Sovereign wealth funds

King Charles grants us a windfall from wind: now it is crucial we question ownership of the seabed | Molly Scott Cato
A monarchy ‘gift’ to the Treasury should not detract from the anachronistic convention of crown estate rights over land and sea
Molly Scott Cato
19, Jan, 2023 @3:55 PM

Who might have the money to buy Manchester United?
Oligarchs and fans are an unlikely bet but UK and overseas billionaires and sovereign wealth funds are in running to meet £3.7bn price tag
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent
23, Nov, 2022 @7:00 PM

Newcastle United Q&A: who is taking over and why are they controversial?
Explainer: Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund will control the Premier League club and can spend big in the transfer market
Paul MacInnes and Phillip Inman
07, Oct, 2021 @5:24 PM

The foreign royals and billionaire tax exiles collecting UK's furlough millions
Read the list of super-rich claimants, from Saudi princes to Dubai monarchs, tax exiles to the UK’s richest
Rob Davies and Joseph Smith
19, Mar, 2021 @4:00 PM

Queen's property manager banks huge windfarm bonanza
Offshore seabed auction lands £4bn over 10 years for Treasury and Crown Estate prompting calls for green sovereign wealth fund
Jillian Ambrose
05, Feb, 2021 @4:54 PM

Norway's sovereign wealth fund gains more than £90bn during 2020
Central bank stimulus pushes up value of shares, taking fund to £923bn – equal to £170,000 for each Norwegian
Jasper Jolly
28, Jan, 2021 @12:38 PM

'World-first' legal case: student accuses Australia of misleading investors on climate risk
Katta O’Donnell, 23, says her claim will put government ‘on trial for misconduct’ for failing to address climate change
Adam Morton Environment editor
22, Jul, 2020 @4:09 AM

Claim Amanda Staveley in charge of Abu Dhabi Barclays deal 'a fantasy', court told
Court hears evidence from ex-director of sovereign wealth fund as bank sued for up to £1.5bn
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
15, Jul, 2020 @3:28 PM

Low interest rates offer a rare solution that left and right can agree on | Larry Elliott
Governments can opt to repeat the failure of austerity or take the opportunity to invest in the future
Larry Elliott
21, Jun, 2020 @11:32 AM

Norwegian wealth fund blacklists G4S shares over human rights concerns
Sovereign wealth fund cites risk of company contributing to ill-treatment of migrant labour in Qatar and UAE
Jasper Jolly
14, Nov, 2019 @9:43 AM

World's biggest sovereign wealth fund to ditch fossil fuels
Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global gets go ahead to divest $13bn of investments
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
12, Jun, 2019 @3:56 PM

‘Historic breakthrough’: Norway’s giant oil fund dives into renewables
Experts say even nations that got rich on fossil fuels are seeing the future is green
Damian Carrington Environment editor
05, Apr, 2019 @1:06 PM
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