3rd July, 2024
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) bounced back in 2023, with a net profit of SAR64.4 trillion (US$17.2 billion), according to a KPMG audit report lodged with the London Stock Exchange - and it is now likely to be in the unique group of "tera-funds" with over US$1 trillion of assets under management.
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4th June, 2024
The Oman Investment Authority (OIA) notched up a 9.95% return in 2023, compared to 8.80% in 2022, as its total assets under management surged by more than OMR1 billion (US$2.6 billion) to reach OMR19.24 billion (US$50 billion).
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20th May, 2024
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala has joined an elite of top 10 sovereign wealth funds as its AUM rose above US$300 billion in 2023 with Global SWF calculating an annual return of 15.4%, based on its increase in five-year return of 10.3% and proprietary data analysis of historical returns.
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29th April, 2024
Opacity is the common characteristic of most Arabian Gulf sovereign wealth funds, but ADQ’s disclosure this week with a prospectus for a bond issue shines a light on the Abu Dhabi fund’s evolution.
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23rd April, 2024
Emirati sovereign wealth funds’ decision to list assets can help drive private investment into their assets, free up capital for diversifying portfolios and improve transparency – but weighty listed assets can play havoc with portfolio values, as some funds have learned in the year-to-date.
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13th March, 2024
Ontario Teachers’ disappointing return of 1.9% in 2023 represents a negative value add of C$15.8 billion, dragged down by poor performance in real estate and infrastructure.
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11th March, 2024
As it approaches its 30th anniversary, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, Khazanah, tripled its profit to MYR5.9 billion (US$1.26 billion) in 2023, boosted by dividends from its portfolio companies, with MYR1 billion passed on to the government.
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8th March, 2024
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is marching towards its end-2025 target of US$1 trillion with a further 8% stake in Aramco transferred to its portfolio by the government, in order to fund the Kingdom’s aggressive economic diversification program.
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4th March, 2024
South Korea’s massive US$800 billion National Pension Service (NPS) could be reversing its global diversification push with reports that it will plunge KRW11 trillion (US$8.2 billion) into domestic public equities, after reporting its best ever annual return.
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16th February, 2024
The latest quarterly results by CPP Investments are helping to tell a story about the performance of the whole sovereign investor industry in 2023, with the relative illiquidity of its portfolio preventing it from taking advantage of the higher returns reported by more liquid funds like NBIM – but Global SWF research suggests that CPP’s strategy still provides superior long-term yield, which is vital for funds with long-term horizons.
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30th January, 2024
Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) has notched up its biggest ever return following a surge in it equity investments, offset only marginally by a negative return in real estate.
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29th January, 2024
Australia’s Future Fund has hired a new chair to take over from the long-standing leadership of Peter Costello, with the Labor government choosing a politician – Greg Combet – from their own ranks, whose career has focused heavily on combating climate change.
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