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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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ADIA Faces a Tougher Test as Alternatives Expand

11th September, 2026

Global SWF estimates that Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) returned 8.9% in 2025, pushing assets under management to a record US$1.13 trillion, up 9.7% from US$1.03 trillion a year earlier. The estimate follows this week’s release of ADIA’s 2025 Annual Review, which showed stronger long-term returns and its biggest portfolio allocation changes in several years.

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Sweden’s AP Fund Consolidation Leaves Three Larger Funds With Different Returns

31st August, 2026

Sweden’s pension fund consolidation has produced three larger income-pension buffer funds with different portfolios and markedly different first-half returns. AP2 returned 9.6% after costs in H1 2026, against 7.6% at AP3 and 6.8% at AP4, with the three funds reporting a combined SEK2.33 trillion (US$243 billion) at the end of June.

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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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NBIM’s Record H1 Shows Early Progress in Real Assets Reset

14th August, 2026

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) generated a record NOK1,753 billion (US$184.9 billion) investment gain in the first half of 2026, as a Q2 rally in Asian technology stocks pushed the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) to a 9.4% return.

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OTPP Pulls Ahead of OMERS as Different Strategies Shape H1 Returns

13th August, 2026

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) returned 9.5% in the first half of 2026 against 4.8% at OMERS, opening a 4.7 percentage-point gap between two funds that had been almost level a year earlier. The difference reflects the way their strategies met a market led by listed equities and growth assets. OTPP had greater exposure to the areas that performed best, whereas OMERS had more capital in private assets producing lower returns.

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Germany's KENFO Bets On Private Markets As Nuclear Liabilities Rise

30th July, 2026

Germany’s EUR25.6 billion (US$30.1 billion) nuclear waste fund remains ahead of its funding requirement, but its investment strategy is entering a more demanding phase.

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Türkiye Wealth Fund’s Scale Grows, but Its Liqudity Test Gets Harder

28th July, 2026

Türkiye Wealth Fund’s consolidated assets rose by 49% to TRY 19.0 trillion (US$ 443.4 billion) in 2025, but the state’s share of earnings weakened. Revenue and operating profit increased, while consolidated net profit was almost unchanged in local currency and profit attributable to TWF fell by 14%.

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HKIC Delivers 14% Return - Now Comes the Harder Test for Hong Kong's Sovereign Investor

20th July, 2026

Hong Kong Investment Corporation hiked its investment income by 175% to HK$6.46 billion (US$824 million) in 2025, according to recently published results, while operating profit rose 181% to HK$6.32 billion and its portfolio recorded a net internal rate of return of 14%.

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CalPERS’ Private Equity Overhaul Boosts Returns, Lifts Funding Ratio

15th July, 2026

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s 14.8% return was powered by equities, but its rebuilt private equity programme made the result stronger.

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Ireland Builds A Sovereign Wealth Machine On A Fragile Tax Base

10th July, 2026

Ireland has built a three-part sovereign capital model with a clear split between domestic deployment and fiscal protection, with the latest annual report by the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) offering an insight into how similar small European countries can punch above their weight when managing massive fiscal windfalls - as well as the risks.

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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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