January 25, 2023 The Saudi Aramco owned investment fund, Wa’ed Ventures, has led a $14 million ‘bridge round’ in Terra Drone, the Japan-based urban air mobility tech firm. This will see the Japanese firm launch a new subsidiary in the…
January 16, 2023 Abu Dhabi’s clean energy company Masdar has the 'right capital and fuel' to accelerate the development of renewable projects, according to its chief executive. "We are sponsored by three very important [and] strong shareholders, [it] started with…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
November 15, 2022 Oman Investment Authority has raised its assets to $41.5 billion as the sovereign fund increased its holdings in real estate, technology, and logistics sectors, Bloomberg reported. This brings OIA’s managed assets to over 16 billion Omani rials ($41.6…
November 11, 2022 In a global context of geopolitical, economic and financial uncertainty, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) from the Middle East are shining more than ever. These government-related entities have broken stereotypes of having hidden agendas and only hunting trophy…
October 26, 2022 Saudi Arabia, seen by IMF as one of the fastest-growing economies this year, has signed a slew of investment deals across sectors, including in aerospace, as it looks to build up its position in global value chains.…