15th June, 2026
In September 2025, we reported about the latest changes at ADIC (formerly known as “the Council”), including the restructuring of its portfolio, the hiring of several seasoned investment professionals, and an increased oversight from its mother company, Mubadala. Nine months later, the team, portfolio and focus has continued to evolve as the SWF seeks its place in the over-crowded investment ecosystem of Abu Dhabi Inc.
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12th June, 2026
On Thursday, the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) announced that 2PointZero will be transferring the 7.29% stake it owns in the domestic utility giant TAQA, to its majority owner AD Power. The seller is part of the family office Royal Group, via IHC, while the buyer is a subsidiary of sovereign fund L’IMAD, via ADQ.
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15th May, 2026
On Thursday, Blackrock’s wholly owned GIP announced a US$ 30 billion partnership with L’IMAD, ADNOC, and Temasek, to invest in infrastructure investment across the GCC and Central Asia. The partnership will raise a combination of equity and debt capital to target both greenfield and brownfield assets across key segments including energy, transportation, logistics, digital, water, and waste management.
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20th April, 2026
L’Imad’s Aqaba Port Railway deal – the fund’s first major transaction since it was launched earlier this year, absorbing ADQ – has implications beyond transport.
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19th March, 2026
David Bluff and Tammi Fisher, the Future Fund’s co-managing directors of real assets, are leaving at the end of March. Between them, they oversaw private equity, credit, property, infrastructure and energy transition at Australia’s A$267.4 billion sovereign wealth fund – equating to around 45% of assets under management.
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10th March, 2026
When the UAE launched EDGE Group in 2019, it was not particularly obvious what the endgame was. The official explanation was to consolidate a cluster of state-owned defence and technology firms into a single entity capable of developing domestic capability.
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27th February, 2026
This week, the Abu Dhabi Pension Fund (ADPF), which manages the pensions of the Emirati nationals working in the public and the private sector in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, celebrated its 25th anniversary with the launch of a new corporate identity and logo, under the values protection, unity, stability, and growth.
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30th January, 2026
Hours after publishing an article on Mohamed Al Suwaidi's transfer from ADQ to Lunate, the Abu Dhabi Media Office announced the take over of ADQ by L'IMAD, which helped explained the previous announcement. As confirmed by the Government, there will now be three major SWFs in the Emirate: ADIA, Mubadala (incl. ADIC), and L’IMAD (incl. ADQ).
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26th January, 2026
Abu Dhabi has folded CYVN Holdings and its 20% stake in Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO into its newest sovereign investment platform, L’IMAD Holding, according to regulatory filings and Chinese media reports.
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21st January, 2026
When UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan – aka MBZ – visited India on 19 January, the joint statement that followed ranged across trade, defence, energy, technology and education.
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13th January, 2026
On Monday, the Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs (SCFEA), which is chaired by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) and supervises all major energy and investment vehicles of Abu Dhabi, issued a resolution naming the new Board of Directors and the inaugural CEO of L’IMAD, the Emirate’s latest SWF.
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30th December, 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, Global SWF’s most-read analysis reveals a clear pattern: audiences were far less interested in short-term returns or league tables, and far more engaged by how sovereign capital is being organised, governed, and deployed. Across Abu Dhabi, the Gulf, Asia, and beyond, the most-popular themes among our readers shared a common thread: power, structure, intent, and institutional design.
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