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‎ADIA’s 20-year annual return hits 6.6%

Argaam - UAE News Trade press Published 11th September 2026 UAE

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‎<p class="ckeCaption" ><span ><span class="ckeCaption" ><img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/3534a916-1f4a-4e55-8580-b7e96aab7333.png" ></span></span>ADIA is the oldest of Abu Dhabi's three major government-controlled funds.<span ><span class="ckeCaption" ><!--EndFragment--></span></span></p> <hr> <p dir="ltr" >Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has released its 2025 annual report, indicating that the fund's 20-year and 30-year ​annualised ⁠rates of return on a point-to-point basis were 6.6% and 7.2% in 2025, respectively, compared with 6.3% and 7.1% in 2024, WAM reported.</p> <p dir="ltr" ></p> <div >Allocations ​to private equity increased to 15%-20% from 12%-17% earlier, ⁠while financial alternatives increased to 7%-12% from 5%-10%. Meanwhile, investments ​in real estate fell to 2%-7% from 5%-10% previously.</div> <div ><br> "Absolute exposure to ​real estate remained steady, and it remains an important component of the total portfolio offering attractive risk-adjusted returns," said ADIA Managing Director Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed ​Al Nahyan, who is also a member of Abu Dhabi's ​ruling family.</div> <div ><br> Tariff wars and geopolitical uncertainty rattled global markets throughout 2025, but equities ‌remained ⁠resilient, supported by the artificial intelligence boom.</div> <div ></div> <p dir="ltr" ></p> <p>"In public ⁠market portfolios, ​ADIA increased allocations to systematic and ​absolute-return strategies to enhance its risk-adjusted returns and manage periodic bouts of volatility," Sheikh ​Hamed said.</p> <p></p> <p></p>

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Argaam - UAE News · Trade Publication
Published
11th September 2026
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argaam.com

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Geopolitical Risk
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UAE
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11th September 2026 · 18:54

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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (35.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (21.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (31.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).

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