24th October, 2022
Since entering Abu Dhabi’s landscape four years ago, ADQ has been subject of many headlines. The Sovereign Investor has been tasked with managing an impressive portfolio of national champions, from energy and transportation, to financial services and healthcare. In March 2021, Global SWF were first to estimate ADQ’s assets under management at US$ 110 billion after a detailed analysis of its major assets.
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21st October, 2022
The Hong Kong SAR government is seeking to turn its back on a turbulent period with efforts to entice investors, including the establishment of a HK$30 billion (US$3.82 billion) a co-investment fund, under a new Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC).
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20th October, 2022
Norway’s US$1.2 trillion sovereign wealth fund manager Norges Bank (NBIM) and the US$185 billion Canadian Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP) have kicked off their GBP1.5 billion UK life science real estate partnership with an acquisition in the university city of Cambridge.
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19th October, 2022
Russia’s fiscal stabilization fund is increasingly being used to support the government’s “war economy” as sanctions bite.
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18th October, 2022
Abu Dhabi’s infrastructure-oriented sovereign wealth fund ADQ has taken full control of the Etihad Aviation Group (EAG), adding it to an aviation portfolio that also includes Abu Dhabi Airports, Wizz Air Abu Dhabi and ADQ Aviation & Aerospace Services Company.
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17th October, 2022
Nigeria’s financial heart, Lagos, is launching a sovereign wealth fund of its own – the Lagos State Wealth Fund – representing the latest in a surge new sub-national SWFs, from Brazil to Malaysia.
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14th October, 2022
The acquisition of a stake in GlobalConnect Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund Mubadala marks a deepening of its exposure to European telecoms following a US$1 billion investment in CityFibre, Britain's biggest independent provider of full-fibre broadband infrastructure.
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13th October, 2022
Capital Constellation, managed by Kuwait’s Wafra, has won a new partner in Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP), which joins an array of state-owned investors backing the private equity platform.
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12th October, 2022
With favorable long-term development objectives, ESG opportunities and rapid demographic and consumer change, Indian infrastructure investment has attracted sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds over recent years.
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11th October, 2022
It is the first anniversary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund’s (PIF) takeover of Newcastle United FC in a GBP300 million and it is planning to turn it into a GBP3 billion super-club.
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10th October, 2022
South Korea’s US$205 billion sovereign wealth fund, the Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), is set to take up membership of the UN PRI (Principles for Responsible Investment), joining the world's largest responsible investment consultative body on ESG investment.
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7th October, 2022
Last September 30 we had the privilege of participating in an offsite meeting of the Board of Directors of the Panama Savings Fund (FAP), along with leading economists and representatives of the World Bank.
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