China’s sovereign wealth fund invested about $2 billion in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. as the Chinese Internet company bought back a large stake owned by Yahoo Inc., according to people with knowledge of the deal.
Alibaba said late Tuesday that it had completed an initial buyback of half of Yahoo’s 40% stake in Alibaba in a deal valued at approximately $7.6 billion. China Investment Corp. led a consortium of Chinese investors including buyout funds Boyu Capital, Citic Capital, and China Development Bank Corp.’s private-equity arm……………………………………….Full Article: Source

China Investment Corp. (CIC), the nation’s $482.2 billion sovereign wealth fund, is continuing the process shifting away from outsourced management and funds-of-funds investment.
“We will continue to pursue direct investments under our asset allocation strategy and build positions to capture stable returns in the long term,” CIC states in its most recent annual report. “We will further refine our project management system across the project life cycle, including project identification, decision-making, post-investment management and exit. And we are keen to explore ways to cooperate with our peers globally.”……………………………………….Full Article: Source

As China’s sovereign-wealth fund looks for acquisitions overseas, it is taking a bolder approach to its investment strategy. The WSJ’s Lingling Wei reports on CIC’s ambitions to invest outside China.……………………………………….Full Article: Source

CVC Capital Partners, one of the biggest private equity firms in the world, has followed rivals such as Apax Partners and TPG by selling a stake in its parent company to a group of private investors.
It is understood the firm, which has investments in Formula One and theme park group Merlin Entertainment, has sold a ten per cent stake in its Luxembourg domiciled parent company to a consortium of private investors. These are thought to include Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), the Government Investment Corporation of Singapore (GIC) and an unnamed Asian fund………………………………………..Full Article: Source

At present, the amount of assets of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) is $ 33 billion, SOFAZ executive director Shahmar Movsumov said. “SOFAZ assets hit $ 271 million when it was established in 1999,” he said. “But the current amount of assets testifies to the tremendous growth.”
He said that the establishment of SOFAZ has three main objectives, including maintaining economic stability, by accumulating the funds obtained from hydrocarbons and their gradual infusion into the economy to avoid the effect of the shock………………………………………..Full Article: Source