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Mubadala’s Public Equity Strategy: Chips, Credit and Crypto, Revisited

19th November, 2025

Mubadala’s latest 13F filing for Q3 2025 shows a US-listed equity portfolio that is still dominated by a single strategic holding, but with a steadily more developed supporting cast around it.

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Temasek’s Quiet High-Conviction Bet on Big Finance, Big Tech and Asian Platforms

18th November, 2025

Temasek’s US-listed equity portfolio has grown steadily more concentrated, more technology-heavy and more tied to global financial infrastructure over the past 18 months, according to its quarterly 13F filings.

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From US$56 Billion to Six Stocks: What PIF’s Brutal 13F Shrink Really Means

17th November, 2025

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund has just done something that, on paper, looks like a rapid exit from US public equities.

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SWFs are Driving the Take-Private Surge

13th November, 2025

In the past two years, public-to-private (P2P) deals have re-emerged as one of the most reliable channels for private capital deployment at a time of volatility, with sovereign wealth funds serving as anchors and cornerstone investors in consortium take-privates.

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QIA–ORIX’s Japan fund is the tip of a bigger shift in how sovereigns build platforms

12th November, 2025

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and ORIX have launched a Japan-only buyout vehicle, OQCI Fund LP, at the yen-equivalent of US$2.5 billion.

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NPS weighs tactical boost to Korean equities as rally tests policy limits

11th November, 2025

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is weighing a tactical increase in its domestic equity exposure after this year’s sharp stock market rally pushed the fund up against its own allocation limits, forcing a collision between long-term diversification policy and short-term political and market pressures.

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When the Umpire Takes the Field: How Norway’s Oil Fund Became a Cautious ESG Enforcer

10th November, 2025

For years, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has tried to be predictable. It has presented itself as a long-term, rules-based investor whose job is to turn oil and gas revenues into broad, steady exposure to the global economy.

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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.