Company Insights Mubadala Investment Company Finance Mubadala Investment Company News Analysis Finance Gulf investors pile into crypto to hedge against risk Institutional investors in the Gulf are increasingly turning to cryptocurrencies to better manage their risk. Global currency fluctuation and sustained inflation are encouraging investors to add bitcoin and other digital assets to their portfolios, according to a study by Singapore-based QCP, a digital asset trading company. Notable institutional Gulf investments in crypto so far this […] March 25, 2025 Artificial Intelligence Abu Dhabi tenders AI project to analyse genetic data The Abu Dhabi government has invited companies to bid for the development of an artificial intelligence system that would help doctors and researchers better interpret genetic data. The project calls for a large language model (LLM), the same type of AI technology that powers tools such as ChatGPT, to be trained on the Abu Dhabi […] March 24, 2025 Renewable Energy UAE’s Masdar expands renewable energy footprint Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar invested nearly AED30 billion ($8.2 billion) in equity last year and secured more than AED16.5 billion in project financing across nine countries. The company, which is targeting a renewable energy portfolio capacity of 100 gigawatts by 2030, has developed and partnered in projects in more than 40 countries, the […] March 24, 2025 Opinion Trade Why Gulf investors are betting big on Trump’s America Now 'their man' is back in the White House, Gulf states are backing him with their huge capital reserves March 24, 2025 Telecoms Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala considers selling stake in du Abu Dhabi sovereign fund Mubadala may sell its stake in du, the UAE’s second-largest telecom operator by subscribers, which if added to the free float would boost the stock’s chances of being included in emerging market indexes. Admittance to the MSCI and FTSE emerging market benchmarks means that exchange-traded funds which track these measures must […] March 20, 2025 Energy ADQ and ECP of the US bet on data centre projects Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ has formed a partnership with Energy Capital Partners, a US private equity company, to build power generation and energy infrastructure, primarily in the US. The goal of the prospective $25 billion, 50-50 tie-up is to support growing energy demand by data centres, large cloud providers, and other so-called hyperscalers – […] March 20, 2025 Renewable Energy Masdar in talks on $200m solar power deal in Spain Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar is nearing a deal that would see it pay around $200 million for a 49.9 percent stake in a solar portfolio controlled by Spanish power utility Endesa, according to two sources familiar with the deal and a document seen by Reuters. The deal for the roughly 450-megawatt portfolio builds […] March 19, 2025 Markets Mubadala seeks liquidity partners for new Brazil bourse Mubadala Investment Company, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, is in talks to form a consortium with up to 10 partners providing liquidity for a new stock exchange in Rio de Janeiro, two people familiar with the matter said. In return, those partners would receive equity that would modestly dilute Mubadala’s current 73 percent stake in […] March 18, 2025 Oil & Gas Adnoc targets Mubadala’s energy assets State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) is reportedly considering acquiring the energy assets of Mubadala Investment Company, one of the emirate’s sovereign wealth funds. Talks between the two companies, which stalled over valuation, are expected to resume soon, possibly after the end of Ramadan, Bloomberg reported, citing informed sources. The deal was previously valued […] March 17, 2025 Manufacturing EGA reveals sharp drop in profits Profits at Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) have fallen by nearly a quarter as a result of the suspension of operations in Guinea and introduction of corporation tax in the UAE. In October 2023, the Guinea Alumina Corporation, a subsidiary of EGA, was hit by the Guinean government’s decision to halt exports of bauxite, a raw […] March 13, 2025 Posts navigation Previous 1 2 3 4 … 34 Next
Analysis Finance Gulf investors pile into crypto to hedge against risk Institutional investors in the Gulf are increasingly turning to cryptocurrencies to better manage their risk. Global currency fluctuation and sustained inflation are encouraging investors to add bitcoin and other digital assets to their portfolios, according to a study by Singapore-based QCP, a digital asset trading company. Notable institutional Gulf investments in crypto so far this […] March 25, 2025
Artificial Intelligence Abu Dhabi tenders AI project to analyse genetic data The Abu Dhabi government has invited companies to bid for the development of an artificial intelligence system that would help doctors and researchers better interpret genetic data. The project calls for a large language model (LLM), the same type of AI technology that powers tools such as ChatGPT, to be trained on the Abu Dhabi […] March 24, 2025
Renewable Energy UAE’s Masdar expands renewable energy footprint Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar invested nearly AED30 billion ($8.2 billion) in equity last year and secured more than AED16.5 billion in project financing across nine countries. The company, which is targeting a renewable energy portfolio capacity of 100 gigawatts by 2030, has developed and partnered in projects in more than 40 countries, the […] March 24, 2025
Opinion Trade Why Gulf investors are betting big on Trump’s America Now 'their man' is back in the White House, Gulf states are backing him with their huge capital reserves March 24, 2025
Telecoms Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala considers selling stake in du Abu Dhabi sovereign fund Mubadala may sell its stake in du, the UAE’s second-largest telecom operator by subscribers, which if added to the free float would boost the stock’s chances of being included in emerging market indexes. Admittance to the MSCI and FTSE emerging market benchmarks means that exchange-traded funds which track these measures must […] March 20, 2025
Energy ADQ and ECP of the US bet on data centre projects Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ has formed a partnership with Energy Capital Partners, a US private equity company, to build power generation and energy infrastructure, primarily in the US. The goal of the prospective $25 billion, 50-50 tie-up is to support growing energy demand by data centres, large cloud providers, and other so-called hyperscalers – […] March 20, 2025
Renewable Energy Masdar in talks on $200m solar power deal in Spain Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar is nearing a deal that would see it pay around $200 million for a 49.9 percent stake in a solar portfolio controlled by Spanish power utility Endesa, according to two sources familiar with the deal and a document seen by Reuters. The deal for the roughly 450-megawatt portfolio builds […] March 19, 2025
Markets Mubadala seeks liquidity partners for new Brazil bourse Mubadala Investment Company, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, is in talks to form a consortium with up to 10 partners providing liquidity for a new stock exchange in Rio de Janeiro, two people familiar with the matter said. In return, those partners would receive equity that would modestly dilute Mubadala’s current 73 percent stake in […] March 18, 2025
Oil & Gas Adnoc targets Mubadala’s energy assets State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) is reportedly considering acquiring the energy assets of Mubadala Investment Company, one of the emirate’s sovereign wealth funds. Talks between the two companies, which stalled over valuation, are expected to resume soon, possibly after the end of Ramadan, Bloomberg reported, citing informed sources. The deal was previously valued […] March 17, 2025
Manufacturing EGA reveals sharp drop in profits Profits at Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) have fallen by nearly a quarter as a result of the suspension of operations in Guinea and introduction of corporation tax in the UAE. In October 2023, the Guinea Alumina Corporation, a subsidiary of EGA, was hit by the Guinean government’s decision to halt exports of bauxite, a raw […] March 13, 2025
