4th March, 2025
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has this week announced it is an anchor investor in Goldman Sachs Asset Management’s new Gulf-focused funds.
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3rd March, 2025
In recent weeks, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund ADQ has announced a flurry of strategic investments and partnerships.
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3rd December, 2024
The Indonesia Investment Authority (INA) is becoming ever more sophisticated in its approach to investments, moving beyond plunging capital into real assets such as road infrastructure by forging partnerships with investment managers to provide hybrid capital solutions.
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28th November, 2024
Mubadala continues to build its asset management empire with the planned acquisition of Toronto-based CI Financial by Mubadala Capital in an all-cash offer of C$12.1 billion (US$8.66 billion) to privatise the alternatives investor.
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27th August, 2024
Two of the world’s biggest and most active sovereign wealth funds – Singapore’s US$847 billion GIC and the US$993 billion Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) – are teaming up in two blockbuster bids, signalling their co-investment relationship is as strong as ever.
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1st March, 2023
Since its establishment in 2018, TSFE has become a trailblazer and a model for strategic funds in Africa and beyond. After establishing dedicated subsidiaries, the Egyptian fund has been busy investing in domestic assets and attracting foreign investors, all of it with a Sustainability angle. We were delighted to hear more about the fund’s plans from its CEO Ayman Soliman.
3rd November, 2022
GIC has stumped up US$480 million in capital for yet another joint investment platform in real estate with ESR, cementing the ties between the Singaporean sovereign wealth fund and the Hong Kong-listed Asian real estate manager.
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15th December, 2021
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth funds strengthened ties with regional peers as the Emirate’s government cements economic ties with its allies.
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25th August, 2021
The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has indicated it is seeking to pump investment into Central Asia’s biggest economy Kazakhstan just months after Emirati fund Mubadala forged deals in the country’s renewable energy sector. Gulf funds are not simply looking for business ventures that generate yield to fulfil their mandate, but also to support economic diplomacy and "soft power" of their governments.
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23rd August, 2021
The Sovereign Fund of Egypt (TSFE) is seeking to channel capital into a range of economic and social development projects, from education to utilities, through public-private-partnerships (PPPs), emulating state-owned investors established in India (NIIF) and Indonesia (INA).
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20th August, 2021
The formation of a US clean energy firm Arevon Energy by APG, CalSTRS and ADIA this week comes hot on the heels of US Senate approval of a US$1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill that underscores the Biden administration’s renewable energy agenda.
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10th August, 2021
Australian infrastructure is proving to be a big draw for state-owned investors (SOIs) with foreign sovereign funds set to eclipse domestic SOIs as assets are auctioned off. Canadian public pension funds (PPFs) are leading the charge in the electricity utility space, having also boosted their exposure to the country’s real estate sector.
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