The UAE’s position as a global financial hub can complement India’s growing capital markets, enabling more Indian firms to list in the UAE and vice versa
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Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
GCC royal private offices manage close to $500 billion in assets: Report
Sovereign wealth fund tracker Global SWF has identified 35 RPOs in the GCC, with the UAE home to a vast majority of these offices
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Sovereign wealth fund assets to hit $18tn by 2030 as Gulf leads global growth
UAE and Saudi Arabia lead SWF growth as Gulf countries see massive investment outlays
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Why global capital markets are pivoting East
The Middle East and Asia now command 30% of global financial assets. Those who fail to recognise this transformation risk missing the most significant realignment of global capital flows in a generation
M&A activity
Gulf sovereign wealth funds drive $36bn+ mega-deal boom as UAE, Saudi buck global M&A slowdown
Saudi Arabia’s PIF and UAE sovereign funds, including Mubadala and ADIA, have been central to this growth
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi named world’s richest city for sovereign wealth funds with $1.7tn in assets
Abu Dhabi overtakes Oslo as the world’s richest city for sovereign wealth fund assets
Abu Dhabi
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed in Egypt for $110bn Ras El Hekma launch; development to house 2m people and create 750,000 jobs
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed witnesses launch of $35bn Ras El Hekma development in Egypt
Family offices
India’s Playbook Partners close to striking deals with UAE, Saudi institutional investors, large family offices for $250mn fund
The initial target of $250 million corpus for the fund could go up several notches if the institutional investors from the region agree to write bigger cheques
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi to invest $35bn in Egypt, plans hotels and attractions in Ras El-Hekma
Abu Dhabi’s ADQ reveals major investment plans to transform Egypt’s Ras El-Hekma in to major tourism and investment hub
Africa
Egypt eyes $120bn investment boom as Middle East drives real estate investment
Egypt’s real estate sector is set to flourish as investors look for opportunities
Economic Stability
How are sovereign investors adapting to the new normal?
Sovereign investors are increasingly showing interest in private credit, which has now carved out a significant place in the global investment landscape
global investors
India opens most sectors for 100% Gulf investment via ‘automatic route’
Under the ‘automatic route’, entities outside India can invest in the country without prior approval of the government
Asset Management
Sovereign investors reshape portfolios after years of negative returns
The swift rise in interest rates and sharp correction in listed asset prices led most sovereign wealth funds to report negative returns
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UAE and Canada eye $3tn wealth fund opportunities
UAE and Canada announce Sovereign Wealth Fund Council
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Gulf sovereign wealth funds invest $51.6bn in western economies in 2022
Sovereign wealth funds in the Gulf will ‘shine more than ever’ in 2023
gcc sovereign wealth funds
Dubai’s sovereign fund ICD smashes revenue, reports $4bn H1 profits
Record performance for Dubai investment arm; Revenues up 61% to $32.97bn
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Top 10 biggest sovereign wealth funds in GCC
While China leads the list of the biggest sovereign wealth funds globally with over $1.22 trillion in assets, UAE tops the list in the GCC region