PIF invests in 4 US firms, ups exposure to $12.8 bln

16/02/2021 Argaam


The Public Investment Fund (PIF) increased its holding of US equities to nearly $12.8 billion in Q4 2020 from $7.05 billion in Q3 2020, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing today, Feb. 16. 

 

The Kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund acquired stakes in four new companies, when compared to Q3 2020. The PIF bought 51.2 million shares of Multiplan, 15 million shares in Activision Blizzard, 7.4 million shares of Electronic Arts Inc., and 3.9 million shares of Take-Two Interactive. 

 

The PIF also raised its stake in Novagold Resources by 3.13 million shares, maintaining its holdings in other six companies, namely Uber, Live Nation, Carnival, Suncor Energy, Automatic Data Processing and Utilities Select Sector SPDR.  

 

The fund’s ownership in Uber increased to $3.71 billion by the end of Q4 2020 from $2.65 billion in Q3 2020. 

 

PIF Investment Details

Company

Stake by end of Q3

(‘000 shares)

Value by end of Q3 ($ mln)

Stake by end of Q4

(‘000 shares)

Value by end of Q4 ($ mln)

 

Variation (‘000 shares)

MultiPlan

--

--

51250.00

409.49

 

+51250.00

Activision Blizzard

--

--

14964.12

1389.42

 

+ 14964.12

Electronic Arts Inc

--

--

7420.18

1065.54

 

+ 7420.18

Take-Two Interactive

--

--

3972.98

825.55

 

+ 3972.98

NovaGold

13000.61

154.6

16137.70

156.05

 

+ 3137.09

Automatic Data Processing

1481.84

206.7

1481.84

261.10

 

--

Carnival

50830.93

771.6

50830.93

1101.00

 

--

Live Nation

12565.17

677.0

12565.17

923.29

 

--

Utilities Select Sector SPDR

32986.50

1958.7

32986.50

2068.25

 

--

Suncor Energy

50975.32

623.4

50975.32

855.37

 

--

Uber

72840.54

2657.2

72840.54

3714.87

 

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