2nd February, 2026
For most of its first two decades, the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) looked like a classical mega-sovereign wealth fund: global diversification, long-duration ownership and selective strategic stakes, with the main question being what to own and where.
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22nd January, 2026
Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Goldman Sachs Asset Management have signed a memorandum of understanding that sets a target of up to US$25 billion for QIA to invest in Goldman-managed vehicles and co-investments, while Goldman plans to meaningfully expand its headcount in Doha and position the office as a regional hub for asset management.
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19th January, 2026
When concerns began to circulate late last year that the Trump administration was preparing to upend the tax treatment of SWFs, the reaction saw lawyers issue alerts, investors reviewing strategies and fund managers fielded anxious calls.
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8th January, 2026
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has raised US$20 billion in an upsized Series E funding round, underscoring how state-owned investors are increasingly treating AI not as a single venture bet, but as a strategic asset class spanning models, data and the physical infrastructure that runs them.
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10th December, 2025
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has joined the front rank of investors shaping where the next wave of artificial intelligence will physically live.
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9th December, 2025
Paramount Skydance’s hostile offer for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is an example of how Gulf sovereign wealth capital is being used in politically sensitive US sectors as funding partners without formal influence.
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20th November, 2025
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is selling half of its 10% stake in Ooredoo, the Qatari telecoms group, in a secondary share sale that could raise up to US$572 million.
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12th November, 2025
Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and ORIX have launched a Japan-only buyout vehicle, OQCI Fund LP, at the yen-equivalent of US$2.5 billion.
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6th November, 2025
By any measure, Egypt in 2025 is still navigating a fragile recovery. It has been left structurally dependent on external support following a decade of repeated currency crises, surging external debt, inflation shocks, and fallout from the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
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14th October, 2025
Qatar Investment Authority’s additional US$535 million into ISAGEN, lifting its stake to roughly 15% alongside Brookfield Renewable Partners’ plan to rise to about 38% - fits a clear pattern.
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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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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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