IPE's Norway Coverage
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NewsNorway’s SWF recoups some green energy infrastructure losses in Q3
NBIM reports 4.4% return for GPFG between July and September, as falling interest rates propel stock markets
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NewsDanish competition watchdog calls for auto-transfer of dormant pensions
Smaller dormant accounts at risk of being entirely lost to administration fees, authority says in new report
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NewsNBIM revokes coal-based blacklistings as firms reduce exposure
Norwegian SWF ends observation status for Australia’s BHP Group and US utility Southern Co and brings five excluded stocks back into investment universe
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NewsNorwegian SWF dumps €705m General Dynamics stock in new blacklisting
NBIM announces €1bn of exclusions from its investment universe, in latest batch of companies falling foul of the GPFG’s ethical guidelines
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Special ReportTop 1000 Pension Funds 2024: Data
Skewed distribution of European pension fund assets
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Special ReportTop 10 European pension funds raise equity and bond exposure
Pension funds in most European countries recorded strong returns of between 6% and 9%, according to preliminary figures published this summer by the OECD.
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Special ReportNorway: New buffer fund rules to boost returns
Providers of private guaranteed pension products are now allowed to take more risk in an effort to improve performancean
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NewsNorway’s SWF underperforms and sees declining returns in second half
Equities were only asset class to produce positive returns for GPFG between January and June, interim report shows
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NewsNBIM devises corporate disclosure set around online risks for children
Norwegian SWF manager works with UNICEF to highlight companies’ impact on children’s rights through their digital activities
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NewsNorway’s KLP defence risks blurring all procurement rules, says Storebrand
Government ‘seems to be picking a fight with Brussels’ by rejecting ESA’s backing of complaint over lack of mandatory municipal pensions tendering, Hippe says
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NewsNBIM seeks research proposals to strengthen understanding of climate
Investment giant suggests topics could include the impact of financial decisions on real-world outcomes
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NewsAPG to bring in new human rights policy to improve NGO assessment
KLP and PGGM also deemed ‘misaligned with societal expectations’
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NewsNew nature investment coalition inspired by pension-backed initiative
The Nature Investment Coalition (NIC) aims to replicate the success of a climate counterpart that drew €120bn in commitments from pension funds
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NewsNBIM opts for talks with Bolloré despite own council’s divestment advice
Companies should have policies to respect human rights in supply chains as well as own operations, says Norwegian sovereign wealth fund manager
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NewsNorway domestic SWF recommends 3% annual withdrawals
Folketrygdfondet defines a level of withdrawal which would allow the NOK365bn GPFN to retain its real-terms value
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Country ReportNorway: competition hots up in the municipal pensions market
The return of Storebrand signals an uptick in market activity
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Opinion PiecesWhy Norway's rebuff to oil fund over private equity is all about pay and equality
It would be hard to argue that Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is not diversified, but its range of permitted asset classes is narrower than that of peers.
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NewsNorwegian municipal pension funds beat dominant provider KLP in Q1
KLP acknowledges recent customer losses, but says is developing its offering in line with client feedback
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NewsSwedish pension funds push Tesla AGM to adopt workers’ rights
AMF to back AGM proposal filed by Folksam and others, and takes aim at Apple’s worker rights behaviour too
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NewsNorwegian oil fund drops $400m of stocks on war-linked grounds
NBIM follows advice from its Council on Ethics, and banishes L3Harris, Adani unit and Weichai Power, divesting nearly $400m
