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New York, June 17, 2026 – Wafra Inc. (“Wafra”), the $30 billion New York City–based global alternative asset manager, announced today that its Global Sukuk Team has been named World’s Best Islamic Fund Manager at the 2026 Euromoney Islamic Finance Awards. This marks the third consecutive year the team has received this distinction, reflecting the continued strength of Wafra’s Global Sukuk Strategy and investment process.

Wafra Inc. (“Wafra”), the $30bn New York-based alternative asset manager, announced today that investment funds advised by Wafra have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Navitas Credit Corp. (“Navitas”), an industry leader in equipment finance solutions, from United Community Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Community Banks, Inc. (NYSE: UCB) (“United”) for approximately $1.9 billion in cash.[1] Navitas will continue to be led by its current management team following the closing of the transaction.

New York, May 21, 2026 – Wafra Inc. (Wafra), a $30 billion New York City–based global alternative asset manager, announced that its Global Sukuk Team has been recognized at the 2026 Digital Banker’s Global Islamic Finance Innovation Awards, receiving Best Islamic Fund of the Year – Absolute Return, Best Islamic Fund of the Year – Risk Adjusted Return, and Best Sukuk Fund. The awards honor and celebrate outstanding Islamic financial institutions and their contribution to the global banking landscape.

In this keynote interview, CIO Adel Alderbas and Co-Head of Strategic Partnerships Jordan Siskin share how Wafra’s approach goes beyond capital, delivering flexibility, alignment, and tailored support to help managers build lasting institutions.

Wafra Inc. (“Wafra”), the $30 billion New York City–based global alternative asset manager, today announced the acquisition of Interstate Shopping Center, a 348,742-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center in Ramsey, New Jersey. Funds advised by Wafra are making the investment via a joint venture with Crossroads Companies (“Crossroads”), a real estate developer and manager.

New York, February 23, 2026 – Capital Constellation, an investment platform managed by Wafra Inc. (“Wafra”), today announced the completion of a strategic partnership with Gallatin Point Capital LLC (“Gallatin”), a private investment firm focused on structured investments in financial institutions, services, and related assets.

Wafra Inc. (“Wafra”) is pleased to announce that it has joined the shareholding of Ardian, a world-leading private investment firm with $192 billion of assets under management. Wafra’s minority investment is being made via its Strategic Partnerships program which partners with leading, scaled alternative asset managers to support their continued growth.

Wafra CIO Adel Alderbas spoke with GP Stakes News about the evolution of our Strategic Partnerships platform and how Capital Constellation supports investor-entrepreneurs in launching their own firms with institutional backing.

The conversation highlights how Wafra’s model combines aligned capital, an asset owner network, and an operating framework informed by experience across market cycles.

Proud to share this episode of the Going Long Podcast featuring our CIO and President of Capital Constellation, Adel Alderbas, in conversation with Sarah Keohane Williamson, CEO of FCLTGlobal. For over a decade, Wafra has been at the forefront of the GP Stakes space—among the first to invest in the strategy and one of the few taking a full-lifecycle approach. Through the Capital Constellation platform, we back and scale the next generation of alternatives managers by fostering deep alignment between asset owners and GPs.

Despite recent noise in the U.S. policy landscape, several powerful tailwinds are emerging that we believe favorably position commercial real estate (CRE) in the quarters ahead.
In our latest whitepaper, we outline the key dynamics shaping this opportunity, including resilient personal and corporate balance sheets, a sharp slowdown in new construction starts, signs of troughing CRE values, improving liquidity, attractive debt market dynamics with tighter spreads, and CRE’s longstanding role as a hedge against rising inflation.

Wafra Inc. (“Wafra”), a leading global alternative investment firm headquartered in New York, announced today that its Global Sukuk Team has been named Best Islamic Fund Manager1 at the 2025 Euromoney Islamic Finance Awards.

Next-generation managers may be an acquired taste for asset owners, but the potential for alignment can create attractive GP opportunities, according to the Wafra team