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ADIA scores positive result in 2023, AuM well over US$ 1 trillion

14th November, 2024

On Thursday, ADIA released its results for the year ended on December 31, 2023 – and below is our usual reading between the lines, for our subscribers:

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ADQ Emerges as a Major MENA Chemicals Industry Investor

13th November, 2024

Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ is developing its petrochemicals portfolio, adding value to upstream output – but also overlapping with the interests of Abu Dhabi’s other state-owned investor, Mubadala, which has its own assets in the sector.

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Abu Dhabi and Singapore Strengthen Alliance via SWFs

6th November, 2024

Singapore and Abu Dhabi have seen their relationship grow in recent years, with their respective state-owned investors playing a crucial role in the developing economic partnership between the two countries, which enjoyed a non-oil bilateral trade approaching US$6 billion last year.

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Abu Dhabi named world's wealthiest city with US$ 1.7 trillion

8th October, 2024

On Tuesday, 8 October, Global SWF released a new global ranking of cities according to the capital managed by their Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs). According to data and research of the industry specialist, Abu Dhabi is the world’s richest city in terms of capital managed by its SWFs, with US$ 1.7 trillion as of October 2024.

Mubadala Deepens Partnership with Aldar to Boost Abu Dhabi's Real Estate Development

18th September, 2024

An alliance of Aldar and its biggest shareholder, Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, is set to manage US$8 billion of real estate in the emirate in a sign of an evolving strong partnership.

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Abu Dhabi Leads Global Asset Manager Takeovers with ADIA in US$6.9bn Bid for HL

12th August, 2024

Abu Dhabi continues to invest weighty sums in asset managers with the US$993 billion Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) forming a consortium with CVC Private Equity Funds and Nordic Capital to take the London-listed Hargreaves Lansdown private in a GBP5.4 billion (US$6.9 billion) takeover bid.

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ADQ Taps Markets in Bond Listing, Boosting ADX

4th July, 2024

Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ has launched a secondary listing of a US$2.5 billion on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), three months after its first listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE).

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Investcorp: A Nexus of China-Gulf Economic Relations

8th April, 2024

The China Investment Corporation (CIC) is reportedly in dialogue with Bahrain-based Investcorp to potentially back a US$800 million investment vehicle that will back pre-IPO Middle Eastern companies.

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Lunate Brings Oil Pipelines Back In-House, Slashing FDI in Midstream Infra

5th April, 2024

Lunate Capital, a multi-asset class investment manager backed by Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ and seeded with US$50 billion, has conducted its first major transaction, acquiring a 40% stake in Adnoc Oil Pipelines from BlackRock and KKR.

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Lunate starts operations with 50-strong team, aims high

2nd January, 2024

Lunate Capital, a multi-asset class investment manager created by Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ and seeded with US$50 billion, started operations on New Year’s Day with a 50-strong team and far-sighted ambitions.

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Global SWF's Most-read Commentaries of 2023

29th December, 2023

This year saw Global SWF publish 250 daily articles on the latest developments in the sovereign wealth universe at a time of rising geopolitical tensions, economic slowdown and high inflation.

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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