In 2013, Kazakhstan spun off the portfolio of financial institutions from Samruk-Kazyna and established another SWF, Baiterek, which has evolved significantly since then. We were delighted to speak with Mr. Timur Onzhanov, the Fund’s Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, about Baiterek’s strategy and plans.
12th January, 2023
Kazakhstan has always been home of significant Sovereign Wealth, due to vast gas reserves and annual revenues. The country’s most known and largest SWF is Samruk-Kazyna, which was modeled after Temasek and was born out of the merger of two holding companies, Samruk and Kazyna in 2008.
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26th September, 2022
The C-suite churn in sovereign investors has shown no sign of abating this year with a total of 16 new CEOs to date, compared to 20 in the whole of 2021.
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2nd September, 2022
After several months of hard work, we are delighted to announce the launch of the SWF Academy, in partnership with London Business School (LBS). The new Executive Education course will be offered a few times a year at LBS campuses in London and Dubai, providing the future leaders of Sovereign Investors with the right tools to succeed.
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22nd October, 2021
The Republics of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have much more in common than the Caspian Sea and the independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Both nations have a history of an active State Investment landscape, with various vehicles looking after different missions.
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27th February, 2021
Mubadala’s green investment arm, Masdar, is pushing into frontier markets in the Commonwealth of Independent States to establish clean energy production.
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