International Investments

SAM investment department originates high quality deal flow from top-tier GP relationships. Robust investment process ensures that only the best investments are allocated capital.

Long-term Investment Horizon With a Wide Mandate

The Investments Department manages a diversified global portfolio with exposure across multiple asset classes with an aim to generate stable returns in the long-term for the Government of Sharjah.

Long-term Horizon

SAM has a long-term investment horizon
Ability to provide stable capital commitments for investments
Stay invested across business cycles

Broad Investment Mandate

SAM’s investment mandate covers a wide range of asset classes from equities and to real estate and infrastructure.
Ability to invest across sub-asset classes and geographies.

Stable Returns

Dividend oriented approach coupled with growth.
Regular cash flows to support the company operations and ability to re-invest proce.

Success Factors

SAM investment department originates high quality deal flow from top-tier GP relationships. Robust investment process ensures that only the best investments are allocated capital.

How We Invest

Geographic Diversification

SAM investment portfolio is diversified across various regions including North America, Europe, GCC and Asia-Pacific regions.

Exposure across different currencies.

Asset Class Diversification

Exposure across multiple asset classes: Equities, Real Estate, Infrastructure and Private Equity.

Diversification of investments.

Stable mix of Income and growth.

Manager Selection

Regional specialist managers have foot on the ground and offer strong returns.

Good quality GPs with strong teams, processes, AUM and institutional investor base.

Core Satellite Approach

Each asset class has a core portfolio which offers stable long-term return.

Satellite allocations to generate high growth opportunistic returns.

J-Curve Mitigation

Majority of the allocated capital is deployed quickly and offers higher investment exposure.

Investment in seeded portfolios and open-ended funds with short queue.

Strategy

SAM’s long-term investment strategy is to achieve superior returns through diversification and portfolio construction that carefully considers the way different assets respond to possible market and economic conditions. By optimising the investment of funds across asset types, geographical regions, industries, and companies, SAM’s portfolio continues to be more resilient and robust.

SAM’s investment strategy is to build a sizable diversified income-generating investment portfolio that is strategically spread across a number of targeted geographies: US, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The team invests in multiple asset classes according to an asset allocation plan that envisions a portfolio that will seek to optimize expected return versus expected risk over a long-term investment horizon.