All Government Pension Fund Global articles – Page 6
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Yngve Slyngstad quits as CEO of Norway’s €986bn wealth fund
Slyngstad set to work on SWF’s new unlisted renewable energy infrastructure
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Use bond markets to challenge heavy emitters, says NBIM founder Kjaer
New bond issues like regular IPOs, provide an opportunity for scrutiny
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Chart of the Week: European pension assets exceed €7.7trn
IPE’s Top 1000 Pension Funds survey shows that total assets under management have increased despite market turmoil
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Norway’s sovereign fund seeks to allocate €6.3bn to private equity
The manager of the €944bn GFPG says the move would give it longer to build up holdings in pre-IPO firms
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Norway’s €944bn sovereign fund recommends shift out of European equities
GPFG could shift billions out of European stock markets and into the US and Canada if its manager’s recommendations are accepted by government
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Norway’s SWF holds €60bn of negative-yielding bonds
Fixed income netted the NOK9.4trn fund 3.1% in the second quarter of 2019, but a quarter of its allocation now yields less than 0%
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Norwegian sovereign fund boasts €76bn Q1 gain despite currency drag
CEO Yngve Slyngstad hails best quarterly performance ever in local currency terms as Norwegian krone rises against major currencies
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Norwegian sovereign fund rejects outcomes reporting for SDGs
The €919bn Government Pension Fund Global says it is hard to measure an investor’s direct impact on goals set by UN bodies
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Norway clarifies SWF’s climate rules to facilitate exclusions
Proposed addition of absolute threshold for coal exclusions to capture more companies
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Norwegian SWF ‘slow to act’ on climate-related exclusions
‘Moving targets’ on climate change measurements has made blacklistings hard to put in place, says ethics council
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Norway to cut €6.7bn of ‘upstream’ oil and gas companies from SWF
Finance ministry presents plan to divest some energy activities – but not integrated energy firms
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Norway’s domestic SWF beats the market in 2018
Manager Folketrygdfondet reports 0.4% investment loss in ‘negative market’
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Norway’s sovereign fund records €50bn investment loss for 2018
Europe’s biggest fund has recouped some of its 6.1% loss in early 2019 as markets bounced back
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Norway oil fund chair slams government plan to take more SWF money
Idea ‘violates’ good budget practice, says central bank governor Øystein Olsen
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Norway’s sovereign fund pulls plug on ESG managers to cut costs
GPFG’s manager grapples with new issues in low-carbon transition
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PRI co-founder says Norway’s sovereign fund must exit oil and gas stocks
Carlos Joly argues that overexposure to oil and gas would put future generations at risk
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Norway’s oil fund sees first inflows since 2015
Sovereign wealth fund misses benchmark in second quarter with 1.8% gain
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Sovereign wealth funds develop climate change framework
Framework underpinned by principles of ‘alignment’, ‘ownership’, and ‘integration’
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Company performance at risk from ignoring human rights, say investors
Human rights platform observes a ’race to the top’, but names and shames 28 companies tthat have shunned engagement
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Norway’s SWF lost almost €18bn in Q1 – but still beat its benchmark
Strategic 70% equities allocation means fluctuations mainly determined by global stock markets, says CEO