2007
PRESS RELEASE
12 DECEMBER 2007
Hovedstyret i Norges Bank har ansatt Yngve Slyngstad som ny leder i Norges Bank Investment Management etter Knut N. Kjær.
PRESS RELEASE
20 NOVEMBER 2007
There was a positive overall return on the Government Pension Fund – Global of 1.15 per cent in the third quarter. There was turmoil in financial markets in July and August. Equity prices fell, but this was more than offset by rising bond prices.
PRESS RELEASE
26 SEPTEMBER 2007
Anne Kvam has been appointed new head of Corporate Governance at Norges Bank Investment Management, NBIM. Kvam is 40 and will join the Bank from her current post as legal director at Norske Skog. She will succeed Henrik Syse who has headed Corporate Go
PRESS RELEASE
19 SEPTEMBER 2007
Knut N. Kjær resigns as head of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM). NBIM manages the USD 328 billion Government Pension Fund – Global and the bulk of Norges Bank’s foreign exchange reserves.
PRESS RELEASE
21 AUGUST 2007
The return on the Government Pension Fund – Global was 2.2 per cent in the second quarter. The advance in international equity markets contributed to the return, particularly in Europe, the US and emerging markets. The return on the international equit
PRESS RELEASE
22 MAY 2007
The return on the Government Pension Fund – Global was 1.5 per cent in the first quarter. The rise in international equity markets made the largest contribution to the return. Norges Bank achieved an excess return of 0.09 percentage point compared with
PRESS RELEASE
02 FEBRUARY 2007
Espen Klitzing (43) has been appointed Chief Financial Officer at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM). He will serve as deputy for Chief Executive Officer Knut N. Kjær and will be responsible for the central management and analysis functions
