All sovereign wealth funds articles – Page 2
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Special ReportIreland: All systems go for national auto-enrolment
Irish government aims to launch auto-enrolment retirement system in 2024
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NewsSovereign investors reshape portfolios after year of negative returns
Sovereign investors are now more resolute than ever in their ambitions to fund the energy transition
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Country ReportItaly: Government plans to draw in capital for domestic investment
The right-wing government is moving forward with plans to create a €1bn fund, amid criticism and lukewarm investor support
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Opinion PiecesCapital competition: where does it leave sustainability goals?
For pension funds and other similar large institutional pools of capital, there is significant pressure from politicians to invest in politically favoured domestic sectors – like renewables or high-growth sectors like venture capital.
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Opinion PiecesNotes from the Nordics: NBIM still learning on equal pay after winning employment case
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has hailed the benefits of litigation abroad to drive its corporate governance agenda. Closer to home, victory in an Oslo employment case may have rung decidedly hollow for Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM).
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NewsItalian government puts forward law to create €1bn SWF
The funds will amount to €700m this year and a further €300m in 2024
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NewsItalian government plans sovereign wealth fund set up
The draft bill, called ‘Made In Italy’, will be tabled by the minister of enterprise and Made in Italy Adolfo Urso in an upcoming government meeting
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Norway’s SWF bans stocks on environment, cannabis, tobacco grounds
Four cannabis and three tobacco stocks cut from GPFG’s benchmark, and Indian, Korean firms dumped due to risk of environmental damage
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Sovereign wealth funds switch to private markets in major asset reallocation
SWF investors now own $719bn in private assets, up from $205bn in 2011
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Shift to equities as sovereigns seek liquidity, Invesco survey shows
Tilting towards active allocations and longer time horizons seen mitigating risk of high valuations
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BlackRock, Temasek form VC, PE decarbonisation partnership
BlackRock CEO says patient, well-managed capital needed to scale transformational innovation
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Norway SWF to cut number of stocks by 25-30%, shedding smallest
Finance ministry sets out 2021 white paper on Norwegian Government Pension Fund
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NewsPoor work conditions prompt Norway’s SWF to divest textile firms
But opts for active ownership tools in the case of PetroChina, despite council’s advice to divest
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Sovereign investors take advantage of COVID-19 buying opportunity
SWFs aim to increase allocations to fixed income, private equity and infrastructure
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SWFs keep risk exposure during pandemic
Investors were already either overweight cash or underweight equities before March 2020
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Opinion PiecesThe 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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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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NewsSovereign 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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NewsNorway 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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