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PIF Tightens Its Grip on Gaming and AI as Platform Strategy Becomes Explicit

19th February, 2026

This week, two developments demonstrated how Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is reshaping its exposure to digital industries.

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Temasek in US Markets: Concentrated Positions, Thematic Investments, Competitive Returns

18th February, 2026

Temasek’s latest 13F filing for end-December 2025 confirms that its US-listed portfolio is being run as a high-conviction expression of a small number of long-term themes rather than a benchmark-style allocation.

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Mubadala’s Public Equity Strategy: Concentration Holds, Optionality Expands

17th February, 2026

Mubadala’s latest 13F filing for Q4 2025 confirms that its US-listed equity portfolio remains dominated by a single strategic industrial holding, but the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund has broadened the rest of its portfolio, making it more thematic and more active than it has been for several quarters.

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One Year On: Danantara’s Multi-Billion Capital Deployment in Indonesia

16th February, 2026

Danantara spent the first few weeks of 2026 by accelerating capital deployment across a broad set of strategic sectors, signalling that its institutional consolidation is now switching toward project execution.

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GIC anchors a sovereign presence in frontier AI

13th February, 2026

Anthropic’s US$30 billion Series G financing, valuing the company at approximately US$380 billion post-money, represents one of the largest private capital raises in the technology sector to date. The round was led by GIC alongside Coatue, with MGX participating as a co-lead and a broad syndicate of institutional and strategic investors completing the allocation. Earlier, in September 2025, Anthropic had raised US$13 billion in a Series F round that included both GIC and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), embedding sovereign capital in the company before the most recent step-change in valuation.

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Mubadala and Getir: From emergency recapitalisation to an engineered exit

12th February, 2026

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Investment Company has agreed to sell Getir’s Turkish delivery operations to Uber Technologies, bringing to a close one of the most visible sovereign interventions in the post-pandemic technology correction.

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China–US frictions prompt state-owned investors to adjust private equity exposure

11th February, 2026

Over the past two years, China–US tensions have increasingly shaped the portfolio strategies public pension funds and sovereign wealth funds leading to a structural recalibration in how China and the US are accessed, financed and exited.

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Khazanah Nasional Berhad: Portfolio Reset and Resilience in a Coordinated Investment State

10th February, 2026

Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah’s 2025 performance indicates a settling down to the historical norm following an exceptional 2024 with its portfolio increasingly aligned with Malaysia’s broader state-capital framework.

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The ABP Sale and the Consolidation of UK Ports under Global State Capital

9th February, 2026

The reported decision by CPP Investments and OMERS to divest their combined majority stake in Associated British Ports (ABP) represents one of the biggest potential infrastructure transactions in the UK market to date with a targeted valuation over GBP10 billion (US$13 billion). The two Canadian pension funds hold a combined stake of approximately 67% of the company, with CPP Investments owning 34% and OMERS 33%, which would net each Canadian partner stands more than US$4 billion from divestment.

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When Crypto Becomes a Sovereign Risk: High-Stakes Bet Meets Reality in Bhutan

6th February, 2026

In the early hours of 1 February 2026, Ethereum briefly fell to around US$2,243 in a sharp market dislocation that triggered widespread liquidations across leveraged crypto positions.

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Taiwan’s State--Led Labor Funds Achieve Second Record-Breaking Year

5th February, 2026

Taiwan’s public pension fund manager the Bureau of Labor Funds (BLF) delivered an exceptional performance in 2025 with a 16.1% return on roughly NT$7.79 trillion (US$250 billion) in assets under management, according to figures released by the Bureau of Labor Funds this week, confirming that Taiwan’s labour funds are weighty players in global investing.

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Australia’s Future Fund in 2025: Strong Returns, Structural Shift

4th February, 2026

Australia’s Future Fund delivered a 12.4% return in 2025, boosting its AUM by A$29.5 billion (US$20.1 billion) to A$335.3 billion (US$228.0 billion) after withdrawals.

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