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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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Kenya’s SWF Plan Is Back - This Time With a Funding Source

15th October, 2025

Kenya is set to establish two state investment vehicles - a sovereign wealth fund (SWF) and a standalone infrastructure fund - seeded with proceeds from a planned IPO of Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), the latest in a long-standing bid to develop a state-owned investment

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Sweden’s AP Funds Merger: Mounting Concerns Over Government Approach

3rd October, 2025

On 30 September 2025 the government’s special investigator delivered an interim report on how to transfer Sjätte AP-fonden (AP6) into Andra AP-fonden (AP2).

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Botswana launches new sovereign wealth fund to drive growth beyond diamonds

22nd September, 2025

Botswana has launched a new sovereign wealth fund – the Botswana Sovereign Wealth Fund Ltd - with a clear brief: help diversify the economy, support job creation, and professionalise the management of state-owned assets.

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Syria Is Open for Business. Now What? Examining Sovereign Investment

26th August, 2025

DP World’s 30-year, US$800 million Tartus port concession deal is Syria’s first real post-war anchor and is meant to pull in bigger balance sheets and re-open the economy, just months after the Russian navy withdrew following the collapse of the Assad regime.

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Guyana’s Oil Fund Keeps Swelling – Qatar and IMF Give Their Approval

22nd August, 2025

Guyana’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) is doing something many emerging market petro-states fumble: growing even while the government spends from it.

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Mozambique’s LNG Piggy-Bank Is Finally Filling - Now Comes the Hard Part

20th August, 2025

Mozambique’s newborn sovereign wealth fund (FSM) is starting to look like a real fund rather than a legislative ambition.

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