14th January, 2026
When Singapore’s Parliament returned this week, MPs lined up questions about the performance of GIC and Temasek, two institutions central to the city-state’s fiscal model and its reputation for technocratic stewardship. The immediate trigger was a run of media comparisons suggesting that Singapore’s flagship investors have lagged global peers and public market benchmarks over the past decade.
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13th January, 2026
On Monday, the Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs (SCFEA), which is chaired by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) and supervises all major energy and investment vehicles of Abu Dhabi, issued a resolution naming the new Board of Directors and the inaugural CEO of L’IMAD, the Emirate’s latest SWF.
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12th January, 2026
Iran’s leadership is projecting resilience at a moment of acute political and economic strain. After months of regional escalation, domestic unrest, and tightening sanctions enforcement, senior officials are emphasising stability, capacity and national self-reliance. Central to that narrative is the claim that the state still commands vast financial resources – above all through its sovereign wealth vehicle, the National Development Fund of Iran (NDFI).
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9th January, 2026
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has taken a lead role in a China-focused continuation vehicle (CV) backed by Beijing-based CDH Investments, a transaction that sheds light on how the US$1.2 trillion sovereign investor is approaching the market: staying active, but increasingly through structures and partners designed to manage liquidity, exits and execution risk.
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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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7th January, 2026
After more than a year of internal review and external consultation, Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has formally committed to adopting a Total Portfolio Approach (TPA), marking a significant evolution in both its investment framework and organisational model.
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6th January, 2026
The Public Investment Fund remains the controlling shareholder of Lucid Group, and its long-term strategy toward the investment continues to attract scrutiny.
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5th January, 2026
In 2025, sovereign investors channelled more than US$140 billion into the US economy, lifting the country’s share of global sovereign deal activity to over 50%, as revealed in Global SWF’s 2026 Annual Report published last week.
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2nd January, 2026
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Energy is doubling down on its gas-centric expansion strategy as it enters 2026 with natural gas now making up roughly 70% of its production portfolio, which is a milestone the company says underscores a pivotal year for its global growth, particularly following recent progress in Southeast Asian projects and its first major US gas investment.
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1st January, 2026
For its leadership among US retirement systems, for its growing investment and sustainability activity and for its adoption of forward-looking strategies, Global SWF believes that CalPERS is a worthy recipient of the 2025 Fund of the Year award. We were delighted to present it to Stephen Gilmore, Chief Investment Officer of the US$ 596 billion fund, and to speak with him about the fund’s state of play and next ambitions