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Maple 8 Price Trump Risk as US Exposure Keeps Rising

8th September, 2026

Canada’s largest public pension funds have become more exposed to the United States since Donald Trump’s November 2024 election, even as tariffs, threats against Canada and wider policy uncertainty have increased the risks attached to the market.

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Who Owns SpaceX? Biggest State-Owned Backers - and the Ones Who Avoided Musk's IPO

17th August, 2026

Global SWF has identified US$41.7 billion of SpaceX shares held by sovereign wealth and public pension funds at the end of June. Most of the value is concentrated in investors that entered SpaceX or xAI before the IPO, while several large funds maintain substantial Magnificent Seven exposure but hold little or no SpaceX.

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OTPP Pulls Ahead of OMERS as Different Strategies Shape H1 Returns

13th August, 2026

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) returned 9.5% in the first half of 2026 against 4.8% at OMERS, opening a 4.7 percentage-point gap between two funds that had been almost level a year earlier. The difference reflects the way their strategies met a market led by listed equities and growth assets. OTPP had greater exposure to the areas that performed best, whereas OMERS had more capital in private assets producing lower returns.

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SWFs Bolster AI: GIC Extends Anthropic Bet Into Claude Data Centres

12th August, 2026

Singapore’s GIC is extending its investment in Anthropic into the infrastructure required to run Claude, joining Macquarie Asset Management in a new data centre platform dedicated to the US artificial intelligence company. Global SWF estimates GIC has already invested around US$ 6.3 billion in Anthropic, making it the company’s largest sovereign investor.

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Global SWF modernizes scorecard for Sovereign Investors; nine institutions continue to excel

2nd July, 2026

La Caisse, Ontario Teachers’ and BCI (Canada) in North America; NBIM (Norway) in Europe; NSIA (Nigeria) in Africa; Temasek (Singapore) in Asia; and Future Fund, Rest (Australia) and NZ Super (New Zealand) in Oceania achieve a perfect score on the 2026 assessment of Governance, Sustainability and Resilience practices.

NIIF Fund II Turns India’s Exit Record Into a New Sovereign Fundraise

30th June, 2026

India has doubled its allocation to the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), giving the sovereign-anchored platform launched just over a decade ago a stronger base for its second infrastructure vintage after a run of exits in renewables, roads and smart meters.

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Sovereign Investors Prepare for Payback as Giga-IPOs Hit the Markets

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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Sovereign Investors see the Value of their US Equities drop; Canadians Double Down

18th May, 2026

Sovereign Wealth Funds and Public Pension Funds saw their portfolios of US Equities decrease in value significantly during the first quarter of 2026, due to the War in Iran and the subsequent effect in oil prices and global financial markets. According to the quarterly filings released by SEC this week, the average holdings of Sovereign Investors would have fallen 12% by March 31, after all investments and exits.

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Abu Dhabi Shores Up Support for UK Renewables and the Net Zero Push

13th May, 2026

Mubadala’s US$325 million investment in Hornsea 3 adds to Abu Dhabi’s position in UK clean power as Britain continues to rely on long-duration capital to finance the electricity transition.

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How Sovereign Investors Use Hedge Funds

17th April, 2026

Hedge funds are not a major allocation for sovereign wealth funds or public pensions, but they have grown from an estimated 2.0% of SWF exposure in 2022 to over 3.0% in 2025.

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Canadian and Australian Pension Funds Formalise an Established Investment Relationship

5th March, 2026

The Canadian-Australian Pension Funds Investment Initiative (CAP Invest) brings together nine Australian superannuation funds and investment platforms and nine Canadian public pension organisations in a framework intended to facilitate dialogue with governments and encourage cross-border investment.

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China–US frictions prompt state-owned investors to adjust private equity exposure

11th February, 2026

Over the past two years, China–US tensions have increasingly shaped the portfolio strategies public pension funds and sovereign wealth funds leading to a structural recalibration in how China and the US are accessed, financed and exited.

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