Fund to Buy Stakes in Five Properties in Paris
The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global agreed today to buy 50 percent of five properties in Paris from Generali Group for 275 million euros, or approximately 2.1 billion Norwegian kroner.
View ArticleNBIM Hosts Seminar on Water-Related Risks at Companies in Asia and Australia
Limited access to fresh water is a growing risk for an increasing number of companies. Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) will on July 4 at the Singapore International Water Week host a seminar...
View ArticleNBIM Hosts Second Annual Financial Research Conference
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), manager of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, on 19 June hosted its second annual financial research conference.
View ArticleStock Rally Spurs Strong Quarter
The Government Pension Fund Global returned 7.1 percent, or 234 billion kroner, in the first quarter of 2012 as stock markets rose. Measured in kroner, the quarterly return was the third largest since...
View ArticleOlsen, Slyngstad Speak at Parliamentary Hearing on Fund
Norges Bank Governor Øystein Olsen and NBIM CEO Yngve Slyngstad today spoke at a parliamentary hearing in Oslo on the management of the Government Pension Fund Global. Olsen and Slyngstad each made an...
View ArticleNorges Bank Publishes Letters of Advice on Investment Strategy
Norges Bank today published three letters to the Norwegian Ministry of Finance advising on the investment strategy of the Government Pension Fund Global. The letters were sent to the ministry earlier...
View ArticleAdidas, Nestlé Among Companies With Top Marks for Reporting on Child Labour,...
Adidas, Nestlé and Air France-KLM were among 39 companies in a survey of 1,078 companies that received top marks for reporting on social or environmental risks in 2011. More than a third of the...
View ArticleStock Declines Push Down Results in 2011
The Government Pension Fund Global returned -2.5 percent, or -86 billion kroner, in 2011 as global stock markets slumped.
View ArticleNBIM Sponsors Asian Corporate Governance Association
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), manager of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, will sponsor the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA).
View ArticleNBIM Seeks Proxy Access at Six US Companies
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), manager of the $550 billion Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, has filed shareholder proposals for proxy access at six US companies as part of its...
View ArticleCompanies Should Take More Action on Water Risks
Scarce water resources may, like climate change, harm companies' operations and profitability. Yet efforts to manage water-related risks are lagging behind the steps taken to tackle climate change,...
View ArticleNFI Starts PhD Scholarship Programme
The Norwegian Finance Initiative (NFI) today introduced a doctorate scholarship programme as part of its efforts to promote financial economic research and education in areas relevant to the long-term...
View ArticleStock Slump Weighs on Third-Quarter Results
The Government Pension Fund Global returned -8.8 percent, or -284 billion kroner, in the third quarter of 2011 as global stock markets tumbled.
View ArticleNBIM Signs Investor Statement on Climate Change
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), manager of the Government Pension Fund Global, is one of 285 signatories of the 2011 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change.
View ArticleNBIM Wins Gold for 2010 Annual Report
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), manager of the Government Pension Fund Global, on 14 September won the Farmand prize for the best annual report by a public institution in Norway.
View ArticleNBIM Hosts its First Financial Research Conference
Norges Bank Investment Managment (NBIM), manager of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, is today hosting its first financial research conference.
View ArticleScarce Water Resources of Increasing Concern to NBIM
Limited access to clean water is a growing risk for an increasing number of the companies the Government Pension Fund Global invests in. The United Nations forecasts that almost half the world’s...
View ArticleQuarterly Return of 4 Billion Kroner
The Government Pension Fund Global returned 0.3 percent, or 4 billion kroner, in the second quarter of 2011 after rising bond prices outweighed a slump in large parts of the stock markets.
View ArticleFund to Make First Property Investment in France
The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global agreed today to buy 50 percent of seven properties in and around Paris from AXA Group, the fund’s first real estate investment in France.
View ArticleWalt Disney, Ericsson Among Companies With Top Marks for Child Labour Risk...
Walt Disney, Ericsson and Hennes & Mauritz were among 9 out of 527 companies to get top marks for managing and reporting on the risks of child labour use and children’s rights violations in their...
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