11th March, 2026
The escalation of conflict involving Iran has reinforced the need for sustaining military capabilities when supply chains become uncertain.
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4th March, 2026
Escalating tensions involving Iran and the security of the Strait of Hormuz have revived questions about how Gulf sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) will react to this major regional geopolitical crisis.
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3rd March, 2026
The announced take-private of the AES Corporation at a US$33.4 billion enterprise value including assumed debt, shows sovereign wealth and public pension heavyweights are willing to back a capital-intensive US power platform.
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26th February, 2026
Private credit assets under management globally reached approximately US$2.4 trillion by the end of 2025, according to industry estimates, and now fund roughly 80% of leveraged buyout financing in the US and Europe.
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13th February, 2026
Anthropic’s US$30 billion Series G financing, valuing the company at approximately US$380 billion post-money, represents one of the largest private capital raises in the technology sector to date. The round was led by GIC alongside Coatue, with MGX participating as a co-lead and a broad syndicate of institutional and strategic investors completing the allocation. Earlier, in September 2025, Anthropic had raised US$13 billion in a Series F round that included both GIC and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), embedding sovereign capital in the company before the most recent step-change in valuation.
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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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