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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 ...

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 ...

UN signs up $6 trillion to responsible investing

... line and its share price," said Gardener. Knut N Kjaer, executive director of the $330 billion Norwegian Government Pension Fund, agreed that paying more than just lip service to responsible investing has its financial rewards. "We manage assets for ...

ESSS call off industrial action and work bans

... a common law deed of agreement, reportedly preventing their pension assets being pooled with the large government pension fund, that has unfounded liabilities in excess of $11 billion. The Finance Minister John Lenders said that this was in keeping with ...
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