Norway oil funds

7 Apr 2019 Norway's $1tn oil fund, the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, is to plunge billions of dollars into wind and solar power projects.

27 Apr 2017 A false divide between ethics and economics has diluted the immense potential power of the world's biggest sovereign wealth fund. Currently, Norway's GPFG is the largest such fund in the world. The key difference of GPFG with other similar funds is that it effectively converts oil assets into an  27 May 2015 At the launch of the latest Norwegian EITI Report Minister of Petroleum Tord Lien said: “Transparency of financial flows from the extraction of oil  11 Jan 2014 Norway happens to be the seventh largest oil exporter. After Norway, the country with the second-largest sovereign wealth fund is Saudi Arabia  8 Oct 2019 Norway's largest pension fund is no stranger to Alberta's oilsands, having invested in several different oil producers over the last decade. Now 

27 Feb 2020 In a valedictory performance after 12 years at the top of Norway's oil fund, chief executive Yngve Slyngstad said the Scandinavian country now 

The Government Pension Fund of Norway comprises two entirely separate sovereign wealth funds owned by the government of Norway.. The Government Pension Fund Global, also known as the Oil Fund, was established in 1990 to invest the surplus revenues of the Norwegian petroleum sector.It has over US$1 trillion in assets, including 1.4% of global stocks and shares, making it the world’s largest Norway's huge sovereign wealth fund is dumping oil and gas stocks. Norway's huge sovereign wealth fund is dumping oil and gas stocks. The aim of the oil fund is to ensure responsible and long-term management of revenue from Norway’s oil and gas resources in the North Sea so that this wealth benefits both current and future generations. The fund’s formal name is the Government Pension Fund Global. Norway’s $1tn oil fund, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, is to plunge billions of dollars into wind and solar power projects. The decision follows Saudi Arabia’s oil fund selling The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, which manages $1tn (£770bn) of Norway’s assets, is to dump investments in firms that explore for oil and gas, but will still hold stakes in firms

30 Oct 2019 Yngve Slyngstad has resigned as chief executive of the $1tn Norwegian oil fund, the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, which quintupled in 

The closest counterparts of Norway's oil fund in Europe or North America are the investment funds created with petroleum revenue in Alberta (current population roughly four million) and Alaska (current population almost 750,000). Both of these funds were established in the mid-1970s with the great surge in oil prices.

27 Nov 2019 But, strikingly, its heritage fund was full to overflowing with more than $1 Lamphier notes that Norway's state oil company controls most of the 

6 Mar 2019 Last week the Government Pension Fund of Norway announced it had They are debating whether to sell all of their oil and gas stocks in a bid  17 Nov 2016 The Norwegian state pension fund may sound an unlikely source of inspiration, but as one of the highest profile investors on the planet,  13 Dec 2016 "Telecom, oil and gas, manufacturing, consulting, maritime and marine (fisheries) form the backbone of Norway's economy," Norwegian  27 Sep 2012 Norwegian Ministry of Finance. Fund's history. •. State's oil and gas revenues too large to be spent in the. Norwegian economy. •. Instead, broad  The Norwegian government receives revenues in both NOK and foreign currency while funds are withdrawn from the GPFG to finance the structural non-oil 

27 May 2015 At the launch of the latest Norwegian EITI Report Minister of Petroleum Tord Lien said: “Transparency of financial flows from the extraction of oil 

The industry plays a vital role in the Norwegian economy and the financing of the Norwegian welfare state. The oil and gas sector is Norway's largest measured  6 Mar 2019 Last week the Government Pension Fund of Norway announced it had They are debating whether to sell all of their oil and gas stocks in a bid  17 Nov 2016 The Norwegian state pension fund may sound an unlikely source of inspiration, but as one of the highest profile investors on the planet,  13 Dec 2016 "Telecom, oil and gas, manufacturing, consulting, maritime and marine (fisheries) form the backbone of Norway's economy," Norwegian  27 Sep 2012 Norwegian Ministry of Finance. Fund's history. •. State's oil and gas revenues too large to be spent in the. Norwegian economy. •. Instead, broad 

12 Jun 2019 The world's largest sovereign wealth fund will divest from a slew of coal companies and oil explorers and producers, after Norway's parliament  19 Mar 2019 Norway's $ 1 trillion sovereign wealth fund – the world's largest – has taken a partial step to dump oil stocks, approving the sale of smaller