Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is a sovereign wealth fund of The Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The firm invests in the public equity, fixed income, private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and alternative investments markets across the globe. For its equity investments, it seeks to invest in stocks of small cap companies. The firm’s alternative investments include managed futures, commodities, and hedge funds diversified across long/short, macro, relative-value, event-driven and market-neutral equity strategies. For the fixed income investments, it invests in a combination of global government bonds, global inflation-linked bonds, emerging market bonds, and global investment-grade credit. For private equity investments, the firm seeks to invest in primary funds, secondary funds, credit products, and direct co-investments in private companies in financial services, healthcare, industrials, technology and consumer sectors, typically alongside external partners. It invests in primary funds across North America, Europe, and emerging markets and globally in secondary funds and co-investments. While venture capital, private credit and distressed credit divisions invest with a global mandate. For real estate investments, the firm invests in real estate assets, both through direct investments and the use of external funds. For infrastructure investments, it invests in utilities, such as water, gas, and electricity distribution and transmission companies, as well as transport infrastructure, such as toll roads, ports, airports, and freight railroads. The firm seeks to invest in North America, Europe, developed Asia, and emerging markets. It does not invest in the United Arab Emirates and in the Gulf region except in instances where such investments constitute part of an index. In infrastructure investments, the firm prefers to take minority stake and does not seek to control or operate the assets in which it invests. Abu Dhabi Investment Authority was founded in 1976 and is based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with an additional office in Hong Kong.