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  • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
    The Big Read
    Has China become too cosy with private equity?

    State-backed investors have poured money into buyout groups, enabling Beijing to deploy hundreds of billions of dollars into western companies and economies even as the political mood has shifted

  • Monday, 29 May, 2023
    Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd
    Temasek cuts pay of employees behind failed $275mn bet on FTX

    Singaporean state investor ‘disappointed’ with the investment in the failed cryptocurrency exchange

  • Sunday, 28 May, 2023
    News in-depthSaudi Arabia
    Saudi crown prince turns to ‘state capitalism’ after change in the guard

    Companies backed by Public Investment Fund have risen to prominence as the kingdom’s day-to-day ruler asserts control

  • Wednesday, 17 May, 2023
    Indonesia
    Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund set to boost spending in year ahead

    Investors looking to diversify from China turn spotlight on south-east Asian country

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    Norway's Oil Fund
    Norway’s $1.4tn oil fund to step up ESG proposals to US companies

    World’s biggest sovereign investor to expand use of shareholder motions after successful trial

  • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
    Ireland
    Ireland to propose creation of sovereign wealth fund

    Government forecasts surplus will reach €10bn this year and more than €16bn in 2024

  • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
    Chinese economy
    China’s local governments look to Middle Eastern funds for investment

    Cash-strapped authorities hope to stimulate economic development post-pandemic

  • Friday, 28 April, 2023
    Egypt
    Egypt struggles to lure Gulf buyers in state asset sell-off

    Cairo’s allies have shifted from handing out traditional support to seeking commercial deals and demanding reforms

  • Friday, 28 April, 2023
    Norway's Oil Fund
    Norway’s $1.4tn wealth fund calls for state regulation of AI

    CEO Nicolai Tangen says fund will set guidelines for companies it invests in on ‘ethical’ use of artificial intelligence

  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    1Malaysia Development Bhd
    Fugees rapper convicted of lobbying for Malaysian financier Jho Low

    Pras Michel is the latest defendant to be found guilty in the fallout from the 1MDB scandal

  • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
    1Malaysia Development Bhd
    Switzerland indicts ex-PetroSaudi executives over 1MDB fraud

    Federal prosecutors allege former associates of Taek Jho Low played key role in scandal

  • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
    Norway's Oil Fund
    Climate change will keep inflation high, Norway’s oil fund chief warns

    Transition to greener economy will also hit consumer prices, says $1.3tn sovereign wealth fund boss Nicolai Tangen

  • Sunday, 16 April, 2023
    Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia boosts sovereign wealth fund with transfer of $80bn Aramco stake

    Kingdom adds firepower to the Public Investment Fund tasked with overhauling economy

  • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
    News in-depthVenture capital investment
    Silicon Valley VCs tour Middle East in hunt for funding

    Liquidity crunch leads investors such as Andreessen Horowitz to sovereign wealth funds in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE

  • Wednesday, 5 April, 2023
    Games industry
    Saudi-backed Savvy Games buys Scopely for $4.9bn

    Latest investment by Saudi wealth fund-owned group

  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
    Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia
    Saudi Arabia’s PIF discloses investments in dozens of buyout firms

    Fund’s Sanabil Investments arm publishes first list of partners

  • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
    Abu Dhabi
    Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed names his son crown prince of Abu Dhabi

    UAE leader appoints Sheikh Khaled as heir apparent as part of series of changes at top of Gulf state

  • Friday, 17 March, 2023
    UK Budget
    Hunt drops plans for sovereign wealth funds to pay corporation tax

    Proposals would have removed what some see as an unfair advantage over other institutional investors

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
    Sheikh Tahnoon named chair of $790bn Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund

    UAE founder’s son — who is both national security adviser and a prominent private sector figure — extends influence

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    1Malaysia Development Bhd
    Former Goldman banker Roger Ng sentenced to 10 years for 1MDB fraud

    Malaysian citizen had been convicted in US last year for his role in international financial scandal

  • Monday, 6 March, 2023
    Financial services
    General Atlantic, IHC and Abu Dhabi fund team up on investment firm

    Proposed firm will manage assets for two state-backed funds and International Holding Company

  • Monday, 27 February, 2023
    1Malaysia Development Bhd
    Two Abu Dhabi state funds agree $1.8bn 1MDB settlement

    Agreement draws line under longstanding dispute launched five years ago by Malaysia

  • Friday, 24 February, 2023
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    The low-profile Qatari heir bidding to own Manchester United

    Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani comes from huge wealth and has vowed to bring success back to the club

  • Monday, 20 February, 2023
    Financial fraud
    Ex-bankers sentenced to jail for defrauding Libyan sovereign wealth fund

    Hidden fees were paid to offshore companies by duo whose actions bring reputation of London’s financial centre ‘into disrepute’

  • Tuesday, 14 February, 2023
    GIC Private Ltd
    Singapore’s GIC rethinks China strategy after significant pullback

    Sovereign fund has reduced private investments following Beijing’s tech crackdown and property market turmoil

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