Gulf SWFs will continue to be quite active in Europe and the US in 2023
January 3, 2023 Led by the Gulf region, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) deployed $152.5 billion (Dh560 billion) worldwide in 2022, an increase of 38 per cent from the previous year. Gulf sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) will likely continue to be very active in 2023 in Europe and North America to invest in private equity firms and to fund distressed portfolios,…
Creating a country of opportunities owing to Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund
December 25, 2022 In 2016, Saudi Arabia announced the Vision 2030 blueprint to diversify the Kingdom’s economy. It dared to change its identity as an oil-rich nation to a harbinger of new ideas that would shape the world. Six years later, the Kingdom has ventured into new realms of opportunities that the Arab world would not have dared to dream…
In 2023, the Oman Investment Authority plans to invest $5 billion on projects
December 20, 2022 Oman Investment Authority, the Gulf state’s sovereign wealth fund, aims to spend 1.9 billion rials ($4.95 billion) on investment projects in 2023, state media reported on Tuesday. The OIA said the financing will come from the local and foreign private sectors, from financing institutions, or from the agency itself or its subsidiaries. The OIA has also reportedly…
Ardian and Mubadala Capital announce a partnership in private equity worth $2.1 billion
December 16, 2022 Ardian, a world leading private investment house, and Mubadala Capital, the asset management arm of Mubadala Investment Company, today announced a new partnership that will see Ardian invest in a portfolio of high-quality private equity assets managed by Mubadala Capital, and in parallel Ardian will make a primary commitment to Mubadala Capital’s Private Equity funds. Ardian and…
UAE sovereign ADIA and SC Capital sets a $2 billion data centre investment strategy
November 24, 2022 The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, has partnered with Singapore’s SC Capital Partners (SCCP), a private equity real-estate firm, to set up a data centre investment strategy that could reach $2 billion in equity. The programme targets data centre investments across the Asia Pacific region with a focus on…