Norway Investment and Pensions
Apart from the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) and its smaller, domestic and Nordic investment counterpart the Government Pension Fund Norway (GPFN) - which together constitute the bulk of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund - Norway’s largest pension fund is KLP, the dominant municipal pensions provider. Municipal pensions are also run by local authorities as individual or collective pension funds, as well as by Storebrand - which has complained to the European European Free Trade Association’s (EFTA) supervisory authority (ESA) that municipalities should be obliged to put their pensions business out to tender. Among recent regulatory developments, the AFP second-pillar scheme was changed to a lifelong occupational pension top up from an early retirement system.
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TOP NORWEGIAN PENSION FUNDS 2025
Pension fund/entity | Assets (€’000)
- Norway Government Pension Fund Global | 1,657,449,581
- Kommunal Landspensjonskasse (KLP) | 101,052,311
- Folketrygdfondet | 32,227,823
- Oslo Pensjonsforsikring | 12,816,783
- Equinor | 5,300,833
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TOP MANAGERS: NORDIC REGION INSTITUTIONAL ASSETS
Company | Assets (€m)
- SEB | 65,000*
- BlackRock | 61,541
- DNB Asset Management | 53,712**
- Nordea Asset Management | 52,442
- Storebrand Asset Management | 35,386***
- State Street Global Advisors | 29,768
- Nykredit Asset Management | 26,163
- Northern Trust Asset Management | 22,607
- Morgan Stanley Investment Management | 8,936*
- Amundi | 8,344
As at 30.9.3.23, *30.16.23, **15.11.23, ***10.6.22
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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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