5th September, 2025
PFZW, the EUR250 billion Dutch healthcare pension fund managed by PGGM, has announced it is pulling a EUR14.5 billion (US$17 billion) mandate from BlackRock, over climate stewardship – revealing an ideological fault-line that has emerged over ESG investment and climate stewardship.
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29th August, 2025
Norway’s NOK20.2 trillion (US$2 trillion) Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) has shed stakes in 23 Israeli companies since the end of June after an accelerated ethics review by its manager, Norges Bank (NBIM).
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7th August, 2025
Norway’s US$1.8 trillion Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) - the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, managed by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) - has just launched a fresh review of its Israeli holdings following revelations that it raised its stake in Bet Shemesh Engines, a jet engine supplier to the Israeli military, from 1.3% to over 2% in 2024.
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13th June, 2025
Next week, the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) will host the fourth annual Africa Sovereign Investors Forum (ASIF) in Abuja. More than a ceremonial gathering, the two-day summit is shaping up to be a critical inflection point in Africa’s economic development story.
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29th April, 2025
Norway's colossal sovereign wealth fund, the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) overseen by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), slammed into 2025 with a brutal reminder that even the biggest players aren't immune to market chaos.
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21st February, 2025
Canada’s largest pension funds are stepping up their climate commitments, but progress remains uneven.
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17th January, 2025
Affordable housing is emerging as a global priority, and state-owned investors (SOIs) are stepping up with bold financial strategies to bridge the gap between supply and demand.
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10th June, 2024
Norway’s Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which oversees the US$1.6 trillion Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), has announced it will vote against Elon Musk’s proposed US$56 billion compensation package at Tesla, potentially influencing other investors against the record remuneration.
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5th July, 2023
On June 30, Global SWF published the 2023 GSR Scoreboard that assesses the progress of various global investor firms around governance, sustainability, and resilience since 2020. There has been significant improvement in best practices globally during the past three years; especially among Middle Eastern funds, from 32% on average in 2020 to 52% on average in 2023.
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20th June, 2023
The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) announced today that it is piling US$400 million into Sweden-based Northvolt, joining a raft of other public pension funds including provincial stablemate OMERS that have invested in the battery manufacturing giant.
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1st May, 2023
In our April newsletter, we looked at female leadership at State Investors. Only two Asian funds are led by women today: KWAP and GPF. We had the great pleasure of speaking with Dr. Srikanya Yathip, the Secretary General of Thailand’s GPF, which has been evolving and growing very rapidly and could become a significant investor at global scale in the next few years.
16th January, 2023
Egypt has accelerated inward investment into its economy through the deployment of its young and growing sovereign wealth fund as a go-to partner for foreign investors seeking to penetrate North Africa’s biggest economy.
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