IPE's Norway Coverage – Page 37
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Norwegian pension funds declined 4.4% in 2008
[16:40 CET 18-12] NORWAY – Norwegian pension funds had a combined deficit of NOK4.7bn (€560m) in 2008, according to latest figures from Statistics Norway.
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Norway Global hits NOK 2.6trn in November
[15:45 CET 15-12] NORWAY – The value of investments in the Norway Government Pension Fund – Global increased to NOK2.6trn (€305.6bn) by the end of November after a brief dip in value the previous month.
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Norway should resume full payment to Global Fund - IMF
[16:45 CET 24-11] NORWAY - The IMF has warned the Norwegian government that it should resume full payment of oil revenues to the Government Pension Fund - Global by reducing the country's non-oil budget deficit to 4% of the Global Fund's value, and within the three remaining years of its ...
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Norway Global sees record return despite external losses
[16:15 CET 10-11] NORWAY – The Norwegian Government Pension Fund – Global posted its "best ever" quarterly return of 13.5% between June and September, even though externally-managed assets lost ground, and raised the value of the fund to NOK2.55trn (€304bn).
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NewsNorway domestic pension returned 12.8%
[16:45 CEST 27-08] NORWAY – The Government Pension Fund – Norway achieved an investment return of 12.8%, or NOK11bn, in the first half of 2009 as the total value of its investment assets reached NOK98.9bn (€11.4bn).
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Norway-Global to drill water management
[16:00 CEST 17-08] NORWAY – A revised strategy for active ownership has been adopted by the Executive Board of Norges Bank for the Norway Government Pension Fund – Global, to include a new focus area on water management.
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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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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% ...
