13th October, 2026
Syria’s Sovereign Fund (SSF) has expanded beyond the property portfolio disclosed earlier this year, taking control of businesses recovered from Assad-era owners while building joint ventures with Gulf companies. The latest transfers include 32 companies linked to businessman Samer Foz, adding industrial, commercial, services and banking interests to a portfolio previously centred on land and public property.
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7th October, 2026
Oman Investment Authority (OIA) and Kazakhstan’s Samruk-Kazyna have agreed a US$150 million joint investment fund, six months after signing Heads of Terms that left the size and structure open. The vehicle is expected to be established at the Astana International Financial Centre by the end of 2026 and will be owned equally, implying a US$75 million commitment from each side.
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24th September, 2026
The conflict is raising the value of infrastructural resilience, spare capacity and regional connectivity, bringing economic security further into Gulf sovereign investment decisions.
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22nd September, 2026
Qatar is giving domestic investment a much larger institutional role within its US$580 billion sovereign wealth fund, placing 45 state-owned companies representing roughly one-third of QIA’s assets under a dedicated manager.
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21st September, 2026
The Paramount–Warner merger provides a striking test of how far Gulf sovereign capital can reach into US cultural industries. The Hollywood sign has become shorthand for US cultural reach. The deal would place Gulf sovereign capital deep inside the economics of that system, with voting and editorial authority remaining in US hands.
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8th September, 2026
Canada’s largest public pension funds have become more exposed to the United States since Donald Trump’s November 2024 election, even as tariffs, threats against Canada and wider policy uncertainty have increased the risks attached to the market.
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2nd September, 2026
Two supertankers carrying a combined 4 million barrels of Saudi crude were struck by unidentified projectiles while leaving the Strait of Hormuz on September 1, reinforcing the prospect of prolonged disruption six months into the Iran war.
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22nd June, 2026
According to recently released figures, China’s biggest sovereign wealth fund is nudging US$2 trillion in AuM. The more interesting point, though, is not the ranking and scale, but where the money appears to sit and how China is using Hong Kong to keep offshore investing within a controlled financial perimeter.
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19th June, 2026
The Libyan Investment Authority’s Q1 2026 figures show a fund moving beyond legal defence while still operating inside the UN sanctions system.
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5th June, 2026
Three months into the Iran war, the Gulf is no longer in the first shock phase, but it is not back to normal. Energy flows have partly adapted, sovereign funding markets remain open, and the largest Gulf SWFs are still deploying capital.
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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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