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KIC at 20: A Strategic Change or Time to Catch Up?

4th July, 2025

The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and South Korea's only sovereign wealth fund is at a crucial turning point.

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Norway’s SWF Faces the Facts on Active Management: Real Assets in the Spotlight

3rd July, 2025

Norway’s Ministry of Finance has launched a fresh independent review into the active management of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, the US$1.94 trillion (valuation this week) Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG).

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PIF’s 2024 Results Mark a Strategic Shift in Saudi Grand Experiment

2nd July, 2025

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) just dropped its 2024 numbers - and on the surface, they look stellar with assets up 18% to SAR4.32 trillion (US$1.15 trillion).

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GSR Scoreboard 2025 Perfect Scorer: OTPP

1st July, 2025

One of the leaders of this year’s assessment is Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), which achieved for the first time a perfect score and is usually cited as an example of best practices globally.

KWAP’s Masterstroke: Building Local Capacity Through Global Co-Investment Models

30th June, 2025

Malaysia’s state pension fund Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP) has finalized the appointment of 12 global General Partners (GPs) under its Dana Pemacu initiative, deploying MYR6 billion (US$1.42 billion) of capital.

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Sweden’s AP Funds Merger: Efficiency Dream or Governance Nightmare?

27th June, 2025

Sweden’s pension system - held up as a global gold standard - is about to undergo radical surgery. The Swedish Parliament has now given the green light to the most sweeping overhaul in a quarter-century: a forced merger that will see the country’s five AP buffer funds consolidated into just three by January 2026.

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Resilience Over Hype: How BCI Secured Strong Returns Amid Volatile Markets

26th June, 2025

The British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI) is celebrating its 25th anniversary in style: a robust 10% return for its largest pension clients in fiscal 2025, C$21.9 billion in net investment income, and cumulative added value of C$9.3 billion since inception.

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Ethiopia's Maritime Gamble: EIH Steps onto the Political Stage

25th June, 2025

Ethiopian Investment Holdings (EIH) isn’t just Africa’s largest sovereign wealth fund at US$45 billion - it’s now Ethiopia’s most audacious power player, throwing its weight around in the region’s biggest geopolitical game: the scramble for ports.

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PIF’s Debt Strategy, From Giga-Visions to Precision Finance

24th June, 2025

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) signaled a further development in its financing strategy with the launch of a dual commercial paper (CP) program in both US and Euro markets via offshore special-purpose vehicles.

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Disciplined, Bold, Omani: OIA’s Billion-Rial Profit Story

23rd June, 2025

OIA posted a knockout profit of OMR1.6 billion (US$4.2 billion) and boosted its total assets above OMR20 billion (US$52 billion) in 2024, but behind the impressive figures OIA is quietly pursuing a bold new strategy: think locally, deal globally, and make every rial count for Oman’s future.

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Djibouti’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Closure and the Unraveling of a Strongman State

20th June, 2025

Investors and regional analysts were left reeling when Djibouti’s government abruptly dissolved its Sovereign Wealth Fund (Fonds Souverain de Djibouti, FSD) in late April 2025, just weeks after the highly acclaimed Djibouti Forum and four months after renewing the CEO's three-year mandate.

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Cyprus’s SWF: On the Brink of Revival Amid Gas Hopes and Hard Realities

19th June, 2025

The eastern Mediterranean's energy landscape has always been complex, but in 2025, Cyprus faces a critical juncture.

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