14th June, 2024
Private equity group Ardian is combining forces with Qatari and Saudi sovereign wealth funds in two separate major European transactions in the aviation sector, demonstrating an ongoing strategy to work closely with state-owned investors and combine their capital strengths.
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11th June, 2024
Reports that Saudi energy firm ACWA Power is planning to raise SAR7.1 billion (US$1.9 billion) through issuing stock to existing shareholders could further boost the Public Investment Fund’s (PIF) AUM as it strides towards a US$1 trillion portfolio – meanwhile, Aramco’s recent secondary offering poses some downside risks for the Saudi state and the economy's long-term diversification.
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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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3rd June, 2024
The decision by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) to launch a rare sterling-denominated dual-tranche note offering suggests the sovereign wealth fund is resorting to international debt markets to fund the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 objectives – it’s total leverage is currently a little over 4% of total assets under management.
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28th May, 2024
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is developing its might as the dominant force in the national economy with the launch of yet another national champion subsidiary, this time devoted to satellite launches.
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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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21st May, 2024
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) slashed its US public equity holdings by 41.7% to US$20.56 billion in the first quarter of 2024, with its biggest stockholding EV carmaker Lucid slumping by 32.3% in value and non-Lucid holdings falling 43.5% to the lowest level since end-Q2 2021 as PIF dumped massive chunks of its equity portfolio.
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16th May, 2024
TPG Rise Climate vehicle has won another state-owned investor for its carbon-cutting mission with the US$320 billion Saudi public pension fund manager Hassana – part of the General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI) – making forming a US$1.5 billion partnership, including a “substantial anchor commitment” to the new Transition Infrastructure fund and an allocation to the TPG Rise Climate II fund.
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30th April, 2024
Saudi Arabia’s US$925 billion Public Investment Fund (PIF) has given BlackRock a US$5 billion mandate to help establish a multi-class investment firm based in the capital, called BlackRock Riyadh Investment Management.
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25th April, 2024
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has forged a joint venture deal with the Kingdom’s telecoms company STC which sees it acquire a 51% stake in Telecommunication Towers Company Limited (TAWAL), which is set to form the basis of the Middle East’s biggest telecommunications infrastructure company – and a global player.
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19th April, 2024
On Thursday this week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its latest fiscal oil price breakeven in the statistical appendix of its Middle East overview. These are important figures, as they reflect the fiscal situation of the countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), when compared to current oil prices.
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2nd April, 2024
The Gulf region’s sovereign wealth funds have pursued very different strategies towards the rise of electric vehicles.
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