05/25/2013
Abu Dhabi Wealth Fund Cuts Reliance on External Managers
UAE is seeking to diversify from crude exports with investments abroad
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05/19/2013
No sovereign wealth fund for SA
the creation of such a fund is best timed with stable or rising commodity prices
05/09/2013
KPMG issues report on Sovereign Wealth Funds
KPMG announced (9 May) in an emailed press release the publication of a report on Sovereign Wealth Funds in the Middle East.
04/30/2013
International law firm boost Private Client practice
The firm has today announced the addition of two new partners to its leading Private Client practice.
04/21/2013
Israeli cabinet approves plans for sovereign wealth fund
State fund aims to avoid economic damage from a strong shekel as natural gas production gets underway.
03/25/2013
36% dip in sovereign wealth fund investment in 2012
Data for the 2007-12 period reveals that financial service firms were the top picks for global SWFs during the five-year period, with investments in the sector totalling $140 billion.
03/24/2013
China Sovereign Wealth Fund to Boost Investment in Russia
Details such as the planned investment amount and specific projects weren't mentioned.
03/20/2013
BSP offers to sell dollars for sovereign wealth fund
“If the government decides to put up the wealth fund, we can sell them the dollars which they can use to fund their operations especially overseas.”
03/14/2013
Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund bids for GE's US$1.8bil in Thai bank
Khazanah's bid for GE's 25.3 percent stake came as a surprise, the sources said, declining to be identified as the information was not public.
03/12/2013
Sovereign wealth funds to hit record $5.6 trln by year end
"Non-commodity funds are capturing an increasing share of SWFs' assets, a trend that is likely to continue."
03/10/2013
Sovereign wealth funds are about to get wealthier
Sovereign wealth funds are predicted to grow by $1 billion a day this year, according to a new report.
02/24/2013
Sovereign Wealth Fund plan scrapped
The most vocal resistance came from the Finance Ministry
02/17/2013
India looks to UAE sovereign wealth fund for infrastructure investments
''It is important to take stock of the opportunities which present themselves for private and public enterprises on both sides to invest in each other's economies and develop long-term investment partnerships.''
02/17/2013
Abu Dhabi Fund Said Close to Buying RBS’s 42 Marriott Hotels
ADIA may pay 640 million pounds ($993.2 million) for the hotels which RBS acquired after the borrowers defaulted on a loan in 2011, the Times of London reported Feb. 16, without saying how it obtained the information.
02/11/2013
Norway Fund, World's Biggest, Makes First U.S. Real Estate Buy
The joint venture may invest in U.S. shopping malls by acquiring shares in listed real estate investment trusts.
02/10/2013
Dubai sovereign wealth fund in $2 billion refinancing talks
The loan is the second tranche of a $6 billion facility that the ICD raised in September 2008
02/06/2013
Art dealer Guy Wildenstein charged with tax evasion
A bank based in the Bahamas had also been charged with complicity in tax evasion.
01/28/2013
China wealth fund: Investment must chase demand
Demand is increasing in Europe, Asia and Africa, and Chinese companies should "seize this opportunity" to expand overseas, the state-run China Securities Journal cited China Investment Corp. Chairman Lou Jiwei as saying at a forum over the weeke
01/09/2013
The case for sovereign wealth funds in Canada
Canada has two sub-national funds
01/06/2013
Wealth fund mulls buying stake in Daimler
Wealth fund considering buying a four to 10 per cent stake in German automaker