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GIC

British  

abbreviation

  1. Guaranteed Investment Certificate: a form of investment that earns interest but is guaranteed not to incur loss

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Shinsegae's subsidiary E-mart owns a 67.5% controlling stake in Starbucks Korea, while the remaining share is owned by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Spokeswomen for GIC, Iconiq and Ramp declined to comment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

Anthropic’s new investment, led by GIC and Coatue, will help the company scale its business and continue competing with other frontier artificial-intelligence labs.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

Sony’s music arm said last week that it set up an investment partnership with Singapore’s sovereign-wealth fund GIC to acquire music catalogs across a range of genres.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

GIC, which bought 54.5 million ADRs between Aug. 11, 2020, and July 11, 2022, claims prices were inflated by the defendants’ fraud.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

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