16th January, 2025
Canadian pension funds are facing fierce criticism over their billion-dollar stakes in global gas infrastructure, with climate advocates like Shift: Action for Pension Wealth labeling these investments as high-risk and out of step with the accelerating energy transition.
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15th January, 2025
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), the US$1.11 trillion sovereign wealth fund, has launched an unprecedented investment drive in the opening weeks of 2025, positioning itself as a key player in transformative sectors worldwide.
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13th December, 2024
India’s renewable energy sector, a cornerstone of the country’s green transition, has long attracted state-owned investors eager to capitalize on its immense growth potential.
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11th October, 2024
Singapore’s US$847 billion sovereign wealth fund GIC is reportedly planning to sell its shareholding in renewables producer Greenko for around US$5 billion, while also set to make a bid for a slice of Hyundai Motor India’s forthcoming US$3.3 billion IPO.
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24th September, 2024
CDPQ is heavily investing in decarbonization and clean energy with a slew of investments announced this month as it strives towards its target of a net zero portfolio by 2050.
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23rd September, 2024
Singapore’s state-owned investors GIC and Temasek have joined Canadian public pension fund CDPQ and institutional investors to back Brookfield’s Catalytic Transition Fund (CTF), putting it nearly halfway to its US$5 billion fundraising target.
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13th August, 2024
Canada’s biggest public pension fund, the US$67 billion CPP Investments, has boosted its investment in sustainable energy with a US$843 million investment in Denver-based Tallgrass Energy, in partnership with Blackstone, as part of its ongoing decarbonization strategy.
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6th August, 2024
The Philippines’ sovereign wealth fund, the Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC), is now firmly established and about to originate deals for the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) focusing on domestic infrastructure and impact investment.
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5th August, 2024
The tiny Himalayan mountain kingdom of Bhutan is seeking to exploit some of its 33GW of hydroelectric potential to supply energy-hungry India by mobilizing its US$3.3 billion sovereign wealth fund, Druk Holding and Investments, to forge partnerships – and its peers are likely to be the most eager investors.
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17th July, 2024
An agreement by three major Chinese green energy manufacturers to build production plants in Saudi Arabia is the latest episode in a good news story for Sino-Arabian economic relations, but the US's wariness of Saudi reliance on Chinese technological transfer could put Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) in a dilemma.
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12th July, 2024
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) is planning to bolster hydrogen production by turning a little known subsidiary, the Energy Solutions Company (ESC), into a national champion, adding to its large and growing suite of industrial subsidiaries that seek to diversify the Kingdom’s economy, according to MEED.
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26th June, 2024
The pace of investment in renewables by state-owned investors could breaking records this year as new opportunities arise at different stages of project delivery and Europe in particular shifts towards improved energy security.
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