All sovereign wealth funds articles
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NewsSWFs keep risk exposure during pandemic
Investors were already either overweight cash or underweight equities before March 2020
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Opinion Pieces
The case for a UK sovereign wealth fund
In November 2012 I suggested in an article in IPE that the UK should set up a sovereign wealth fund. The House of Commons had a parliamentary debate on setting one up in December 2016* and included the IPE article in the background papers. Unfortunately, Brexit overshadowed all else, but now that it is done, there may be a case for revisiting the arguments.
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News
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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Sovereign investors ‘preparing for end of market cycle’: Invesco
Equity allocations fall while fixed income and alternatives holdings increase, according to Invesco’s annual sovereign investor survey
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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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Domestic investments net 4.7% gain for Irish sovereign fund
ISIF’s €4.1bn in Irish investments have attracted a further €7.5bn from external investors
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Irish sovereign fund backs $400m genomics research project
Irish Strategic Investment Fund invests alongside Singapore’s Temasek sovereign fund in DNA research group
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State pension liabilities pose biggest threat to Germany’s credit rating
German economist proposes €1trn sovereign wealth fund to cope with future first-pillar funding
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Norway’s sovereign fund ‘should stay invested in energy stocks’
Sector seen only contributing “marginally” to Norway’s energy risk
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Sovereign wealth funds develop climate change framework
Framework underpinned by principles of ‘alignment’, ‘ownership’, and ‘integration’
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Public pensions, sovereign funds target infrastructure increases
Global investors plan to pile into infrastructure and real estate in the next two years
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Norges Bank offers paths for SWF to stay invested in oil and gas stocks
Manager of Norway’s giant oil fund also reverses initial proposal to cut alternative energy providers
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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
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Six SWFs unite to address climate change issues
The aim is to publish an ESG Framework, methods and indicators in 2018
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ESG roundup: NZ Super, Erste, Trucost
Also: Austrian manager excludes carmakers; Trucost launches carbon pricing tool
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Irish sovereign fund gains 2.9% but bank stakes decline
The ISIF committed €522m to Irish companies in 2016 as part of transition to domestic portfolio
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Norway SWF should be spun off from central bank, commission says
Giant oil fund should be run outside of Norges Bank, but not split into smaller funds, experts argue
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More SWFs take to private debt but capital-raising levels off
Mezzanine was most popular private debt strategy for sovereign funds in last 12 months
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Norwegian oil fund rebounds in 2016 but property profit falls
US investments ballooned last year at the expense of European assets
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Sovereign funds still mulling whether private market returns justify extra risks
Many SWFs re-thinking portfolio construction and risk management methods
