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State-Owned Investors Hit $60 Trillion as 2025 Flows Pivot to the U.S.

The UAE is now the fourth-largest state investor at $2.931 trillion.

Overview

  • Global SWF reports state-owned investors and central banks managed a record $60 trillion in 2025, with sovereign wealth funds reaching $15 trillion.
  • Sovereign wealth and public pension funds invested about $132 billion in the United States, focusing on digital infrastructure, data centres and AI-related assets.
  • Emerging markets received only 15% of 2025 flows after a 28% decline from 2024, with China, India, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia highlighted as weaker destinations.
  • Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund committed $36.2 billion and Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala $32.7 billion, ranking as the year’s top sovereign spenders.
  • Global SWF cautions that oil-price pressure and project delays could curb 2026 deployments, even as Gulf leaders make large public pledges to channel capital into the U.S.