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Insto investors urged to challenge private equity ethics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... extractive practices that have been associated with the PE industry." Some investors, such as the Norwegian government pension fund, choose not to invest in PE firms given their lack of transparency about what they invest in, the negative effects of ...

Sovereign Wealth Funds surge to $5 trillion

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... 2012-13," Preqin head of hedge fund products Amy Bensted said. The largest sovereign wealth fund globally is Government Pension Fund - Global, based in Norway, with $775.2bn in assets under management; this is an increase of $185bn since 2012. Asia-based ...

NZ Super CEO appointed deputy chair of IFSWF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... Revenues Stabilization Fund of Mexico, the China Investment Corporation, and Norway's US$ 325 billion Government Pension Fund - aka 'the oil fund'.

Sovereign wealth funds climb to US$5.5tr

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2013
... financial crisis (GFC) and that resources continue to be the main sources of SWF capital flows. Norway's Government Pension Fund at US$737 billion was reported as the world's largest SWF followed by UAE Abu Dhabi's Investment Authority with US$627 billion ...

Future Fund climbs sovereign league tables

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... assets of US$625 billion, funded by the export of hydrocarbons since 1976. Second largest was Norway's Government Pension Fund - Global, with US$530.6 billion followed by China's SAFE Investment Company with US$347.1 billion. Globally, sovereign wealth ...

Norway pension manager expands into Singapore

PRESS RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2010
Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, has expanded operations to Singapore to get closer to the region it invests 10 per cent of its funds. The Singapore office will focus on investment and trading ...

PGI global strategy wins $500m mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2010
... Principal Global Investors' Global Growth Equity has picked up a $500 million mandate from the Japanese government pension fund. John Pihlblad, portfolio manager of the strategy, said more than $4 billion is managed on behalf of clients outside the US ...

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 ...