27th June, 2024
Hedge fund pod shops are the latest evolution in the hedge fund universe and are winning the backing of weighty state-owned investors (SOIs), particularly multi-strategy funds focused on the Asian regional market.
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20th June, 2024
Temasek has agreed to sell its LNG subsidiary Pavilion Energy to oil major Shell for an undisclosed figure, 11 years after it was launched by the Singaporean state-owned investor.
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18th June, 2024
Canada’s biggest public pension fund, CPP Investments, could be close to acquiring a INR100 billion (US$1.2 billion) Indian roads portfolio from India’s quasi-sovereign wealth fund the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), but is up against Macquarie and infrastructure investment trust Cube Highways at the advanced bidding stage.
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29th May, 2024
Data Centers are pivotal in the development of the digital economy – and India’s digital economy is one of the biggest growth drivers, drawing in a range of sovereign wealth funds.
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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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6th May, 2024
The fifth edition of the GSR Scoreboard will be released in eight weeks’ time, on Monday, July 1. Since 2020, Global SWF has issued an annual assessment of the best practices of state-owned investors around Governance, Sustainability, and Resilience.
11th April, 2024
Singapore’s Temasek has opened a new office in Paris, a year behind schedule, as it seeks to advance its EMEA strategy, which has seen its exposure to the region grow five-fold since 2011, in Singapore dollar terms to S$47 billion or 12% of its portfolio by end-FY2022/23.
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20th March, 2024
Sovereign investors are looking to cash in assets, sensing markets are ripe for divestment. Singapore’s Temasek and GIC are the most active sovereign investors in big ticket sales, which are set to net them billions in returns that will be recycled into new strategies.
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6th March, 2024
Singapore’s Temasek continues to mark itself as a trailblazer among state-owned investors in the tech space as it enters discussions to invest in AI company OpenAI.
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22nd February, 2024
Decarbonization Partners – the partnership formed by BlackRock and Singaporean state investor Temasek – has struck its seventh deal, leading a US$150 million funding round for thermal battery maker Antora Energy.
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20th February, 2024
Indian highways could receive another capital boost from Canada, despite the geopolitical ructions between Delhi and Ottawa, with CDPQ among those expressing interest in acquiring a roads portfolio from India’s quasi-sovereign wealth fund, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF).
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9th February, 2024
Temasek is continuing to deepen its investment in the agri-food sector by backing a food and farming strategy launched by Seviora Capital, aligning its investments with Singapore’s bid to become 30% self-sufficient in food.
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