NEW DELHI, Sept. 6: More than 500 institutional investors, pension funds and family offices overseeing a combined wealth of over $1 trillion are expected to participate in the inaugural iBRICS Summit 2026 in the national capital next week, organisers said on Saturday.
The two day summit will be held alongside the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12 and 13. Organised by the Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute (SWFI), the event aims to bring sovereign capital closer to infrastructure, energy and digital projects across the 21 BRICS member states and partner countries.
The gathering comes as emerging economies navigate changing global trade patterns, tariff pressures from the United States and rising costs associated with dollar based financial settlements.
Lakshmi Narayanan, SWFI Chairman and Lead Co-Chair of iBRICS, said the changing global economic environment has created a need for investors and governments to explore alternative channels for deploying capital.
“With tariffs and sanctions stressing traditional corridors, funds and ministries need direct access to allocate capital differently,” Narayanan said, adding that the summit would provide a dedicated platform alongside the BRICS Leaders’ Summit.
A key area of discussion will be financial technology and cross border payments. Participants are expected to examine ways to connect national fast-payment systems, including India’s UPI and Brazil’s Pix, while also exploring interoperability between central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
The summit is expected to bring together policymakers, sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors and project developers, creating opportunities to discuss investment partnerships and financing mechanisms for large scale development projects.
By facilitating direct engagement between capital providers and governments, the event seeks to strengthen investment flows within the broader BRICS economic ecosystem and support projects in sectors considered crucial to future growth.