22nd June, 2026
According to recently released figures, China’s biggest sovereign wealth fund is nudging US$2 trillion in AuM. The more interesting point, though, is not the ranking and scale, but where the money appears to sit and how China is using Hong Kong to keep offshore investing within a controlled financial perimeter.
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14th May, 2026
The Q1 rise in disclosed Gulf holdings of Chinese A-shares was mainly driven by ADIA.
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6th May, 2026
PIF’s new Shanghai office is not simply a conventional overseas investment outpost but rather a China platform for the next phase of Saudi state capital.
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20th April, 2026
A new sovereign-backed private-markets platform has been launched for the China-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) corridor.
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20th February, 2026
The lunar calendar turned to the Year of the Fire Horse this week. In traditional Chinese symbolism, the Horse represents movement, independence and forward drive, while the Fire element adds intensity and volatility.
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11th February, 2026
Over the past two years, China–US tensions have increasingly shaped the portfolio strategies public pension funds and sovereign wealth funds leading to a structural recalibration in how China and the US are accessed, financed and exited.
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9th January, 2026
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has taken a lead role in a China-focused continuation vehicle (CV) backed by Beijing-based CDH Investments, a transaction that sheds light on how the US$1.2 trillion sovereign investor is approaching the market: staying active, but increasingly through structures and partners designed to manage liquidity, exits and execution risk.
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11th December, 2025
China Investment Corporation (CIC) closed 2024 with record assets and another year of benchmark-beating performance, according to its annual report released this week. But beneath the headline numbers, the sovereign wealth fund is leaning more on borrowing, ramping up its international portfolio, and disclosing less about how and where it invests.
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3rd December, 2025
China Investment Corporation’s plan to sell about US$1 billion of US private equity fund stakes is a small transaction relative to its US$1.3 trillion balance sheet – but it captures a much larger shift in how Chinese sovereign capital engages with Wall Street.
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28th August, 2025
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is signalling where sovereign capital sees durable growth: direct investment in asset managers.
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21st April, 2025
A tectonic shift is under way in global capital markets as Chinese sovereign wealth funds quietly retreat from the once-fertile fields of US private equity.
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1st April, 2025
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) was formed in 1993 following the merger of the Commissioner of Banking and the Exchange Fund. The Exchange Fund’s reserves currently stands at around half a trillion USD, making it one of the world’s largest central bank reserves and one of the most significant asset owners.