IPE's Norway Coverage – Page 15
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Opinion PiecesNorway SWF’s net-zero plans under scrutiny
Last month the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund – Government Pension Fund Global – was reprimanded by several industry experts and economists for not having yet joined the United Nations-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance.
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Special ReportNorway: Moves to boost occupational pension payouts
Government proposals seek to strengthen right to pensions for all workers and maximise returns from schemes
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‘Time for higher ambitions,’ says Norway minister on net-zero SWF advice
Skancke-led expert group recommends setting 2050 net-zero emissions goal for companies in GPFG’s portfolio
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Gains on big tech stocks power Norway’s SWF to 9.4% H1 return
NBIM says biodiversity to become ‘area of priority’ for its ownership work
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Norway SWF independent expert climate panel to unveil report Friday
Deputy central bank governor to speak on climate risk in GPFG at digital seminar
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Norway’s GPFN manager says now voting down more exec pay plans
Folketrygdfondet: Salaries must motivate long-term value creation
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Nordic pension investors unruffled by China regulatory jitters
PBU says market developments have temporarily dented its expose to Asia
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NewsNBIM plans to step up efforts for better corporate climate reporting
Keeping global warming to under 2°C should benefit the GPFG, says Norges Bank
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Norway picks Dutch, Danish, Norwegian trio to weigh SWF management
Finance Ministry initiates new review of SWF’s management; panel to scrutinise basis for strategies Norges Bank uses
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NewsNorway to present SWF climate-risk reports later in August
‘Broad political agreement in Storting that the fund should not be climate policy instrument,’ says Ministry
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Academics call on Norway to sign €1.1trn SWF up to net-zero pledge
Group of 34 economists, experts urge GPFG to announce membership of Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance at COP26 in November
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Norway SWF and MN monitor Polish oil firm on human rights violations
Ensuring respect for human rights was essential for good business practice and risk management, says NBIM
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Norway’s GPFG backs requiring UK companies to report climate risks
Sovereign wealth fund manager responds to UK government’s consultation on better audit and corporate governance framework
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NewsNorway roundup: KLP bans 16 stocks; local councils plan to tender
KLP sells off Motorola and 16 others; Ålesund, Øygarden and Ullensvang to put KLP-managed pension schemes out to tender
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Norway’s SWF rejects climate-tilted benchmark, more green infra scope
“We should be careful about making major changes to the principles underlying the fund,” say Olsen, Grande
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NewsNBIM urges UK’s FCA to press on with trading data transparency
Norwegian SWF on UK MiFID consultation – OK to drop execution quality reports, but transparency rules needed
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KLP uses new criterion to ban Indian firm with Myanmar military link
Norwegian pensions giant among large institutional investors taking action on Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone
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NewsFinance Norway regrets no buffer model in guaranteed pensions bill
Lobby group pleased government has followed up some of its proposals for tackling the issues
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NewsNorway acts to extend pension access, improve guaranteed pensions
Proposal presented to Storting today on “pension from first krone”, and guaranteed pension regulations
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NewsNorway’s SWF bemoans patchiness of US firms’ climate reporting
NBIM finds stronger climate reporting practices from tech, retail than banking and auto sectors
