With a new investment mandate prioritising national infrastructure projects, can Australia's sovereign wealth fund maintain its investment autonomy while serving political objectives?
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Indonesia’s sovereign wealth fund has secured $25 billion in future investment agreements, on the back of just $1.6 billion deployed so far from its own reserves.
Indonesia Investment Authority has flagged interest in partnerships, following a new fund co-launched by Microsoft that is seeking to unlock $100 billion of investments.
Australian and British pension funds want the UK's National Wealth Fund to focus on higher risk net-zero industries where it can play a valuable role bridging gaps in capital markets.
Norges Bank Investment Management is working with its 9,000 investees to improve reporting under the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures.
Family offices have emerged as a rapidly growing segment of investors in Southeast Asia. Sovereign wealth funds such as Temasek and Khazanah have also been pivotal in expanding the region’s private markets, according to Preqin's latest report.
Climate Investment Fund, the state-backed development fund focussed on climate related investment, will invest up to $653 million in Asia over the next three years.
About 24% of Norfund's portfolio is invested in Asia across financial services, funds and renewable energy.
Senior executives from sovereign wealth funds warn of challenges of collaborating with family offices on investments.
The head of the private office of Abu Dhabi’s crown prince has detailed the transformation through which it became a credible investment partner for institutional investors, including SWFs.
The head of Norway’s $1.6 trillion sovereign wealth fund has said the growing influence of artificial intelligence will concentrate influence in the hands of fewer active investors in the coming years.
State-owned investors from the UAE and Saudi Arabia are leading the investment charge and their influence on the Asian economic landscape is set to increase in coming years.