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NPS weighs tactical boost to Korean equities as rally tests policy limits

11th November, 2025

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) is weighing a tactical increase in its domestic equity exposure after this year’s sharp stock market rally pushed the fund up against its own allocation limits, forcing a collision between long-term diversification policy and short-term political and market pressures.

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When the Umpire Takes the Field: How Norway’s Oil Fund Became a Cautious ESG Enforcer

10th November, 2025

For years, Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has tried to be predictable. It has presented itself as a long-term, rules-based investor whose job is to turn oil and gas revenues into broad, steady exposure to the global economy.

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Selling Egypt by the Pound: Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds Swap Bailouts for Beaches and Gas

6th November, 2025

By any measure, Egypt in 2025 is still navigating a fragile recovery. It has been left structurally dependent on external support following a decade of repeated currency crises, surging external debt, inflation shocks, and fallout from the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

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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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PIFSS’s Return to Private Equity: Strategy and a Role for Wafra?

4th November, 2025

Kuwait’s Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) is preparing to restart private equity commitments after a three-year pause, a move that could re-introduce a large, long-duration LP into a market still wrestling with slow exits and uneven fundraising.

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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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Fund of the Month (Nov'25): Oman Investment Authority (OIA)

1st November, 2025

In 2020, Oman merged SGRF and OIF into a single fund, OIA, which has grown significantly and helped with the reduction of Oman’s debt levels since then. We were delighted to speak with Ms. Samra Al Harthy, the Fund’s Chief Economist and a Board member of the MSX, about OIA’s current setup and future plans.

NBIM passes US$2trn with a stock-led quarter and a clearer map for transition investments

30th October, 2025

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) delivered a 5.8% return in the third quarter of 2025, with equities up 7.7%, fixed income up 1.4%, unlisted real estate up 1.1%, and unlisted renewables up 0.3%.

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GIC Tests the Secondaries Market with a US$1bn LP-Stakes Sale

29th October, 2025

Singapore’s GIC is exploring the sale of around US$1 billion of private-equity fund interests, a move that aligns with how the sovereign wealth fund has used the secondaries market over the past few years to fine-tune exposure and recycle capital.

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Kuwait’s KIA Is Poised to Hand Goldman a Big Test

28th October, 2025

Goldman Sachs is in talks to manage as much as US$10 billion for the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), channelling capital over several years into private equity, private credit and infrastructure funds.

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Mubadala in Brazil: Taking Control and Scaling Up

27th October, 2025

Mubadala has turned Brazil into a multi-platform focus of investment with a strategy that seeks to rebuild distressed assets, lower financing costs and back large-scale decarbonisation. The past year brought hard evidence across roads, restaurants, exchanges, biofuels, higher education - and a potential move into aluminium.

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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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