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Future Fund behind Azerbaijan on transparency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... investment strategy and portfolio updates. The institute has modeled the index' principles on the Norway's Government Pension Fund-Global, which it said is one of the best examples of transparency in the world. The Future Fund scored nine out of a possible ...

Norway pension enlists RI researcher

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
The $430 billion Norwegian Government Pension fund has selected European responsible investment house, GES Investment Services, to screen its fixed income and equities portfolios for tobacco and weapons criteria. The research mandate means GES will ...

Norwegian pension excludes tobacco firms

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
The Norwegian Ministry of Finance is excluding the $518 billion Government Pension Fund Global from investing in 17 tobacco companies including British American Tobacco, Philip Morris and Japan Tobacco. The Ministry of Finance drafted rules states the ...

Super changes hit retirees

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... Services. According to Murden self-funded retirees are among a select few who don't hold out their hands for a government pension or part pension. This is largely thanks to the fact that they have used superannuation - predominantly self managed super ...

BNY Mellon boutiques win mandates

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2009
... Scott have been awarded global equity mandates on behalf of Japan's public pension fund, the $1.9 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). Following a review of its existing fund managers, GPIF appointed two BNY Mellon Asset Management boutique ...

Norway SWF adopts ESG

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2009
One of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global is putting more emphasis on responsible investing with tighter regulations on environmental, social and good corporate governance. The fund previously had two ...

Europe pension assets on the rise

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2008
... Another trend that was highlighted in the report was an update on two of Europe's power funds - the Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global, and the Dutch civil service pension fund ABP. "The Norwegian petroleum fund that has been deployed as a financing ...

Norway revises pension investment strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
Norway's $391 billion Government Pension Fund has increased its allocation to real estate and emerging markets to improve diversification and investment returns. The Government Pension Fund, which comprises of The Pension Fund - Global and is managed ...

RSL snubs proposed super changes

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2008
The Returned Services League (RSL) has urged the government to reject plans to change the military's retirement fund because the proposed changes could disadvantage military service people. In July last year, the Howard Government created a military ...

Future Fund focuses on building blocks

... investment horizon around here and we intend to exploit that." The Future Fund was set up to pre-fund federal government pension liabilities that is presently valued at $87 billion and expected to grow to $140 billion by 2020. The fund's current balance ...