2nd June, 2026
Anthropic’s US$65 billion Series H further integrates GIC, Temasek, and MGX into the private ownership of large-model AI.
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27th May, 2026
A SpaceX IPO would set a public reference price for Gulf state-capital positions in Elon Musk’s companies, as well as shine a light on Gulf ambitions in AI.
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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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6th May, 2026
PIF’s new Shanghai office is not simply a conventional overseas investment outpost but rather a China platform for the next phase of Saudi state capital.
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30th April, 2026
Two months after the outbreak of the US-Israeli war with Iran, Gulf SWFs are acting according to mandate rather than market sentiment.
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27th April, 2026
Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has moved from an aggressive, heavily syndicated offer into a shareholder-approved transaction whose main risks now sit in regulation, financing execution and Gulf sovereign capital capacity.
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20th April, 2026
L’Imad’s Aqaba Port Railway deal – the fund’s first major transaction since it was launched earlier this year, absorbing ADQ – has implications beyond transport.
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16th April, 2026
PIF’s 2026-2030 strategy formalises three shifts Global SWF had already identified in recent months. It separates developmental capital, strategic ownership and financia-return capital more clearly and places more weight on monetisation and funding resilience as the portfolio matures and the fund advances towards the final phase of Vision 2030.
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14th April, 2026
PIF’s memorandum of understanding with King Street is its clearest move yet into broader private credit.
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7th April, 2026
The reported PIF talks over a possible US$5 billion SpaceX IPO investment and the reported US$24 billion of Gulf sovereign backing for Paramount Skydance’s Warner deal show that Gulf sovereign wealth funds are becoming crucial repeat providers of large minority capital to Western billionaire-led platforms.
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6th April, 2026
BlackRock’s relationships with sovereign wealth funds have moved well beyond traditional mandates, with the firm now serving different funds as external manager, platform builder, infrastructure sponsor and co-investment partner depending on the mandate, asset class and strategic objective.
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26th March, 2026
Yasir Al-Rumayyan’s claim that PIF remains committed to investments around the world is true in the narrow sense that Saudi Arabia has not halted outbound dealmaking.
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