Investments
Norges Bank Investment Management aims to make the most of the fund's two distinguishing characteristics, its long-term approach and its considerable size, to generate strong returns and safeguard wealth for future generations.
Holdings
We invest in around 9,000 companies and have investments in 72 countries. The fund's annual holdings are available from 1998 to the end of 2017.
investment strategy
The fund is invested globally in international equities, fixed income and real estate. The goal is to have well diversified investments that distribute risk and generate the highest possible return within the mandate from the Ministry of Finance.
As at 31 March 2018, the fund's asset allocation was 66.2 percent equities, 2.7 percent unlisted real estate and 31.2 percent fixed income.
Investment strategy
largest equity investments
APPLE
.US
MICROSOFT
.US
NESTLÉ
.CH
ALPHABET
.US
ROYAL DUTCH
SHELL
.UK
AMAZON.COM
.US
Tencent
.CN
Equity management
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The fund's
real estate
investments
Our goal is to build a global, but concentrated, real estate portfolio. The strategy is to invest in a limited number of major cities in key markets.
Real Estate investments
The Fund's first
ASIAN
property
investments
were made in 2017
Investments in unlisted real estate accounted for 2.7 percent of the fund at the end of the first quarter of 2018. Unlisted real estate may constitute up to 7 percent of the investment portfolio. New investments will generally be in well-developed markets and in office and retail properties.
Real estate management