20th May, 2025
With the French budget in crisis and foreign direct investment into startups falling off a cliff, President Emmanuel Macron is doubling down on his most reliable card: foreign capital from sovereign wealth giants.
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19th May, 2025
Taiwan stands at a fiscal crossroads. With over US$567 billion in foreign exchange reserves - the sixth largest stockpile in the world - it has the firepower to build a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) that could deliver national returns and raise its global profile.
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16th May, 2025
Donald Trump's May 2025 Gulf tour wasn't a diplomatic charm offensive, it was a commercial onslaught.
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15th May, 2025
When President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February directing the Treasury and Commerce departments to devise a plan for a US sovereign wealth fund (SWF), the announcement generated intense debate across both Washington and Wall Street.
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14th May, 2025
In a world where logistics is the beating heart of the global economy, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) just made another high-conviction move that underscores how seriously it takes that metaphor.
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13th May, 2025
This week, Saudi Arabia unveiled its latest strategic maneuver in the AI arms race: HUMAIN, a state-owned artificial intelligence company under the Public Investment Fund (PIF).
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12th May, 2025
Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund, Mumtalakat, reversed a colossal BHD497 million (US$1.32 billion) loss in 2023 to a record-breaking net profit of BHD363 million (US$963 million) in 2024.
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9th May, 2025
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth engines are in overdrive. According to Global SWF, the emirate’s three heavyweight funds - ADIA, Mubadala, and ADQ - now command a combined US$1.7 trillion, up 15% in a single year.
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8th May, 2025
A low-profile regulatory approval this week may trigger one of the UK government’s boldest economic experiments of the past decade.
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7th May, 2025
Oman’s sovereign wealth fund inked a US$300 million joint fund with Algeria this week, marking the latest move in a sweeping strategy that’s turning the Oman Investment Authority (OIA) into an active, globally networked sovereign investors that is punching above its weight.
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6th May, 2025
Australia's decisive election result on May 3rd delivered a fresh mandate to the Labor Party - and with it, a dramatic redefinition of the role and purpose of the nation’s A$230 billion sovereign wealth vehicle, the Future Fund.
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5th May, 2025
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has engaged the debt markets again with a US$1.25 billion, seven-year sukuk - its second debt sale of 2025 - with pricing tightened from an initial 145 basis points over US Treasuries to just 110bps after drawing more than US$8.2 billion in orders.
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