1st March, 2026
New Mexico SIC has doubled in size in the past 3.5 years, due to an accelerated inflow of oil royalties. At the end of 2025, it was the second largest SWF in the US, with US$ 70 billion in AuM, just behind Alaska PFC. We were delighted to speak with the State Investment Officer, Mr. Jon Clark, about the accelerated growth of the fund, the current strategy to put that capital to work, and the future outlook.
19th January, 2026
When concerns began to circulate late last year that the Trump administration was preparing to upend the tax treatment of SWFs, the reaction saw lawyers issue alerts, investors reviewing strategies and fund managers fielded anxious calls.
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5th January, 2026
In 2025, sovereign investors channelled more than US$140 billion into the US economy, lifting the country’s share of global sovereign deal activity to over 50%, as revealed in Global SWF’s 2026 Annual Report published last week.
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2nd January, 2026
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Energy is doubling down on its gas-centric expansion strategy as it enters 2026 with natural gas now making up roughly 70% of its production portfolio, which is a milestone the company says underscores a pivotal year for its global growth, particularly following recent progress in Southeast Asian projects and its first major US gas investment.
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1st January, 2026
For its leadership among US retirement systems, for its growing investment and sustainability activity and for its adoption of forward-looking strategies, Global SWF believes that CalPERS is a worthy recipient of the 2025 Fund of the Year award. We were delighted to present it to Stephen Gilmore, Chief Investment Officer of the US$ 596 billion fund, and to speak with him about the fund’s state of play and next ambitions
3rd December, 2025
China Investment Corporation’s plan to sell about US$1 billion of US private equity fund stakes is a small transaction relative to its US$1.3 trillion balance sheet – but it captures a much larger shift in how Chinese sovereign capital engages with Wall Street.
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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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14th May, 2025
In a world where logistics is the beating heart of the global economy, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) just made another high-conviction move that underscores how seriously it takes that metaphor.
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