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Syria’s New Sovereign Fund Puts State Assets At The Centre Of Reconstruction

21st May, 2026

Syria is building new institutions around reconstruction assets, donor funding and foreign investment in an effort to rebuild after years of a devastating civil war, despite the fragility of domestic governance.

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L’IMAD Gets Ready For Take-Off

15th May, 2026

On Thursday, Blackrock’s wholly owned GIP announced a US$ 30 billion partnership with L’IMAD, ADNOC, and Temasek, to invest in infrastructure investment across the GCC and Central Asia. The partnership will raise a combination of equity and debt capital to target both greenfield and brownfield assets across key segments including energy, transportation, logistics, digital, water, and waste management.

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Pakistan’s SWF Plan Hits the Limits of IMF Power

8th May, 2026

Pakistan’s Sovereign Wealth Fund still exists in law, but the IMF is determining what sort of institution it can be in practice.

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Canada Strong Fund Tests A New Sovereign Development Model

28th April, 2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s brainchild Canada Strong Fund is not Canada’s answer to Norway’s US$2 trillion Government Pension Fund Global - it is a different kind of sovereign vehicle, a leaner federal equity investor for a deficit-running economy that wants to turn public capital into ownership stakes in strategic domestic assets.

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Abu Dhabi folds CYVN into L’IMAD as state reshuffle sharpens new fund’s role

26th January, 2026

Abu Dhabi has folded CYVN Holdings and its 20% stake in Chinese electric vehicle maker NIO into its newest sovereign investment platform, L’IMAD Holding, according to regulatory filings and Chinese media reports.

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Spain’s new mega fund builds on a quieter experiment that is already under way

16th January, 2026

When Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the launch of España Crece at Spain Investors Day in January, the headline number drew most of the attention: a EUR10.5 billion state-backed vehicle with an ambition to mobilise up to EUR120 billion across housing, energy, technology and industry.

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Oil Bonanza is Prompting Falklands to Consider Sovereign Wealth Model

18th December, 2025

For years, the phrase “a Falklands sovereign wealth fund” has been floated  like a thought experiment: a hypothetical Norway-in-miniature that might one day turn offshore hydrocarbons into a long-term public endowment.

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Seoul’s new US$900bn sovereign wealth fund: mandate, strategy and risks

16th December, 2025

South Korea’s Lee Jae-myung administration is set to launch a new sovereign wealth fund in 2026 with a view to tackling long-term issues of weak growth, rising economic polarisation, and intensifying global competition in advanced industries.

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Building a Malawi Sovereign Wealth Fund: A Practical, Phased Plan

5th November, 2025

Malawi is moving from exploration headlines to actual production with the Kayelekera uranium mining restarting with the promise of foreign exchange inflows, which will be the basis of a planned sovereign wealth fund.

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L’imad: The Sudden Birth of A Fourth Pillar In Abu Dhabi Inc

3rd November, 2025

Abu Dhabi has introduced a new state vehicle with minimal public fanfare but immediate consequence.

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India's US$50bn Bharat Sovereign Wealth Fund: The Right Model, The Real Risks

20th October, 2025

India is weighing a new state investment vehicle - the tentatively titled Bharat Sovereign Wealth Fund (BSWF) - with a mooted starting corpus of about US$50 billion.

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Nigeria’s Oyo and Lagos States Inch Towards Sub-National SWF Revolution

17th October, 2025

The Nigerian states of Oyo and Lagos are moving ahead with state-level sovereign wealth funds that, if properly executed, could reshape how sub-national governments finance growth, manage shocks and build credibility with long-term investors in Africa’s most populous country.

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