Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADAI)
The allure of private markets
SWFs have piled into the asset class while reserve managers remain wary
Adia CFO bagged by Texas real estate company
Jim Hime leaves the Abu Dhabi SWF for USAA Real Estate on September 1 after serving three years as chief financial officer of its real estate and infrastructure department
Crisis will not push SWFs to mull long-term shift: WikiLeak
Leaked diplomatic cable shows sovereign wealth funds rushed to liquid assets in immediate aftermath of crisis, but experts did not expect long-term portfolio shift
Adia appoints new chief investment officer for private equity wing
James Kester joins Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund from Zurich Alternative Asset Management
Adia appoints new chief economist
Chief economist Ted Chu joins Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund from General Motors
UAE governor urges sovereign funds to repatriate
Governor of the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates Nasser Al-Suwadi appeals to sovereign wealth funds in the region to reject pre-crisis strategy of investing in companies based in advanced economies and instead inject funds into the Gulf region
Sheikh Hamed replaces brother as Adia managing director
Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan takes over Sheikh Ahmed’s role at helm of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Abu Dhabi SWF chief’s body found
Body of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority head Sheikh Ahmed Zayed al-Nahyan found after four day search following glider crash in Morocco
ADIA publishes first annual report
Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund reveals rates of return and geographical split of investments
Santiago SWF principles a reminder of bygone age
Charles Proctor, a partner at Bird & Bird, a law firm, assesses the International Working Group of Sovereign Wealth Funds' newly-published Santiago Principles.
UK bank blacklists SWFs on ethical grounds
Most of their peers are stepping up their efforts to court sovereign wealth fund revenue, but the UK-based Co-operative Bank is shunning several because of human rights abuses by their controlling governments.
ADIA hires ex-banker as communications chief
The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has hired former Morgan Stanley corporate communications executive Euart Glendinning as its first global head of corporate affairs.
Into the limelight
Malan Rietveld looks at the dramatic penetration into the heart of the Western financial system by sovereign investors from emerging markets in recent months
Top European politicians attack SWFs
Nicolas Sarkozy, France's president, on Saturday criticised the hypocrisy of sovereign wealth funds which are keen to buy foreign firms but disallow outside ownership in their own economies. His comments followed those of Charlie McCreevy, an EU…
Kuwaiti SWF could be next to invest on Wall Street
Bader Al-Sa'ad, the head of Kuwait Investment Authority, the state's sovereign wealth fund, indicated that his could be the next fund to inject funds into a finance industry clawing for capital in the aftermath of the subprime crisis.