30th October, 2025
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) delivered a 5.8% return in the third quarter of 2025, with equities up 7.7%, fixed income up 1.4%, unlisted real estate up 1.1%, and unlisted renewables up 0.3%.
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24th October, 2025
Azerbaijan’s State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) has powered through 2025 with the strongest balance-sheet expansion in its history, but the very engines of that growth – notably its high concentration in gold – also sharpen the downside if conditions turn.
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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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14th August, 2025
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) reported another year of stellar growth in its 2024 annual report with some strong headline numbers: AUM surged 19% to US$913 billion, cumulative domestic investments since 2021 topped US$171 billion, and PIF now represents around 10% of the Kingdom’s non-oil GDP.
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6th August, 2025
Iran’s sovereign wealth fund - the National Development Fund of Iran (NDFI) - is sitting on a reported "balance" of US$30 billion, according to the Fund’s chairman Mehdi Ghazanfari.
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9th July, 2025
Temasek has sailed to new heights in FY2025, not by hugging the US tech coastline, but by deftly trimming its sails and steering for resilience and future growth.
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2nd July, 2025
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) just dropped its 2024 numbers - and on the surface, they look stellar with assets up 18% to SAR4.32 trillion (US$1.15 trillion).
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22nd May, 2025
CPP Investments just reported one of the highest net income totals in its history - a robust net income of C$59.8 billion (US$43.3 billion), with net assets swelling to C$714.4 billion (US$516.9 billion).
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9th May, 2025
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth engines are in overdrive. According to Global SWF, the emirate’s three heavyweight funds - ADIA, Mubadala, and ADQ - now command a combined US$1.7 trillion, up 15% in a single year.
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3rd April, 2025
At first glance, the 2024 performance of Israel’s Citizens’ Fund (CIF) seems very robust: 11.5% investment return and a jump in assets to US$2 billion.
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2nd April, 2025
In a blistering display of financial muscle, the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has reported NGN1.89 trillion in Total Comprehensive Income (TCI) for 2024, up a staggering 59% from the previous year — a new record that signals the maturation of Nigeria’s sovereign wealth strategy.
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20th March, 2025
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), one of Canada's largest public pension funds, is closing its Hong Kong office and shifting its regional HQ to Singapore.
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