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NBIM to Close Paris Real Estate Office as Strategy Shifts Toward Centralisation and Platform Execution

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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QIA and Goldman deepen ties with US$25bn target as Gulf sovereigns “platform” private markets

22nd January, 2026

Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) and Goldman Sachs Asset Management have signed a memorandum of understanding that sets a target of up to US$25 billion for QIA to invest in Goldman-managed vehicles and co-investments, while Goldman plans to meaningfully expand its headcount in Doha and position the office as a regional hub for asset management.

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ADIA’s vote of confidence in China via secondaries, platforms and Hong Kong listings

9th January, 2026

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has taken a lead role in a China-focused continuation vehicle (CV) backed by Beijing-based CDH Investments, a transaction that sheds light on how the US$1.2 trillion sovereign investor is approaching the market: staying active, but increasingly through structures and partners designed to manage liquidity, exits and execution risk.

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xAI’s $20bn round draws sovereign capital deeper into the AI stack

8th January, 2026

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI has raised US$20 billion in an upsized Series E funding round, underscoring how state-owned investors are increasingly treating AI not as a single venture bet, but as a strategic asset class spanning models, data and the physical infrastructure that runs them.

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Masdar in 2025: scaling a sovereign-backed renewables platform, tightening focus, and positioning for the power demand cycle

29th December, 2025

Masdar’s strategy through 2025 did not resemble a conventional corporate growth plan, but instead operated more like a state-capital buildout with the deployment of a large amount of patient capital into contracted renewables, acquisitions to secure operating platforms in priority markets, and extension into clean power and storage.

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CPP Builds C$3bn Canadian Industrial Platform: A Strategic Move at a Turning Point in the Cycle

22nd December, 2025

Canada’s federal public pension fund CPP has added another major piece to its long-running logistics strategy by creating a C$1.1 billion equity partnership with Dream Industrial REIT and Dream Asset Management to acquire and scale Canadian last-mile industrial real estate.

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Mubadala’s US$500mn Barings partnership that’s bigger than the headline number

17th December, 2025

Mubadala’s new US$500m global real estate debt partnership with Barings looks modest beside the Abu Dhabi investor’s overall balance sheet, but it is a useful clue to where the firm is putting its energy.

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QIA and Brookfield Push Sovereign Capital Deeper Into AI Infrastructure

10th December, 2025

Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has joined the front rank of investors shaping where the next wave of artificial intelligence will physically live.

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Paramount’s Warner Bid Shows How Gulf Funds Now Back US Media Deals At Arm’s Length

9th December, 2025

Paramount Skydance’s hostile offer for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is an example of how Gulf sovereign wealth capital is being used in politically sensitive US sectors as funding partners without formal influence.

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Abu Dhabi’s New Real Asset Gatekeeper

8th December, 2025

The announcement of the creation of Aldar Capital by Aldar and Mubadala Capital builds on the joint venture between the two Abu Dhabi heavyweights, shifting from domestic co-investment into an institutional platform that seeks to attract global third party capital into Gulf real estate and infrastructure, using Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) as its base.

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PIF in Developed Asia: Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea

4th December, 2025

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is deploying only around 20% of its capital abroad, but within that slice, Developed Asia has become a small but strategically important cluster.

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ADQ Steps Into the Spotlight in the Global Minerals Arms Race

27th November, 2025

Last week, Istvan Zollei of Orion Resource Partners summed up the new reality of the commodity world in one line: demand for copper, nickel, lithium, cobalt and rare earths is set to outpace supply “for much of the next decade,” driven not just by electric vehicles and renewables, but by data centres, artificial intelligence and the reshoring of industrial and defence production.

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