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Prabowo Unveils US$900bn Indonesia Wealth Fund to Drive Growth

17th February, 2025

Indonesia is leaping ahead with a sovereign wealth fund it says will be seeded with US$900 billion of assets.

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Is Trump’s Sovereign Wealth Fund a Bold Vision or Political Mirage?

4th February, 2025

Donald Trump’s latest executive order to create a US sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is as audacious as it is controversial.

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Sweden's Pension Overhaul: Merger of AP Funds Sparks Debate

3rd February, 2025

Sweden’s government is set to execute one of the biggest overhauls of its state pension buffer fund system in 25 years, aiming to cut the number of funds from six to four by 2026.

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Power Moves: Maharlika’s Stake in NGCP Sparks Debate on Sovereign Wealth Fund Strategy

27th January, 2025

In a bold debut, the Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC), the Philippines' fledgling sovereign wealth fund, has made its first major investment: a 20% stake in the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).

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Trump’s Second Term: Sovereign Wealth Funds Caught in the US-China Crossfire

21st January, 2025

With President Donald Trump’s second term officially underway, the global investment community is bracing for a period of economic turbulence and geopolitical recalibration.

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Spotlight Guinea: Military Government Plans Commodity-Based SWF

10th December, 2024

Guinea is the latest SSA state to announce a planned new SWF, although details on the timeframe, governance and size of the fund are hazy - even though it could yield billions from the exploitation of the country's massive, high quality iron ore reserves.

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Criticism Mounts Over Indonesia's New SWF

11th November, 2024

The Indonesian government is delaying its launch of its new sovereign wealth fund, named Danantara, until President Prabowo Subianto returns from his overseas trip towards the end of next week.

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Zambia and Botswana Turn to Mineral Wealth for New Fiscal Stabilization SWFs

3rd October, 2024

Facing revenue and spending pressures, two southern African countries – Zambia and Botswana – are examining proposals for sovereign wealth funds with a stabilization mandate, but given their structural challenges and spending pressures the plans maybe too little, too late.

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Could Ireland’s US$14bn Apple Tax Windfall from ECJ Ruling Scupper SWF Plans?

19th September, 2024

A ruling by the EU’s highest court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), has demanded that tech giant Apple pays the Irish government EUR13 billion (US$14 billion) in back taxes, claiming that it benefitted from an illegal tax break.

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US Federal SWF Mooted by Biden and Trump Raises More Qs than As

10th September, 2024

Despite being the world’s biggest economy attracting the bulk of sovereign capital, the US lacks a federal-level sovereign wealth fund of its own – but this could all be about the change with rivals in the presidential election pitching their visions of state capitalism.

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India’s Proposed SWF Could be Rival to China’s Silk Road Fund

2nd September, 2024

India’s central bank the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), stock exchange regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and officials from the new finance hub, GIFT City, are reportedly exploring the launch of a new sovereign wealth fund, in addition to the existing National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF).

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Mozambique's LNG-Backed SWF Declares US$114mn Initial Inflow

20th August, 2024

The Mozambique Sovereign Fund (FSM) has started receiving modest inflows with US$114 million of gas revenue funnelled into its coffers over the first half of 2024.

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