Latest Norway News
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AnalysisIPE Nordic Briefing: Norway’s NBIM eyes massive bonds cut
Plus: Pension fund consolidation in Iceland; Sweden’s AP2 beats AP3 and AP4 on half-year returns
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NewsNBIM urges stronger board accountability in German governance code
Norwegian SWF manager takes proposed simplification of rules as opportunity to push for more frequent board changes at German companies
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NewsNorway’s SWF could shift €100bn out of government bonds
NBIM advises acceptance of listed equities geopolitical and concentration risk, but urges ministry to consider allowing GPFG more private assets
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NewsNBIM responsible investment chief Smith Ihenacho to step down
Carine Smith Ihenacho will leave NBIM after nine years, having built its active ownership function
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NewsNorway’s KLP ‘harmed competition’ by persuading councils not to tender pensions
Norwegian NOK1trn institution makes list of binding commitments to satisfy Competition Authority after four-year probe
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AnalysisIPE Nordic Briefing: Pension funds slam SEC’s proposed rescission of climate disclosure rules
AP7, NBIM and AkademikerPension all submitted letters to US regulator discouraging the Commission from scrapping rules
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NewsTangen warns Norwegians to prepare mentally for SWF wipe-out
As GPFG posts 9.4% first-half gain, NBIM CEO focuses keynote speech at national debating event on doomsday scenario
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AnalysisIPE Nordic Briefing: Nordic pension funds on Arctic protection
Nordic pension funds – Danish ones in particular – made their voices heard on Arctic protection following EU Commission’s position on oil and gas
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NewsSampension, KLP among Nordic pension funds warning EU off Arctic oil U-turn
Commission urged to double down on commitment “to protect the fragile ecosystems north of the Arctic Circle from new oil and gas infrastructure”
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NewsPKA chief hands ultimatum to politicians on state aid after Morrow loss
‘We want to support Europe. We want to contribute to the green transition,’ says CEO Jon Johnsen
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AnalysisIPE Nordic Briefing: Alecta keeps ITP mandate despite FSA fine
Plus: Norway’s NBIM on the importance of AI technology and US tech stocks concentration
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NewsNBIM tells Brussels Europe’s shareholder voting chain is not working
Norway’s SWF manager laments ‘fragmented system that undermines effective shareholder voting’ and makes it harder to support companies
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NewsNBIM’s Tangen warns lawmakers of SWF’s unprecedented big tech concentration
AI development going faster ‘than seen before’, says NBIM CEO, as finance minister points to ‘great risk’ of concentration
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NewsNBIM beats benchmark in Q1, as three of SWF’s four asset classes contract
Norway’s giant SWF takes -1.9% hit on investments in the first quarter, with only unlisted real estate in positive territory at end of March
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NewsNorway’s SWF says all companies should add staff ownership schemes
Nicolai Tangen says share ownership plans ‘not about corporate social responsibility’ but ‘making good long-term financial decisions’
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NewsNorway’s SWF says UK should be stricter in green reporting proposal
NBIM responds to FCA’s proposed new sustainability disclosure rules for listed companies; calls for timelines for Scope 3 emissions reporting to become mandatory
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AnalysisIPE Nordic Briefing: Swedish manager slams FTN’s procurement process
Plus: Finland’s pensions debate continues ahead of next year’s general election
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NewsNorway tells SWF to put big-tech concentration risk under microscope
Finance ministry follows up on January’s advice from GPFG’s new expert panel, asking central bank to probe bonds strategy, geopolitical and concentration risk
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NewsNBIM’s backing for green shareholder proposals plunges amid polarisation
Norway’s SWF says fewer sustainability-linked proposals made it to the ballot, adding that quality was poorer
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NewsNBIM sets guardrails on corporate use of environmental attribute certificates
Oil fund manager makes clear companies should prioritise reducing emissions from own operations and value chains
