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ICD Boosts Profits in Line with Dubai's Robust Economic Performance

23rd November, 2023

While Abu Dhabi’s sovereign investor giants attract the most attention, the quieter state-owned investor the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) still remains a top-ranking and highly profitable holding company in the UAE’s second largest emirate.

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Ireland's ISIF Beats Bigger Peers as it Ramps Up Green Transition Investments

8th November, 2023

The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) steered deftly through turbulent times in H113, securing a 1.7% return, contributing EUR136 million to the sovereign wealth fund’s overall value and helping to support the nation's green transition goals.

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Future Fund Limits Equities Volatility by Tilting to Private Credit

27th October, 2023

Australia’s Future Fund reported a negative return of 0.5% in Q3 with A$900 million wiped off the value of the sovereign wealth fund to A$205.2 billion (US$130 billion) – but its 12-month return was a positive 6.3% amid heightened volatility.

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Norway’s SWF mirrors the market, stays as world’s largest

24th October, 2023

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, known as GPFG or NBIM, returned -2.1% in the third quarter of 2023, with all asset classes having similar negative returns. The aggregrate results for the first nine months of 2023 are still positive at 7.7%, thanks to the strong recovery of the equity markets, when compared to 2022.

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ADQ’s portfolio jumps to US$ 200 billion pushed by TAQA’s rally

23rd October, 2023

Abu Dhabi Inc. is an ever-changing landscape, and its various Sovereign Wealth Funds are making strides both at home and overseas. One of them is ADQ, formerly known as Abu Dhabi Development Holding, which contributes to about 22% of the emirate’s non-oil GDP.

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ADIA recovers from a bad 2022, spins off RE & Infra and remains bullish on PE/PC and China

10th October, 2023

On Tuesday, ADIA finally released its 2022 Annual Report, shedding some light on its latest developments:

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Losing Musicco as CIO Raises Questions Over CalPERS’s Future Private Equity Strategy

18th September, 2023

The US$463 billion California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) has lost another CIO with Nicole Musicco quitting her position after less than two years for family reasons.

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NZ Super Leads the Pack: ESG Is Not a Bar to Success

13th September, 2023

Fuelled by growth in global equities, NZ Super reported a barnstorming performance in the financial year ending June 30 with an 11.9% return – the best return of its peers reporting over the same period.

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Rwanda's Rapidly Evolving Sovereign Wealth Fund Gets Female CEO

8th September, 2023

Rwanda’s Agaciro Development Fund (AgDF) is one of several state institutions seeing a change of leadership this week, with Gilbert Nyatanyi replaced as CEO by Tesi Rusagara, who was serving as the Managing Director at Kigali Innovation City and also board member of the Capital Markets Authority Rwanda. Aged 33, she holds an MBA from Stanford and worked in Deloitte US before returning to Rwanda in 2019.

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Strong Result for Korea's NPS as it Plans Diversification Push

6th September, 2023

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) notched up a 9.1% return on investment in H1 2023, securing its position as the world’s second biggest public pension fund with assets under management totalling KRW983 trillion (US$742 billion).

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NBIM Surge Supported by Tech Stocks, But Long-Term Risks Remain

16th August, 2023

The Norwegian sovereign wealth goliath Norges Bank (NBIM) has excelled in its performance over the first half of the year, with a 9.8% return helping to turn around a dismal performance in 2022 when it reported a 14.1% loss, equivalent to US$164 billion.

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Oman's SWF OIA Impresses with Strong Return and Portfolio Growth

2nd August, 2023

The Oman Investment Authority (OIA) has released one of the most comprehensive disclosures of any Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund, reporting an 8.8% annual return and total AUM of OMR17.9 billion (US$46.6 billion) in 2022, an increase of approximately 11%.

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