Aje Saigal, a consultant at sovereign wealth fund Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) , is setting up Nuvest Capital that targets capital growth of 4 to 5 percent per year above inflation, a fund document seen by Reuters shows.
GIC is seeding Nuvest Capital which will manage the global multi-asset Nuvest Global Fund with an emphasis on emerging markets, the document showed. The Singapore-based fund will be launched in early July, four sources familiar with the matter told Reuters………………………………………..Full Article: Source

Norwegian sovereign-wealth fund Norges Bank Investment Management has cut its stake in three Indian infrastructure companies including IVRCL Ltd. and Lanco Infratech Ltd. in the past two weeks, stock exchange filings showed Tuesday.
Norges Bank Investment has reduced its holding in IVRCL to 6.39% from 7.61% by selling shares on the open market and in Lanco Infratech to 4.93% from 5.97%, the fillings showed. It has also marginally cut its stake in NCC Ltd. to 5.51% from 5.57%……………………………………….Full Article: Source

The major federal political parties have dismissed the Australian Greens’ proposal to pursue a sovereign wealth fund, while providing themselves the opportunity to attack each other.
Greens MP Adam Bandt put forward a motion in parliament on Tuesday that would instruct the Productivity Commission to undertake an inquiry into the merits of sovereign wealth funds and how best one would suit Australia………………………………………..Full Article: Source

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it welcomed the establishment of the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), stressing that a rule-based approach to setting the oil-price benchmark will strengthen the budgetary process and operation of the Fund.
The IMF also stated that growth would be robust this year but with inflation rising temporarily due to the increase in prices of fuel. It however pointed out that the main downside risks to the short-term outlook were “a further deterioration in the global environment and an exacerbation of current violence in northern Nigeria.”……………………………………….Full Article: Source

The head of Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund quit over differences of strategy with the board, disappointed by its lack of deal-making as it focuses on reviving loss-making domestic assets, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Talal Al Zain, the urbane former investment banker, told Reuters on Monday he would leave his job as chief executive of Mumtalakat, the $9bn sovereign fund, to set up a new investment firm in the Gulf island kingdom………………………………………..Full Article: Source

Paula Treneer, former senior portfolio manager for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, will launch an alternatives investment consulting firm within the next couple of months, Ms. Treneer said.
The new company, Idun Partners, will target institutions and family offices in structuring hedge fund and other alternative strategies, excluding private equity, Ms. Treneer said………………………………………..Full Article: Source

Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi investment and development company, is part of a Sony-led investment group which has applied for European Union approval for the $2.2bn purchase of EMI Group’s publishing unit, it was confirmed on Wednesday.
“The proposed acquisition of EMI Music publishing by Sony and an investor group including Mubadala has been notified to the European Commission………………………………………..Full Article: Source

Sovereign wealth funds from the oil-rich Middle East have doubled their investment in central London property from six percent in the period 2000-2007 to 12 percent in 2008-2011, property consultants CBRE said.
Increasing interest from regional SWFs and Asia’s cash-positive pension funds in London-based real estate is expected to remain high but could depress yields at the very prime end of the market, the firm warned………………………………………..Full Article: Source

Kanat Dosmukametov appointed to the post of the Managing Director of Kazakh National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna, the Fund reported. “Kanat Dosmukametov was appointed as the Managing Director upon the order of Samruk-Kazyna’s Chairman of the Board,” the Fund said.
Dosmukametov will be responsible for the Corporate Finance and Treasury Department and the Directorate for the financial institutions management………………………………………..Full Article: Source

Russian foreign direct investment soared to $18.4 billion last year, a 33 percent increase from 2010, with finance and manufacturing receiving the most capital. The Kremlin set up the Russian Direct Investment Fund to co-finance international investment and in October won $1 billion in backing from China’s sovereign wealth fund, the first foreign commitment to the private-equity vehicle.
The government expects inflows to reach between $60 billion and $70 billion soon, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said last year………………………………………..Full Article: Source

The Brazilian government could use its sovereign wealth fund to buy dollars in the spot foreign-exchange market, but for now will leave it to the central bank to intervene, Brazil’s National Treasury Secretary Arno Augustin said on Tuesday.………………………………………Full Article: Source

Brazil’s government doesn’t plan at the moment to use the country’s sovereign wealth fund to purchase dollars, Treasury Secretary Arno Agustin said.
While the fund can be used to intervene in the currency market, “we haven’t carried out that possibility yet,” Augustin told reporters in Brasilia today. “We continue with a currency policy that is concentrated at the central bank.”……………………………………….Full Article: Source