28th March, 2024
The UK’s biggest water utility, Thames Water, which is two-thirds owned by state-owned investors, looks set to be renationalized – at least temporarily – after its shareholders refused to throw it a financial lifeline.
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27th March, 2024
NZ Super’s Guardians have appointed Jo Townsend as CEO as the Crown entity enters a new era, in which it is showing increasing interest in originating its own direct investments and acquisition of foreign assets.
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26th March, 2024
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Bahrain’s Mumtalakat have stumped up more money in their automotive interests in return for equity as they support plans for growth in a challenging market.
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25th March, 2024
Dubai Holding (DH) has absorbed two of the Emirate’s real estate giants, Nakheel and Meydan, as the sovereign investor seeks to advance the Emirate’s goal in becoming a global investor.
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22nd March, 2024
In a sign that venture capital is rebounding from a dismal 2023, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is reportedly in talks to back a late stage funding round by India’s Pocket FM as it seeks to advance its audio streaming service into new markets.
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21st March, 2024
The hiking of interest rates has impacted on real estate valuations, leading to a shortfall in supply of finance for borrowers with maturing loans. Lenders are looking for more capital to approval debt renewals, creating opportunities for higher margins – and winning the interest of big sovereign investors.
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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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19th March, 2024
The height of the pandemic saw sovereign investors plunge capital into e-commerce and logistics real estate, but today the biggest focus of their tech investments is artificial intelligence and machine learning – and this month has seen a surge in activity among state-owned investors.
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18th March, 2024
The eastern Malaysian state of Sarawak’s sovereign wealth fund has appointed its first CEO as it embarks on its mission to build long-term savings for the resource-rich state.
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14th March, 2024
Canada’s biggest public pension fund CPP Investments committed hundreds of millions of US dollars into digital network infrastructure this month as it seeks to gain exposure to the growing demand in connectivity and data-rich content.
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13th March, 2024
Ontario Teachers’ disappointing return of 1.9% in 2023 represents a negative value add of C$15.8 billion, dragged down by poor performance in real estate and infrastructure.
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12th March, 2024
The building of national champions with global reach is a major theme of strategic sovereign wealth funds in the Gulf region. Abu Dhabi’s launch of a global tech investment firm on a scale of SoftBank’s first Vision Fund, backed by Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala and native AI firm G42, ramps up the rivalry between the Emirate and initiatives backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF).
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