25th November, 2025
When Brookfield Asset Management unveiled a new US$100 billion programme to build out artificial intelligence infrastructure last week, one name in the press release signalled how far the balance of power in AI has shifted: the Kuwait Investment Authority.
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24th November, 2025
Canada’s big public funds are sitting on sizeable AI-linked positions in their US equity portfolios, which could result in losses of at least US$55 billion across the Maple 8 in the event of a dot-com-style crash – implying a direct hit on combined assets of around 2.5-3.0%, even before contagion effects are factored in.
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8th October, 2025
Across the biggest sovereign wealth funds, leaders have reached a common view of 2025: the world is at the beginning of a long period of uncertainty in which debt, deglobalization and geopolitics keep volatility elevated, while technology - especially AI - creates durable pockets of growth.
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18th August, 2025
Mubadala’s US-listed equity footprint continues to be defined by a single, sovereign-scale anchor with a widening range of strategic investments.
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12th June, 2025
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) has just staked a massive US$1.3 billion on Japan’s booming data centre market, anchoring Ares Management Corporation’s US$2.4 billion Japan DC Partners I (JDC I) fund.
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6th June, 2025
The artificial intelligence arms race just gained another trillion-dollar contender. This week, the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), the world’s oldest and one of the largest sovereign wealth funds, announced it will become the first non-founder financial anchor in the Microsoft- and BlackRock-backed AI Infrastructure Partnership - a US$30 billion global initiative to bankroll the next generation of AI infrastructure.
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20th May, 2025
With the French budget in crisis and foreign direct investment into startups falling off a cliff, President Emmanuel Macron is doubling down on his most reliable card: foreign capital from sovereign wealth giants.
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13th May, 2025
This week, Saudi Arabia unveiled its latest strategic maneuver in the AI arms race: HUMAIN, a state-owned artificial intelligence company under the Public Investment Fund (PIF).
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26th February, 2025
Hong Kong Investment Corporation Limited (HKIC) has embarked on a groundbreaking partnership with New Frontier Group, signaling an ambitious push to transform medical research and healthcare services across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).
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28th January, 2025
The global markets have been rocked by the seismic impact of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup that has upended the prevailing assumptions about the cost and dominance of artificial intelligence.
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24th January, 2025
In a bold move signaling his return to office, President Donald Trump unveiled the US$500 billion Stargate initiative, the most significant AI infrastructure project in history.
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8th January, 2025
South Korea’s pension system is navigating a period of transformation against a backdrop of political upheaval and global economic challenges.
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