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Mubadala Boosts Data Center Investment

23rd August, 2024

Mubadala’s investment in Yondr Group, a UK-based global hyperscale data center developer, represents its fourth major investment in the sector in the past two years as the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund seeks to capitalize on surging growth in demand for AI and other data-intensive technology.

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Malaysia’s Bold Green Growth Ambitions Backed by KWAP, EPF and Khazanah

22nd August, 2024

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has bold visions for his country, set out in a slew of policies under the Madani Economy Framework, which was launched in July 2023, as well as the National Energy Transition Roadmap (NETR), which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 45% by 2030 and achieve net zero by 2050.

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Turkiye's TVF Takes Control of Confiscated Assets, but Strategy is Unclear

21st August, 2024

Türkiye’s President Erdoğan has transferred the assets associated with a rival for power to the Türkiye Wealth Fund (TVF), which he chairs, according to an official government Gazette.

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Mozambique's LNG-Backed SWF Declares US$114mn Initial Inflow

20th August, 2024

The Mozambique Sovereign Fund (FSM) has started receiving modest inflows with US$114 million of gas revenue funnelled into its coffers over the first half of 2024.

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PIF Generates 9% Annual Return in 2023, Strides Towards US$1trn AUM

19th August, 2024

Vision 2030 is an overriding mission of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which has drained cash reserves and drawn on its global portfolio to bolster the Kingdom’s economic diversification program, but the fund continues its path towards US$1 trillion in 2025 and US$2 trillion by the end of the decade.

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PIF Takes Pause for Breath in Q2, Maintaining Equity Positions

16th August, 2024

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) saw little change in its US public equities holdings, which grew 0.5% to US$20.7 billion in Q2.

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Tech Stocks Lift NBIM in H1, But Real Assets Disappoint

15th August, 2024

The world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), managed by Norges Bank (NBIM), reported an 8.6% return in H1, with strong growth in public equities offsetting a disappointing result in other asset classes.

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Public Equities and Commodities Lead OTPP's H1 Performance

14th August, 2024

The performance of Canada’s highly transparent public pension funds can serve as a barometer for trends across the global institutional investor universe, including highly opaque sovereign wealth funds.

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CPP Continues Decarbonization Drive with Two Fresh Investments

13th August, 2024

Canada’s biggest public pension fund, the US$67 billion CPP Investments, has boosted its investment in sustainable energy with a US$843 million investment in Denver-based Tallgrass Energy, in partnership with Blackstone, as part of its ongoing decarbonization strategy.

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Abu Dhabi Leads Global Asset Manager Takeovers with ADIA in US$6.9bn Bid for HL

12th August, 2024

Abu Dhabi continues to invest weighty sums in asset managers with the US$993 billion Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) forming a consortium with CVC Private Equity Funds and Nordic Capital to take the London-listed Hargreaves Lansdown private in a GBP5.4 billion (US$6.9 billion) takeover bid.

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Abu Dhabi's ADQ Buys into Luxury

9th August, 2024

Luxury brands and trophy properties have always had a place in the portfolios of Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and Abu Dhabi’s ADQ is following suit with the purchase of a minority stake in Sotheby’s, the global leader in fine art and luxury markets.

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Libya's SWF Prepares to Roar Back to Life

8th August, 2024

Libya’s sovereign wealth fund was one of the victims of the collapse of order in the North African state, restricted by sanctions and legal disputes since the fall of Muammar Qaddafi’s regime amid the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings and the resulting civil war.

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