Abu Dhabi Investment Council

The hire comes as part of Abu Dhabi Investment Council's move to expand its global presence.

Two buyers – Abu Dhabi Investment Council and Australia’s QIC – acquired the majority of the portfolio that included funds from managers like Apax, Advent, BC Partners and Bain Capital.

Mark Burton, the former real estate chief investment officer at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council (ADIC) has taken up an advisory role at the newly-established real estate advisory board at Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the capital of Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund.

David Bluff and Tammi Fisher, joint managing directors for private equity and real assets, add to a string of senior leadership resignations at Australia's sovereign wealth fund.

LPs and GPs are increasingly divided on whether certain investment behaviours are truly beneficial to their relationship, writes Jennifer Choi, chief executive of the Institutional Limited Partners Association.

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After a decade with the Australian asset manager, Adriaan Ryder is leaving QIC to take “a leadership position" at an Abu Dhabi fund.

The Abu Dhabi sovereign fund, which saw its head of buyouts depart at the end of last year, has run out of dry powder and given up raising a new vehicle.

The fund’s advisory board includes several US foreign policy heavyweights, including General Wesley Clarke and terror-expert Richard Clarke.

The $300 billion sovereign wealth fund has set up an advisory board to play ‘devil’s advocate’ on investments In these days of risk control, it is unsurprising that a large European sovereign wealth fund has just set up an advisory board to vet property investments. PERE Magazine September 2010

As part of the agreement, the general partner responsibilities of the $2.65bn Asian Real Estate Opportunities Fund are expected to transfer to Blackstone.