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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 ...

Norway dominates sovereign wealth funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
Norway's Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) remains the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, buoyed by an equities portfolio propelling most of its US$1.06 trillion assets under management. Preqin's latest sovereign wealth fund asset report shows ...

The trillion dollar pension fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... markets, have rapidly increased the US dollar value of the fund in 2017. Established in 1990, the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global - also known as the Norwegian oil fund - was established to support long-term considerations when phasing petroleum ...

Aussie super funds increase world ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... funds (US$ millions) Rank Fund Market Total Assets 1 Government Pension Investment Japan $1,237,636 2 Government Pension Fund Norway $893,088 3 Federal Retirement Thrift U.S. $485,575 4 National Pension South Korea $462,161 5 ABP Netherlands $404,310 ...

Norwegian pension fund drops 52 coal companies

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... announced that 52 coal companies, including two Australian ones, will be excluded from the roughly $1 trillion Government Pension Fund Global. The exclusions came after the introduction in February of a new "product-based coal criterion" in the fund's ...

Economic uncertainty demands agile insto investment

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... institutions surveyed, 77% of central banks are most affected by rising interest rates, while 90% of SWFs and government pension fund respondents said an equity market correction will have a moderate or significant impact on their investment strategy ...

Norwegian fund reviews ESG approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... investment expectations on human and children's rights, water management and climate change. Norway's Government Pension Fund Global, which manages about US$804 billion, recently released its 2015 review of responsible investment which expresses expectations ...

Sovereign wealth funds growing despite falling commodity prices

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... trillion in March 2015. According to Preqin's research, the largest sovereign wealth funds are Norway's Government Pension Fund Global (with $818 billion in assets under management) and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, with $773 billion. "Sovereign ...