23rd October, 2026
The UK has announced a GBP2 billion (US$2.68 billion) Energy Wealth Fund (EWF) to turn North Sea tax revenues into renewable and low carbon investment, but it has yet to say what the fund will actually be.
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22nd October, 2026
IFM Investors has agreed to acquire the 63.9% of Associated British Ports (ABP) held by CPP Investments and OMERS, giving a fund managed by IFM control of the UK's largest ports group.
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3rd August, 2026
CPP Investments’ C$1 billion (US$714 million) commitment to Tarchon, a proposed subsea power link between the UK and Germany, is a gamble on the infrastructure needed to move electricity between European markets at a time when energy prices are buffeted by geopolitical risks and transition needs.
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16th June, 2026
Mubadala’s US$200 million Greenlink investment adds regulated electricity interconnection to Abu Dhabi’s existing UK power exposure.
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1st June, 2026
On April 1, 2026, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership became the UK’s largest, and Europe’s sixth largest institutional investor, with US$ 158 billion in assets. We were delighted to speak with its Chief Investment Officer (Mr. Joe McDonnell) and its Chief Stakeholder Officer (Mr. Ewan McCulloch), about the fund’s growth, the current strategy to put that capital to work, and the outlook.
13th May, 2026
Mubadala’s US$325 million investment in Hornsea 3 adds to Abu Dhabi’s position in UK clean power as Britain continues to rely on long-duration capital to finance the electricity transition.
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23rd March, 2026
The National Wealth Fund’s GBP500 million (US$664 million) backing for Greater Manchester’s Good Growth Fund shows how the institution has changed since launch.
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9th February, 2026
The reported decision by CPP Investments and OMERS to divest their combined majority stake in Associated British Ports (ABP) represents one of the biggest potential infrastructure transactions in the UK market to date with a targeted valuation over GBP10 billion (US$13 billion). The two Canadian pension funds hold a combined stake of approximately 67% of the company, with CPP Investments owning 34% and OMERS 33%, which would net each Canadian partner stands more than US$4 billion from divestment.
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22nd October, 2025
AustralianSuper, Australia’s largest pension fund, has launched a new UK Living Platform with an initial GBP500 million commitment, adding to around GBP14 billion of commitments by global state-owned investors to the UK's housing market in the past seven years.
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6th October, 2025
Late last year, China Investment Corporation (CIC) quietly registered a London representative office, taking a foothold in the UK without any public announcement.
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3rd September, 2025
Thames Water’s slow-motion crisis has become the Rorschach test for how attractive - or not - UK regulated infrastructure is to sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and public pension funds (PPFs).
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26th May, 2025
Canada’s second-largest pension fund, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), has unveiled plans to invest more than GBP8 billion in the UK over the next five years - a move that not only underscores confidence in the British economy but also reflects a strategic pivot toward infrastructure and energy transition assets across Europe.
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