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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29th December, 2025
Masdar’s strategy through 2025 did not resemble a conventional corporate growth plan, but instead operated more like a state-capital buildout with the deployment of a large amount of patient capital into contracted renewables, acquisitions to secure operating platforms in priority markets, and extension into clean power and storage.
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8th December, 2025
The announcement of the creation of Aldar Capital by Aldar and Mubadala Capital builds on the joint venture between the two Abu Dhabi heavyweights, shifting from domestic co-investment into an institutional platform that seeks to attract global third party capital into Gulf real estate and infrastructure, using Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) as its base.
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19th November, 2025
Mubadala’s latest 13F filing for Q3 2025 shows a US-listed equity portfolio that is still dominated by a single strategic holding, but with a steadily more developed supporting cast around it.
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3rd November, 2025
Abu Dhabi has introduced a new state vehicle with minimal public fanfare but immediate consequence.
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16th October, 2025
Blackstone and Abu Dhabi-based Lunate have launched GLIDE, a platform targeting about US$5 billion of Grade-A logistics across the Gulf.
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13th October, 2025
Last week, Global SWF presented its 2025 MENA Special Playbook at an event co-hosted with American law firm Morgan Lewis, at the Rosewood Hotel (ADGM) in Abu Dhabi. This is the fifth SWF conference organized by Global SWF in the past 15 months, after two similar workshops in New York, and two more in Singapore.
23rd September, 2025
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is moving forward to an IPO, lining up Citi, Goldman Sachs, Emirates NBD Capital and First Abu Dhabi Bank. A valuation of US$10-15 billion has been estimated, but the listing venue - Abu Dhabi (ADX) or Dubai (DFM) - still in play.
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