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NBIM Breaks Down Silos, Grouping Unlisted Real Assets with Listed Equities

19th November, 2024

An organizational shake-up is being conducted at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which oversees Norway’s US$1.7 trillion Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), with real assets regrouped under the fund’s massive equities portfolio.

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PIF Focuses on Saudi Tech Revolution

31st October, 2024

As Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) reduces its relative allocation to foreign assets from 30% (in 2020) to 21% (today), it is looking to partnerships with top asset managers to channel capital into the Kingdom’s economy in the mission to realize the Vision 2030 economic diversification objectives.

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NPS’s Return Hit by Staffing Problems and Manager Underperformance, Claims Lawmaker

18th October, 2024

The KRW1.2 trillion (US$875 million) Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) has paid to external managers for its global equities portfolio over the past three years is not good value for money, according to a lawmaker from the country’s ruling People Power Party, reports The Korea Times.

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Korea's KIC Gets New CEO and Doubles Down on Private Markets Diversification

26th September, 2024

The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) has named World Bank executive Park Il Young as its new CEO as it seeks to diversify its US$189 billion portfolio, with a push towards alternative assets.

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FSDEA Comes Back to Life with Diversification Investments

4th September, 2024

Angola’s sovereign wealth fund, Fundo Soberano de Angola (FSDEA), is becoming steadily more active as it continues to find its feet as it recovers its reputation from the corruption scandal revealed in 2018 in the so-called Panama Papers.

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PIF Taps Debt Markets, Draws on Cash Reserves and Slashes Equities to Prop Up Vision 2030

3rd September, 2024

With its cash resources squeezed by profligate investments ranging from gigaprojects to sports, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is set to tap debt markets for a fourth time this year.

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South Korea Examines NPS Overhaul to Win Back Confidence

30th August, 2024

South Korea’s National Pension Fund (NPS) is set for an overhaul as it struggles to prove it will provide long-term financial security for the country’s ageing population, although it logged a strong performance in H1 2024 with a return of 9.71% led by robust growth in public equity.

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Turkiye's TVF Takes Control of Confiscated Assets, but Strategy is Unclear

21st August, 2024

Türkiye’s President Erdoğan has transferred the assets associated with a rival for power to the Türkiye Wealth Fund (TVF), which he chairs, according to an official government Gazette.

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NPS Juggles External Managers as it Addresses Returns Against Benchmarks

15th July, 2024

One of the world’s biggest public pension funds, South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS), is boosting external management of its domestic private equity holdings while at the same time clawing back control over its overseas public equity allocations as it makes benchmark-beating returns its priority.

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Temasek Delivers Sluggish Return, But Prepares for Diversification and Mega-Trends

9th July, 2024

Singapore’s state-owned investor Temasek has reported a 1.8% rise in AUM to S$389 billion (US$288 billion), making it the world’s 11th biggest sovereign investor.

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Mubadala Joins World's Top 10 SWF Ranking with 15.4% Annual Return, US$302bn AUM

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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KIA's Uncertainty is Lifted as Emir Dissolves Kuwaiti Parliament

14th May, 2024

The US$846 billion Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) is unlikely to escape the impact of the political upheaval in Kuwait over the weekend, but the developments could finally end the uncertainty that has clouded the fund in recent years.

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