8th June, 2026
On Thursday last week, South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund announced the opening of Tokyo office next month, with the goal of expanding investments in Japan, including both public markets and alternatives. This will be KIC’s sixth office outside of its headquarters in Seoul, after New York (opened in 2010), London (2011), Singapore (2017), San Francisco (2021), and Mumbai (2024).
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6th May, 2026
PIF’s new Shanghai office is not simply a conventional overseas investment outpost but rather a China platform for the next phase of Saudi state capital.
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23rd January, 2026
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) is preparing to close its dedicated real estate office in Paris, consolidating its European unlisted property operations in London as part of a wider shift in how the fund manages real assets.
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6th October, 2025
Late last year, China Investment Corporation (CIC) quietly registered a London representative office, taking a foothold in the UK without any public announcement.
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29th May, 2025
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), manager of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, just confirmed another step in its long-term strategic pivot: it is shutting the doors of its Tokyo real estate office.
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24th March, 2025
As we anticipated in November 2024, Temasek-owned asset manager Seviora Group has opened an office in Abu Dhabi with the views of expanding its partnerships and activities in the region.
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20th March, 2025
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), one of Canada's largest public pension funds, is closing its Hong Kong office and shifting its regional HQ to Singapore.
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19th February, 2025
Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) has shut down its recently established offices in NYC and Singapore.
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15th October, 2024
The launch of a London office by the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) means there is now a full complement of the Maple 8 Canadian public pension funds with a presence in the British capital and brings the total number of foreign state-owned investors in the city to 28.
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8th May, 2024
The Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will be investing a larger share of its US$177 billion portfolio in Europe after it opened its first overseas office in London, becoming the latest Australian super fund to channel billions through new London offices.
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11th April, 2024
Singapore’s Temasek has opened a new office in Paris, a year behind schedule, as it seeks to advance its EMEA strategy, which has seen its exposure to the region grow five-fold since 2011, in Singapore dollar terms to S$47 billion or 12% of its portfolio by end-FY2022/23.
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14th February, 2024
The Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) has made another step in expanding its global operations with the opening of an office in New York.
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