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Largest managers' assets climb 9.4%: Research

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... indicated that the Middle East has gained prominence as a strategic hub for asset managers. Regulatory reforms in the United Arab Emirates, including updates to digital asset rules and the Qualifying Investment Funds regime, have attracted global firms ...

Macquarie AM wins sovereign wealth fund mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) will set up shop in Saudi Arabia after being tapped by sovereign wealth fund PIF for joint venture investments in infrastructure and energy transition sectors. The US$925 billion sovereign wealth fund signed a Memorandum ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... investment managers at ESSSuper who started their careers at Frontier. Meanwhile, a local property expert has left the United Arab Emirates to take up a role at QIC as a director of real estate funds management. Declan Walsh is currently a senior investment ...

Sidra Capital expands in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Sidra Capital is expanding into the Australian market via the launch of a private credit fund that invests in the local mining and energy sectors. Headquartered in Saudi Arabia, the Shariah-compliant alternative fund manager is making its Sidra Asia ...

Plenary names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... in Plenary, securing a 49% stake in the company. "The transaction marks the first major inbound investment from the United Arab Emirates into an Australian company since the signing of the Australia-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, further ...

MaxCap names chief risk officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
A senior banker credited with developing the Australian securitisation market has landed at MaxCap Group, the real estate fund manager. A former head of global securitisation at National Australia Bank, Manny Arabatzis has been appointed chief risk ...

Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the creation of a sovereign wealth fund. The executive order directs US secretary of the treasury Scott Bessent, who was sworn in last week by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh ...

Global ETF inflows hit US$2tn: ETFGI

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... founder and managing partner Deborah Fuhr said. Meanwhile, the emerging markets index increased by 12% in 2024, with the United Arab Emirates (up 6.42%) and Greece (up 4.21%) reporting the largest gains amongst peers. In terms of asset classes, equity ...

TPG co-founder David Bonderman dies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
David Bonderman, the co-founder of global alternatives investor TPG, passed away this week. Bonderman, affectionately known as 'Bondo' to many, was also founder of Wildcat Capital Management, the Bonderman family office, and owner of National Hockey ...

CI Financial taken private by Mubadala Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
CI Financial, which owns most of GSFM, is being acquired by Mubadala Capital, a subsidiary of the United Arab Emirates' sovereign wealth fund. CI Financial, which is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, will be taken private by Mubadala Capital in ...