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Selling Egypt by the Pound: Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds Swap Bailouts for Beaches and Gas

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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Building a Malawi Sovereign Wealth Fund: A Practical, Phased Plan

5th November, 2025

Malawi is moving from exploration headlines to actual production with the Kayelekera uranium mining restarting with the promise of foreign exchange inflows, which will be the basis of a planned sovereign wealth fund.

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PIFSS’s Return to Private Equity: Strategy and a Role for Wafra?

4th November, 2025

Kuwait’s Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) is preparing to restart private equity commitments after a three-year pause, a move that could re-introduce a large, long-duration LP into a market still wrestling with slow exits and uneven fundraising.

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L’imad: The Sudden Birth of A Fourth Pillar In Abu Dhabi Inc

3rd November, 2025

Abu Dhabi has introduced a new state vehicle with minimal public fanfare but immediate consequence.

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Fund of the Month (Nov'25): Oman Investment Authority (OIA)

1st November, 2025

In 2020, Oman merged SGRF and OIF into a single fund, OIA, which has grown significantly and helped with the reduction of Oman’s debt levels since then. We were delighted to speak with Ms. Samra Al Harthy, the Fund’s Chief Economist and a Board member of the MSX, about OIA’s current setup and future plans.