11th May, 2026
Uzbekistan’s National Investment Fund’s (UzNIF) planned dual listing in London and Tashkent represents a privatisation platform divestment rather than as a conventional holding company IPO and is unique in that it is the first time a sovereign wealth fund has floated.
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5th May, 2026
This week, Future Fund marked 20 years since the Australian government transferred the initial A$18 billion seed capital. The same day, the governing Board of Guardians released its March 2026 quarterly update showing the flagship fund at A$269.1 billion (US$192.2 billion), after a 0.6% gain in the quarter and an 11.7% return over 12 months, with total funds under management reached A$337.2 billion (US$240.8 billion).
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30th April, 2026
Two months after the outbreak of the US-Israeli war with Iran, Gulf SWFs are acting according to mandate rather than market sentiment.
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27th April, 2026
Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has moved from an aggressive, heavily syndicated offer into a shareholder-approved transaction whose main risks now sit in regulation, financing execution and Gulf sovereign capital capacity.
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23rd April, 2026
Maharlika is now clearly operating as a strategic sovereign wealth fund with capital directed into a narrow set of domestic sectors where the Philippine state has a direct interest in resilience and supply security, rather than into a diversified global portfolio.
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22nd April, 2026
Azalea’s planned evergreen private equity fund is less important for its likely size than for what it reveals about Temasek’s new structure.
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16th April, 2026
PIF’s 2026-2030 strategy formalises three shifts Global SWF had already identified in recent months. It separates developmental capital, strategic ownership and financia-return capital more clearly and places more weight on monetisation and funding resilience as the portfolio matures and the fund advances towards the final phase of Vision 2030.
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15th April, 2026
Temasek’s decision to appoint chief executive Dilhan Pillay Sandrasegara as chairman of Vertex from 15 April 2026 adds a second clear marker to the state investor’s post-restructuring platform strategy.
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13th April, 2026
Mubadala’s 2025 results show the fund is growing through more than portfolio performance alone. The stronger point is strategic. Mubadala is diversifying investing, third-party capital, domestic strategic assets and thematic platforms, and 2025 showed increasing weight in AI-related sectors, private credit and acquired asset management capacity.
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8th April, 2026
Danantara’s latest moves point to a clearer role with the completed debt restructuring plan for the Whoosh high-speed rail project and the consolidation of four state-owned asset managers.
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6th April, 2026
BlackRock’s relationships with sovereign wealth funds have moved well beyond traditional mandates, with the firm now serving different funds as external manager, platform builder, infrastructure sponsor and co-investment partner depending on the mandate, asset class and strategic objective.
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2nd April, 2026
APG’s 2025 annual report shows a weaker investment result and a narrower future model. Assets under management fell to EUR 601 billion from EUR 616 billion, the portfolio returned -1.6%, and five-year excess return was -74 basis points across total assets and -349 basis points for actively managed portfolios.
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