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SWFs double in size, eye alternatives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
... investment in alternatives over the years. It has grown 44% in the last two years and now surpassed Norway's Government Pension Fund Global which has US$1.2 trillion. This focus on alternatives is now flowing through to other SWFs, the report says, with ...

Norwegian wealth fund reports -14.1% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
Norway's Government Pension Fund Global finished 2022 down a record $222 billion, saying it was a "very unusual year". The oil fund recorded the biggest loss in its history. Its previous largest loss was in 2008 amid the Global Financial Crisis when ...

Six local funds in world's top 100: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
... at 94 th with US$86.2 billion. TCorp rounded out the list in 100 th place with US$83 billion. Japan's Government Pension Fund topped the list with US$1.73 trillion, followed by Norges Bank Investment Management (US$1.4tn) and China Investment Corporation ...

Norwegian wealth fund records $250bn loss

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
Norges Bank Investment Management announced the Government Pension Fund Global lost 1.68 trillion Norwegian krone, which is the equivalent of almost $250 billion AUD in the first half of this year, largely driven by equity returns, primarily technology ...

APAC pension funds fastest growing: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... fund with over US$1.7 trillion; it's held this position for close to 20 years now. It is followed by the Government Pension Fund of Norway at US$1.3 trillion. The Global Pension Asset Study (GPAS) is a Thinking Ahead Institute study which gathers yearly ...

UK pension fund fossil fuel investments laid bare

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
Despite more than 75% of the UK's local councils declaring a climate emergency, their pension funds are still pouring billions into fossil fuels the world over. A new report from campaigners Platform, Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern ...

World largest asset owners increase ESG, AUM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... owner is the Government Pension Investment Fund of Japan with US$1.55 trillion in AUM followed by the Government Pension Fund of Norway at US$1.06 trillion and China Investment Corporation at $940 billion. Furthermore, Willis Towers Watson Australia ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... Fund of Japan ranked first with $2.2 trillion in AUM. It's a whopping 46% larger than the second ranked Government Pension Fund of Norway at $1.5 trillion. Elsewhere, WTW said defined contribution (DC) assets grew by 9.2% during 2019, while defined benefit ...

Norwegian pension fund drops WHSP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
Norges Bank decided its Government Pension Fund Global should drop Washington H. Soul Pattinson from its investment universe. Norges Bank's Government Pension fund Global has axed Washington H. Soul Pattinson from its investment universe based on recommendations ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... AAA-rating. The Netherlands' ABP; Finland's Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company; Norway's Government Pension Fund Global; and the Fonds de Reserve pour les Retraites of France also ranked in the top 10. The leading US fund was the New ...