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Future Fund climbs sovereign league tables

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2011
... was listed as having total 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. ...

Rise of the new rich

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... Australian investors are ranked third richest when it comes to the average level of wealth, beaten only by Switzerland and Norway. The average wealth per adult in the country is US$320,000, rising 211 per cent over the past decade due to high levels ...

Super, homes and savings a happy combo

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2010
... Sweden in overall life satisfaction among OECD countries, with an average score of 7.9 out of 10, beaten only by Ireland, Norway and Denmark (equal first) and Finland and Canada (equal second). The majority of the data used in this report comes from ...

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 ...

New mining tax is miners' own idea

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
... negotiate a lower tax rate. According to the Commonwealth Treasury, 11 countries have resource royalty regimes but five - Norway, Denmark, the US, Canada and South Africa - have super profit components albeit defined differently with varying threshold ...

Future Fund behind Azerbaijan on transparency

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... audited annual reports, 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 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... overseas. CF Industries made another offer for fertiliser maker Terra Industries, which last month agreed to be sold to Norway's Yara for $US4.1 billion. Technology stocks got a boost from Qualcomm Inc, which boosted its dividend by 12 per cent. The ...

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
... Souza Cruz SA, Universal Corp VA and Reynolds American Inc are among those excluded from the fund's investment universe. Norway's Government Pension Fund Global is a very active responsible investor. Last year, the fund placed the European engineering ...

Back on the road again

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2009
... nothing and watch as the economy crumbles? And low interest rates? What happened when the Fed begins lifting? Australia and Norway have started moving up interest rates. There are still many unknowns and 'what ifs' and there will always be. For now ...