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Qatar Puts One-Third of QIA Behind Domestic Growth as LNG Vulnerability Deepens

22nd September, 2026

Qatar is giving domestic investment a much larger institutional role within its US$580 billion sovereign wealth fund, placing 45 state-owned companies representing roughly one-third of QIA’s assets under a dedicated manager.

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NZ Super Cuts Return Outlook After Building NZ$22 Billion Active Gain

17th September, 2026

NZ Super returned 14.17% in FY2026, lifting net assets 10.9% to NZ$94.35 billion (US$54.29 billion). The Fund finished just 0.10 percentage points behind its passive Reference Portfolio, a shortfall of around NZ$80 million (US$46 million). Over 20 years, it has returned 9.68% a year against 8.19% for the benchmark, adding NZ$22.05 billion (US$12.69 billion) through active management.

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Maple 8 Price Trump Risk as US Exposure Keeps Rising

8th September, 2026

Canada’s largest public pension funds have become more exposed to the United States since Donald Trump’s November 2024 election, even as tariffs, threats against Canada and wider policy uncertainty have increased the risks attached to the market.

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Arndt Exit Puts Future Fund’s Broader Mandate To A Succession Test

27th August, 2026

Future Fund Chief Executive Officer Raphael Arndt will leave at the end of 2026 with no successor yet named, opening a leadership transition as Australia’s sovereign wealth fund reports one of its strongest annual returns and begins putting more capital behind its expanded national-investment mandate. The timing puts succession alongside the wider question of how Future Fund preserves investment independence while taking on a more explicit domestic role.

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PIF Misses AUM Target as Saudi Equities and Project Write-Downs Weigh on 2025 Performance

19th August, 2026

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) ended its 2021-2025 strategy with sharply higher consolidated profit but weaker investment performance, as falling Saudi equities, project impairments and changes to the domestic portfolio weighed on assets under management.

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Indonesian SWF Danantara’s Investment Role JBS Deal and Hedge Fund Mandates Expand

10th August, 2026

Indonesia’s US$230 billion sovereign wealth fund Danantara is moving further into international investment, with a US$2.5 billion partnership with Brazil’s JBS giving the clearest indication so far of how new capital will be deployed.

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GIC Puts Private Markets Under One Investment Chief

14th July, 2026

GIC is adding senior oversight across its private market teams while keeping their chief investment officers directly accountable to Group Chief Investment Officer Bryan Yeo.

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Temasek’s US$401bn Portfolio Reset Puts AI and Private Credit at the Core

8th July, 2026

Temasek’s full transition to mark-to-market has lifted its Net Portfolio Value to S$518 billion (US$400.8 billion), moving Singapore’s state investor into the world’s Top 10 sovereign wealth funds as it directs more capital toward AI, private credit and infrastructure.

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Libya’s SWF Can Earn Again, But Its US$80bn Scale Still Needs Proof

19th June, 2026

The Libyan Investment Authority’s Q1 2026 figures show a fund moving beyond legal defence while still operating inside the UN sanctions system.

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CalPERS’ TPA Launch Takes Sovereign-Fund Logic Into The US Pension System

18th June, 2026

CalPERS’ July 1 shift to a Total Portfolio Approach is arriving with stronger performance, a still-underfunded balance sheet and a large private-market commitment load.

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Gulf SWFs And The Iran War: Three-Month Scenario Update

5th June, 2026

Three months into the Iran war, the Gulf is no longer in the first shock phase, but it is not back to normal. Energy flows have partly adapted, sovereign funding markets remain open, and the largest Gulf SWFs are still deploying capital.

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NPS Turns Korean Equity Rally Into Allocation Policy

29th May, 2026

South Korea’s National Pension Service has turned its domestic equity problem into allocation policy, as it tries to balance political objectives with its commercial mandate while having considerable heft in local markets.

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