News list
30 JUNE 2010
Norwegian finance minister Sigbjørn Johnsen and Norges Bank’s governor Svein Gjedrem were in attendance on Wednesday when Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), manager of the Government Pension Fund Global, opened a new office in Singapore. The office will help NBIM’s existing office in Shanghai to cover the increasingly important Asia region.
04 JUNE 2010
31 MAY 2010
NBIM has updated the GIPS report released in March 2010 with a missing disclosure. The missing disclosure relates to the presence, use, and extent of leverage and derivatives, including a sufficient description of the use, frequency, and characteristics of the instruments to identify risks.
31 MAY 2010
The recent cocoa industry meeting in Utrecht showed companies are still far from fulfilling their 2001 pledge to eliminate child labour in the sector. Industry leaders must take concrete action to remedy this, say pension fund managers Norges Bank Investment Management and APG Asset Management.
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS AT AN OPEN HEARING
18 MAY 2010
Norges Bank Governor Svein Gjedrem and NBIM CEO Yngve Slyngstad on 18 May spoke at an open hearing before the Norwegian parliament’s Standing Committee of Finance and Economic Affairs. The annual hearing was about management of the Government Pension Fund Global.
