The Canada-UAE Sovereign Wealth Fund Council identifies opportunities for strategic capital collaboration and thought leadership between Canadian public Pension Funds and UAE Sovereign Wealth Funds in global markets.
The core mission of the SWFC is to create a consortium of key stakeholders and to establish formal, bilateral peer-to-peer engagement and partnerships. By identifying common objectives, challenges, and opportunities, the SWFC seeks to leverage synergies among these premier asset owners. The goal is to harness human capital, intellectual capital, and financial capital to produce superior risk-adjusted returns. This ensures interests are aligned, and the potential for mutual advantages is maximized in the international investment arena.
The top six Canadian PPFs and UAE SWFs cumulatively manage over $4 trillion in assets. The SWFC will enable these stakeholders to jointly develop investment strategies and deploy capital globally in a transformative and impactful manner to achieve significant value creation. Shezad RokeryaChairman, Canada-UAE Sovereign Wealth Fund Council
The mission of the SWFC is to harness the synergies between Canada and the UAE's preeminent institutional investors to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns in support of common interests. H.E. Kris PandayCanadian Ambassador to the UAE & Chief Co-Patron, SWFC
The Canada–UAE SWF Council reflects a shared belief that long term value is built through collaboration, not capital alone. It creates a powerful opportunity for asset owners in the UAE and Canada to work together to strengthen the human and intellectual capabilities that drive better investment outcomes. By collaborating more deeply — sharing insight, building institutional capability, and partnering to scale high quality businesses — we can deploy patient capital with greater conviction across priority sectors and geographies. Camilla LanguilleCo-CEO, Private Equity, Mubadala
Both Canadian pension fund investors and UAE sovereign investors share a common investment philosophy i.e. long term patient capital with a global mindset as we are focused not just on investing but shaping industries for the future. Key compelling investments are driven by partnerships and not just capital. Babar KhanChief Investment Officer, General Pension and Social Security Authority (GPSSA)
Bringing together Canada's leading pension funds and the UAE's sovereign wealth institutions to power sustainable economic development. Asset owner collaboration between the SWFC stakeholders will facilitate transformative investments in thematic initiatives. This approach provides an opportunity to address global challenges and target improved financial returns alongside positive social and environmental impacts through stakeholder cooperation.