8th April, 2024
The China Investment Corporation (CIC) is reportedly in dialogue with Bahrain-based Investcorp to potentially back a US$800 million investment vehicle that will back pre-IPO Middle Eastern companies.
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5th April, 2024
Lunate Capital, a multi-asset class investment manager backed by Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ and seeded with US$50 billion, has conducted its first major transaction, acquiring a 40% stake in Adnoc Oil Pipelines from BlackRock and KKR.
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4th April, 2024
India forms a central platform for Mubadala’s objective of doubling its exposure in Asia by 2030 from 12% is in Asia in 2023 to 25%. While infrastructure has been the core focus of Abu Dhabi’s investment in India, the Emirate’s sovereign investment vehicles – Mubadala, ADIA and ADQ – are diversifying their private market portfolios.
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3rd April, 2024
After five years serving as NZ Super’s CIO, Stephen Gilmore is packing his bags for California where he is set to start his new job at the US$494 billion CalPERS, the US’s largest public pension fund and a massive step up from the US$70 billion New Zealand sovereign wealth fund.
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2nd April, 2024
The Gulf region’s sovereign wealth funds have pursued very different strategies towards the rise of electric vehicles.
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1st April, 2024
Aware Super is Australia’s third largest profit-for-member industry superannuation fund, with AU$ 175 billion (US$ 114 billion) under management on behalf of 1.2 million members and a brand-new office in London. We had the pleasure of speaking with its CEO, Ms. Deanne Stewart, about the fund’s strategy, future objectives, female leadership and how the industry needs to evolve to meet future retirement needs.
28th March, 2024
The UK’s biggest water utility, Thames Water, which is two-thirds owned by state-owned investors, looks set to be renationalized – at least temporarily – after its shareholders refused to throw it a financial lifeline.
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27th March, 2024
NZ Super’s Guardians have appointed Jo Townsend as CEO as the Crown entity enters a new era, in which it is showing increasing interest in originating its own direct investments and acquisition of foreign assets.
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26th March, 2024
Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Bahrain’s Mumtalakat have stumped up more money in their automotive interests in return for equity as they support plans for growth in a challenging market.
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25th March, 2024
Dubai Holding (DH) has absorbed two of the Emirate’s real estate giants, Nakheel and Meydan, as the sovereign investor seeks to advance the Emirate’s goal in becoming a global investor.
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22nd March, 2024
In a sign that venture capital is rebounding from a dismal 2023, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is reportedly in talks to back a late stage funding round by India’s Pocket FM as it seeks to advance its audio streaming service into new markets.
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21st March, 2024
The hiking of interest rates has impacted on real estate valuations, leading to a shortfall in supply of finance for borrowers with maturing loans. Lenders are looking for more capital to approval debt renewals, creating opportunities for higher margins – and winning the interest of big sovereign investors.
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