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Fund of the Month (Mar'26): New Mexico State Investment Council (NMSIC)

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.

Treasury moves to calm sovereign wealth fund tax fears - but questions remain

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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The US as the Decision Market: Why 2025 Marked a Structural Break in Sovereign Investment

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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Mubadala Energy’s US gas gamble signals a strategic pivot for Abu Dhabi’s sovereign capital

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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Fund of the Year (Jan'26): CalPERS

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

China’s CIC Puts a Price on Its Retreat from US Private Equity

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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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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How NBIM’s US$800mn Blackstone Bet Cements Its US$11.8bn Logistics Strategy

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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