IPE's Norway Coverage – Page 34
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Norway Global gains lead to record assets
[16:40 CEST 15-07] NORWAY – The Government Pension Fund – Global has reported a continued increase in its fund value with a further NOK75bn increase in June to reach NOK2.383trn €262.9bn).
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Norway prepares review of active management
[16:55 CEST 07-07] NORWAY – The Norwegian ministry of finance is seeking a consultant to prepare a report which will then feed into the government’s evaluation of the active investment management of the NOK 2.3trn (€254.9bn) Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global.
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Norway-Global passes NOK2.3trn in May
[17:20 CEST 17-06] NORWAY – The value of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global has increased for the third consecutive month to reach NOK 2.308trn (€258.9bn).
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NewsNorway-Global dropped 4.8% in Q1
[16:45 CEST 20-05] NORWAY – The Government Pension Fund – Global underperformed the benchmark by 0.35 percentage points in the first three months of 2009 with a quarterly return of -4.81%.
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Norway global heads towards NOK 2.2trn
[17:10 CEST 18-05] NORWAY – The Government Pension Fund – Global has increased in value for the second consecutive month to reach just under NOK 2.2trn (€250bn) at the end of April 2009.
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FeaturesEdgy on equities but eager for infrastructure
In many areas Norway has carved out its own distinct path. Kjetil Houg, finance director at Oslo Pensjonsforsikring, tells Nina Röhrbein how this has helped the country’s largest local authority pension scheme to navigate the market crisis
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Features
Sovereign funds under pressure
Sovereign pension funds (SPFs) have emerged in recent years as part of governments’ moves to ensure they had enough financing to cover state pension obligations without relying on pay-as-you-go tax schemes. In recent months, however, two of Europe’s largest government schemes - Norway’s Government Pension Fund - Global and the ...
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Norway's funds take stock
Norway’s hard-pressed life insurers and pension funds have enjoyed a brief respite over the past year. This has been provided by the Norwegian stock market which, helped by rising oil prices, has strongly outperformed international equity markets. Norwegian equities rose 25% in the first nine months of 2004 and 120% ...
