PRESS RELEASE
06 DECEMBER 2011
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 efforts to strengthen shareholder rights.
16 NOVEMBER 2011
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, according to the CDP Water Disclosure global report 2011, published today.
04 NOVEMBER 2011
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 management of the Government Pension Fund Global.
PRESS RELEASE
28 OCTOBER 2011
The Government Pension Fund Global returned -8.8 percent, or -284 billion kroner, in the third quarter of 2011 as global stock markets tumbled.
20 OCTOBER 2011
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.
15 SEPTEMBER 2011
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.
30 AUGUST 2011
Norges Bank Investment Managment (NBIM), manager of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, is today hosting its first financial research conference.
PRESS RELEASE
24 AUGUST 2011
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 population will live in areas facing water stress or water scarcity by 2030. Global demand for water is expected to outstrip supply by 40 percent within the same time, according to McKinsey.
PRESS RELEASE
12 AUGUST 2011
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.
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05 JULY 2011
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.
PRESS RELEASE
10 JUNE 2011
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 operations and supply chains. Nearly half of the companies in the annual evaluation by NBIM, manager of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, scored zero.
23 MAY 2011
Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon Magnus visited NBIM’s Oslo office Monday. He was given an introduction to the investment activities and ownership work of the Government Pension Fund Global. The visit was the first to NBIM by a member of the Norwegian royal family.
20 MAY 2011
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 introductory statement at the annual hearing before the Norwegian parliament’s Standing Committee of Finance and Economic Affairs.
PRESS RELEASE
13 MAY 2011
The Government Pension Fund Global returned 2.1 percent, or 59 billion kroner, in the first quarter of 2011 as stock market gains in Europe and the US offset a drop in Asian share prices.
12 APRIL 2011
01 APRIL 2011
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages the Norwegian Pension Fund Global, has made organisational changes to strengthen its investment management.
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18 MARCH 2011
The Government Pension Fund Global returned 9.6 percent, or 264 billion kroner, in 2010, driven by widespread gains in global stock and bond markets.
04 MARCH 2011
Chief Investment Officer Bengt Enge will leave Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) after 13 years with the organisation.
03 FEBRUARY 2011
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), which manages the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, has named Trond Grande as its new deputy chief executive officer after Stephen Hirsch stepped down from the position in October last year. Grande has served as NBIM’s Chief Risk Officer since October 2009. He will assume the new position today.
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13 JANUARY 2011
Norges Bank, which manages the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, today signed an agreement for the fund’s first real estate investment, the purchase of a 150-year lease on a 25 percent stake in The Crown Estate’s Regent Street properties in London.
