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SOFAZ’s Record Year Comes With a Caveat: Gold Concentration is Key Risk

24th October, 2025

Azerbaijan’s State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) has powered through 2025 with the strongest balance-sheet expansion in its history, but the very engines of that growth – notably its high concentration in gold – also sharpen the downside if conditions turn.

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SOFAZ 2025: Diversification on Fast-Forward - Renewables, Gold, and Global Recognition

22nd July, 2025

July 2025 is a watershed moment for the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) as it snaps up a 49% stake in Enfinity Global’s 402MW Italian solar portfolio, sending a clear signal that it’s no longer just an energy-backed stabilization fund.

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Azerbaijan's SWF Boosted by Pivot to US Equities

19th January, 2022

The surge in oil prices coupled with a bull market in US public equities helped deliver Azerbaijan’s sovereign wealth fund a robust return and a boost to total assets under management in 2021, said Global SWF using the latest data from the State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ).

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Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan strengthen collaboration and alignment

22nd October, 2021

The Republics of Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan have much more in common than the Caspian Sea and the independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Both nations have a history of an active State Investment landscape, with various vehicles looking after different missions.

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