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Norway's oil fund returns 16% in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... fund has reversed its fortunes, clocking a 16.1% return for 2023 following the -14% it recorded the previous year. Norges Bank Investment Management reported the Government Pension Fund Global raked in a return of $322 billion for the year, largely driven ...

Macro environment trumps inflation for asset owners: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
... identified that sovereign wealth funds account for 39% ($9.1 trillion) of the top 100 assets owners in the world, listing Norges Bank Investment Management, China Investment Corporation, and SAFE Investment Company as the largest in terms of AUM. Sovereign ...

Norway's sovereign wealth fund returns 10%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
... Norway's $1.4 trillion Government Pension Fund Global returned 10% in the first half, equivalent to $343 billion. Norges Bank Investment Management reported a $13.7% return on equity investments for the first half of 2023, while fixed income yielded ...

Norwegian wealth fund reports -14.1% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... time, which is very unusual. All the sectors in the equity market had negative returns, with the exception of energy," Norges Bank Investment Management chief executive Nicolai Tangen said. As at the end of 2022, 69.8% of the fund is invested in equities ...

Six local funds in world's top 100: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
... 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 (US$1.22tn). Also featured in the top 20 is the Abu Dhabi ...

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 ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus cures climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... the financial system. Riksbank to lend US$51 billion to banks to maintain supply of credit to Swedish companies and Norges Bank cut its key rate by 50 bp to 1%, lowered the counter-cyclical capital buffer for banks by 150 bp to 1% and said it is prepared ...

Fossil fuel holdings cost BlackRock investors $90bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... little control over its US$4.3 trillion passively managed portfolio, IEEFA pointed out that its peers like Amundi and Norges Bank have developed low-carbon investing strategies that provide comparable risk-adjusted returns in a cost-effective sustainable ...

Sovereign wealth fund revokes exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund has revoked its decision to exclude Rio Tinto from its investments. Norges Bank has repealed exclusions placed on five international organisations over the last 15 years, Rio Tinto among them. The fund will also now ...

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 ...
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