Latest Norway News
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NewsTangen now being ‘more bureaucratic’ after texts with Musk make headlines
Disclosure of text chat between NBIM CEO and Tesla chief draws intense media attention in Norway
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NewsNorway’s SWF rekindles Trump-backed end to quarterly reporting
NBIM says mandatory quarterly reporting by businesses can lead to short-term decision-making, hindering sustainable growth and innovation
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NewsSampension urges mental well-being action, despite dip in early-retirement
Norway’s political parties agree to abolish mandatory early retirement for armed forces, police, prison staff
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NewsAP7 indicates BlackRock’s NZAM exit could affect future mandates
Sweden’s biggest state pension fund to meet world’s largest asset manager ‘to better understand’ decisions after BlackRock fled net zero alliance
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NewsNBIM proposes cutting smaller EM stocks from SWF’s benchmark
Proposed change would excise thousands of Chinese stocks from GPFG’s €1.7trn portfolio
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NewsNorway SWF urges CII to go further combatting ‘stealth dual-class structures’
NBIM gives views to Council of Institutional Investors on proposed policy changes on unequal voting structures
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NewsNorway’s pension providers at odds over paid-up policy proposals
Pension funds lobby calls for separate treatment for its members, while banking and insurance industry advocates same requirements for all providers
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NewsAlecta starts arbitration against Heimstaden, claiming agreement was breached
Swedish pension fund argues billionaire Ivar Tollefsen’s investments in new subsidiary went against Heimstaden Bostad shareholder agreement
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NewsNorway’s SWF seeks green light to sell slowly-growing Russian assets
NBIM also makes first Israeli company blacklisting since ethical council stepped up its stance regarding Palestinian territory occupation
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NewsNBIM revamps, shifts focus from real assets to energy and active management
Real assets CIO Mie Holstad quits as all areas of active management brought under one umbrella
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NewsNorwegian pension funds upbeat on start-ups investment plan
Industry association also warns of current and potential regulatory conditions standing in the way of pension fund investment in entrepreneurs
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NewsNordic FSA chiefs urge EU regulators to simplify financial rulebook
Simpler rules should be enforced by ‘risk-based supervision with strong discretionary tools’, Nordic watchdogs tell EIOPA, ESMA, EBA heads
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NewsNorway’s SWF recoups some green energy infrastructure losses in Q3
NBIM reports 4.4% return for GPFG between July and September, as falling interest rates propel stock markets
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NewsDanish competition watchdog calls for auto-transfer of dormant pensions
Smaller dormant accounts at risk of being entirely lost to administration fees, authority says in new report
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NewsNBIM revokes coal-based blacklistings as firms reduce exposure
Norwegian SWF ends observation status for Australia’s BHP Group and US utility Southern Co and brings five excluded stocks back into investment universe
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NewsNorwegian SWF dumps €705m General Dynamics stock in new blacklisting
NBIM announces €1bn of exclusions from its investment universe, in latest batch of companies falling foul of the GPFG’s ethical guidelines
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NewsNorway’s SWF underperforms and sees declining returns in second half
Equities were only asset class to produce positive returns for GPFG between January and June, interim report shows
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NewsNBIM devises corporate disclosure set around online risks for children
Norwegian SWF manager works with UNICEF to highlight companies’ impact on children’s rights through their digital activities
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NewsNorway’s KLP defence risks blurring all procurement rules, says Storebrand
Government ‘seems to be picking a fight with Brussels’ by rejecting ESA’s backing of complaint over lack of mandatory municipal pensions tendering, Hippe says
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NewsNBIM seeks research proposals to strengthen understanding of climate
Investment giant suggests topics could include the impact of financial decisions on real-world outcomes
