8th October, 2021
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) have been approached to help support a US$1.0-1.5 billion investment in Tata Group’s electric vehicle subsidiary by US private equity group TPG Capital.
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7th October, 2021
Gulf sovereign wealth funds are preparing to pour billions more capital into private markets with new hires and restructuring.
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6th October, 2021
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is set to turn Newcastle United into one of the world’s most valuable football clubs if its planned GBP300 million takeover of the English Premiership side finally gets approval.
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6th October, 2021
Concern over climate change continues to prompt state-owned investors to declare their commitment to fighting greenhouse gas emissions with One Planet Sovereign Wealth Funds (OPSWF) signing up four new SWF members this week. Yet, the lack of standardization of greenhouse gas auditing and reviews of progress towards targets makes judging OPSWF's real world impact difficult to measure.
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4th October, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to limit the spending of his country’s US$190 billion sovereign wealth fund, the National Wealth Fund (NWF), could help resolve uncertainty over its mandate and direction – although already announced big NWF-financed projects ahead of the 2024 presidential election are likely to go ahead.
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1st October, 2021
In 2020, the impact of COVID-19 was felt among investment managers across the world and AIMCo was no different, incurring large losses. Since then, in an attempt to pursue stability and sustainability, the Alberta-based organization has appointed a new CISO, CRO, CFO, and on July 1 this year, a new CEO. As a result of some of these efforts, the fund enhanced its result in Global SWF’s GSR Scoreboard, from 84% in 2020, to 92% in 2021. We had the great pleasure of hearing more from Mr. Mark Prefontaine, AIMCo’s Chief Client & Stakeholder Relations Officer.
30th September, 2021
Canadian public pension fund Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), with AUM of C$221.2 billion (US$173 billion), is planning to more than triple its allocation to venture capital to up to 10% by 2026. As a result, it will ramp up its investments in startups by at least US$12 billion.
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29th September, 2021
Canadian public pension funds have been among the leaders in seeking to decarbonize their portfolio and Canada’s second biggest fund - Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) - is taking it a step further by pledging to divest C$3.9 billion (US$3.1 billion) of oil assets by end-2022.
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28th September, 2021
The merger of Australia’s QSuper and Sunsuper creates the country’s second biggest public pension fund with AUM of US$152 billion and two million members, sending the combined entity up the global league table to 22nd place, between Denmark’s ATP and behind Canada’s BCI and PSP Investments.
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27th September, 2021
The Sovereign Wealth Fund industry has experienced a dramatic growth in capital and sophistication since the Global Financial Crisis in 2008. During the past 13 years, 62 new SWFs have been established (38 of them with a strategic function), and the industry’s AUM has tripled from US$3.4 trillion to US$10.3 trillion.
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25th September, 2021
Abu Dhabi Inc is taking a big interest in Turkey with plans for “billions of dollars” of investment in the country by the Emirate’s sovereign wealth funds.
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23rd September, 2021
The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is in discussions with the Rwandan government on setting up the headquarters of its future fund for sub-Saharan Africa in the small but rapidly developing African state, according to Africa Intelligence.
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