Sovereign Wealth Funds

The Middle East and North Africa region has become increasingly attractive to managers as they attempt to tap its massive stock of sovereign wealth fund capital.

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New Mexico SIC is not in need of liquidity as it continues to see strong inflows from oil revenues in the state. However, it continues to push its managers to move toward exiting assets, especially in relation to funds living past their contractual terms.

The sovereign wealth fund will take formal recommendations to the board next February, but the investment staff is prepared to suggest incremental cuts to the asset class.

'We tend to like single-asset continuation vehicles if the story is right if it’s with a sponsor that we think is the right owner for that asset going forward,' according to deputy CIO Allen Waldrop.

The sovereign wealth fund is seeing 'a higher percentage of control buyouts at scale' in China and India, according to Asia PE head Ankur Meattle.

European investors’ mass pivot towards the defence sector has huge potential implications for private capital. Will the flow of money match the shift in sentiment?

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The sovereign fund is bolstering its exposure to private equity and other private assets following several years of record cash inflows from oil revenues.