25th May, 2026
A participant-funded forensic report has turned CalPERS’ private market strategy into a wider test of public capital transparency, as it accuses the largest US public pension fund of weak oversight, opaque costs, benchmark problems and incomplete disclosure of private asset economics.
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22nd May, 2026
Spain is moving ahead with its state-investment plan, announced in January, to funding. The government has approved a EUR13.3 billion (US$15.4 billion) injection into the Official Credit Institute (ICO) for España Crece, while COFIDES is the Co-investment Fund (FOCO) to bring Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) into a EUR300 million (US$348 million) growth fund for Spanish companies.
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21st May, 2026
Syria is building new institutions around reconstruction assets, donor funding and foreign investment in an effort to rebuild after years of a devastating civil war, despite the fragility of domestic governance.
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20th May, 2026
The UAE–India agreements announced during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s May 2026 visit to Abu Dhabi show the bilateral relationship rising in the banking, credit, energy storage, AI and maritime repair sectors – thanks to sovereign investment structures.
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19th May, 2026
Oman Investment Authority’s 2025 results vindicate the country’s post-2020 sovereign structure with reported OMR2.9 billion (US$7.5 billion) in profit, assets of around OMR23 billion (US$59.7 billion) and a 14.6% annual return. This brought its annualised return over the past five years to 10.39% - the third-best performance among sovereign wealth funds, according to Global SWF data.
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18th May, 2026
Sovereign Wealth Funds and Public Pension Funds saw their portfolios of US Equities decrease in value significantly during the first quarter of 2026, due to the War in Iran and the subsequent effect in oil prices and global financial markets. According to the quarterly filings released by SEC this week, the average holdings of Sovereign Investors would have fallen 12% by March 31, after all investments and exits.
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15th May, 2026
On Thursday, Blackrock’s wholly owned GIP announced a US$ 30 billion partnership with L’IMAD, ADNOC, and Temasek, to invest in infrastructure investment across the GCC and Central Asia. The partnership will raise a combination of equity and debt capital to target both greenfield and brownfield assets across key segments including energy, transportation, logistics, digital, water, and waste management.
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14th May, 2026
The Q1 rise in disclosed Gulf holdings of Chinese A-shares was mainly driven by ADIA.
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13th May, 2026
Mubadala’s US$325 million investment in Hornsea 3 adds to Abu Dhabi’s position in UK clean power as Britain continues to rely on long-duration capital to finance the electricity transition.
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12th May, 2026
Dubai’s decision to move a 29.73% stake in the emirate’s real estate developer from ICD to Dubai Holding represents an internal transfer inside Dubai’s state capital system that provides greater definition of its state-owned investors.
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11th May, 2026
Uzbekistan’s National Investment Fund’s (UzNIF) planned dual listing in London and Tashkent represents a privatisation platform divestment rather than as a conventional holding company IPO and is unique in that it is the first time a sovereign wealth fund has floated.
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8th May, 2026
Pakistan’s Sovereign Wealth Fund still exists in law, but the IMF is determining what sort of institution it can be in practice.
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