#sovereign wealth funds
State investors accounted for 54 per cent of the $96bn deployed by sovereign funds – the highest rate since 2009
The GCC region has been named the “region of the year” when it comes to sovereign wealth funds, according to Global SWF
Big-ticket purchases included $4.9bn for US gaming company Scopely, $3.6bn to buy Standard Chartered’s aircraft leasing division and $3.3bn for steelmaker Hadeed
Big US investors such Texas Teachers’ Pension and California State Teachers’ Retirement System have cut exposure to Chinese equities
Kuwait Investment Authority has applied the ESG standard set by an independent globally-recognised ESG benchmark provider
ADQ has over 100 employees and its combined portfolio of 90 companies have more than 70,000 people working for them
PIF is in need of capital as it embarks on an investment spree that has seen it build stakes in some of the world’s largest companies since the start of the coronavirus pandemic
Facebook last month agreed to pay $5.7bn for a 10 per cent stake in the digital unit
A drop in oil prices this year suggests that hydrocarbon-funded SWFs are under pressure