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The Global SWF Year in Review 2025: The Ideas, Power Shifts and Structures That Defined Sovereign Capital

30th December, 2025

As 2025 draws to a close, Global SWF’s most-read analysis reveals a clear pattern: audiences were far less interested in short-term returns or league tables, and far more engaged by how sovereign capital is being organised, governed, and deployed. Across Abu Dhabi, the Gulf, Asia, and beyond, the most-popular themes among our readers shared a common thread: power, structure, intent, and institutional design.

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ADIA scores modest gains in 2024, looks at China and India for growth

18th September, 2025

On Wednesday, ADIA released its results for the year ended on December 31, 2024 – surprisingly early when compared to the timeline of the past few years. Below is our usual reading between the lines, for our subscribers:

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King of Co-Investments GIC increases US exposure, AuM rises to US$ 936 billion

25th July, 2025

On Friday, GIC released its results for the year ending on March 31, 2025 and they are quite revealing, even though the Singaporean SWF is opting to be opaquer and vaguer with some of its reporting.

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CalPERS reaches historical peak, over a third of portfolio in private markets

15th July, 2025

On Monday, California pension fund CalPERS, which manages pension and health benefits for more than 2 million public employees, retirees, and their families, reported the results for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2025.

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Global SWF Celebrates its Article #1,000

25th February, 2025

On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, Global SWF celebrated a new milestone of 1,000 articles, which provide original content and insights into the opaque world of Sovereign Wealth Funds on a daily basis.

ADIA scores positive result in 2023, AuM well over US$ 1 trillion

14th November, 2024

On Thursday, ADIA released its results for the year ended on December 31, 2023 – and below is our usual reading between the lines, for our subscribers:

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China's CIC gets back on track with a 10.7% return in 2023

27th September, 2024

China Investment Corporation (CIC) released on Friday its 2023 Annual Report, with some positive results. The overseas investments of the Chinese SWF returned +10.7% in the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2023, for a 10-year annualized return of 6.6%, right at the world's average.

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Fund of the Year (Jan'24): Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)

1st January, 2024

For its 25+ years of global investing and stewardship, for its position as one of the world’s largest and most influential universal asset owners, for its significant activity across asset classes and industries in 2023, and, more broadly, for its leadership among Sovereign Wealth Funds and contribution to the advancement of the industry, Global SWF believes that Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), on behalf of the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), is a worthy recipient of the 2023 Fund of the Year award. We were delighted to present it to Daniel Balthasar and Pedro Furtado Reis, the Co-CIOs of the US$ 1 trillion listed equities portfolio, and to speak with them about the fund’s recent evolution and ambitions.

Global SWF's Most-read Commentaries of 2023

29th December, 2023

This year saw Global SWF publish 250 daily articles on the latest developments in the sovereign wealth universe at a time of rising geopolitical tensions, economic slowdown and high inflation.

Announcing 2024 Annual Report and Presentation

15th December, 2023

On Monday, January 1, 2024, we will be releasing the industry’s most timely, rigorous, and insightful account of the activity and trends of Sovereign Wealth Funds and Public Pension Funds during 2023. The report is titled “State-Owned Investors Powering Through Crises” and includes the following sections:

ADIA recovers from a bad 2022, spins off RE & Infra and remains bullish on PE/PC and China

10th October, 2023

On Tuesday, ADIA finally released its 2022 Annual Report, shedding some light on its latest developments:

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PIF takes a hit in 2022, pivots towards Saudi holdings

7th August, 2023

The Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia, known as PIF, finally released its 2022 annual report on Sunday, and there is plenty of information to digest in the 140-page document.

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