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Norway's Oil Fund

  • Sunday, 30 March, 2025
    Norway urged to drop ‘crazy’ ban on investment in defence companies

    Opposition leader vows to overturn rule barring $1.8tn fund from holding stakes in defence sector if her party wins election

    Erna Solberg
  • Wednesday, 5 March, 2025
    NBIM
    Norway’s oil fund to allocate billions to long-short equity hedge funds

    Norges Bank Investment Management to give $250mn mandates to external managers

    Nicolai Tangen
  • Tuesday, 28 January, 2025
    Elon Musk
    Musk clashed with Tangen over Norway oil fund’s vote against Tesla pay

    Newly released text messages show carmaker boss turned down Tangen’s dinner invitation last year

    Composite images of Elon Musk and Nicolai Tangen
  • Wednesday, 22 January, 2025
    Property sector
    Norway’s oil fund places £306mn bet on Mayfair property

    Duke of Westminster’s company Grosvenor sells stake in new £1.2bn joint venture in London’s West End

    Grosvenor Square in London’s Mayfair
  • Saturday, 8 June, 2024
    Tesla Inc
    Norway’s oil fund to vote against Musk’s $56bn Tesla pay award

    Top 10 shareholder of carmaker says it is ‘concerned’ about size of package

  • Thursday, 23 May, 2024
    Business InsightRichard Milne
    Norway’s oil fund and its Israel-Palestine dilemma

    Oslo is insistent that its fund is not a foreign policy tool but pressure is rising to take a stance on Middle East conflict

    The Johan Sverdrup field centre in the North Sea
  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    Europeans ‘less hard-working’ than Americans, says Norway oil fund boss

    Tangen finds US investments more attractive due to weaker regulations and more risk-taking

    Nicolai Tangen
  • Friday, 12 April, 2024
    Private equity
    Norway says ‘nei’ to private equity

    For now at least

  • Friday, 15 March, 2024
    Samsung C&T Corp
    Samsung quashes activist proposals backed by Norway’s oil fund

    South Korean conglomerate’s de facto holding company rejects calls to increase dividends and share buybacks

    A flag bearing the Samsung logo flutters in front of the company’s office building
  • Tuesday, 5 March, 2024
    Private equity
    Is private equity actually worth it?

    Alphaville examines the investment case for the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund adding the finance industry’s hottest asset class to its mandate

  • Friday, 1 March, 2024
    Norway wealth fund sells Jardine stake over gold mine worries

    Martabe expansion threatens habitat of endangered Tapanuli orangutan, say campaigners

    The orangutan holds on to a tree branch with green leaves behind it
  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    Energy Source
    How big a hypocrite is Norway on energy matters? Premium content

    The rich Nordic country is western Europe’s biggest petroleum producer but likes to tout its green credentials too

    An offshore oil drilling platform in the North Sea
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    Interview
    Norway oil fund boss criticises ExxonMobil’s ‘aggressive’ climate lawsuit

    Top-10 shareholder weighs in on supermajor’s case against now-withdrawn emissions targets proposal

    Nicolai Tangen speaks to the media
  • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
    UBS Group AG
    Norway’s $1.4tn oil fund becomes top UBS shareholder

    Swiss lender is trying to win over international investors to see benefits of its takeover of Credit Suisse

    A person holding a phone bearing the logo of Norges Bank Investment Management
  • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
    Business InsightRichard Milne
    Norway’s oil fund is sending a message to companies on AI

    Head of sovereign investor warns boards are ‘absolutely not on top’ of the issues surrounding the technology

    Nicolai Tangen
  • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
    Interview
    Norway oil fund chief attacks UK backlash against green measures

    Chief executive Nicolai Tangen says climate change is an increasing financial risk and should not be a matter of politics

    Nicolai Tangen
  • Friday, 26 May, 2023
    Oil & Gas industry
    Norway’s oil fund sides with climate activists against Exxon and Chevron

    World’s biggest sovereign wealth fund attempts to force policy change at US groups despite backing European oil majors

    Just Stop Oil climate activists march in central London as part of their campaign calling on the UK government to end approval for exploring, developing and producing fossil fuels
  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    Norway’s $1.4tn oil fund to step up ESG proposals to US companies

    World’s biggest sovereign investor to expand use of shareholder motions after successful trial

    The Equinor ASA offshore oil drilling platform on Johan Sverdrup oil field in the North Sea
  • Friday, 28 April, 2023
    Norway’s $1.4tn wealth fund calls for state regulation of AI

    CEO Nicolai Tangen says fund will set guidelines for companies it invests in on ‘ethical’ use of artificial intelligence

    Nicolai Tangen
  • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
    Climate change will keep inflation high, Norway’s oil fund chief warns

    Transition to greener economy will also hit consumer prices, says $1.3tn sovereign wealth fund boss Nicolai Tangen

    Nicolai Tangen
  • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
    Norway’s $1.3tn oil fund bounces back after worst year since 2008

    Sovereign wealth fund has gained 5% so far this year but chief executive warns of ‘uncertain’ 2023

    Chief executive Nicolai Tangen
  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    InterviewWorld Economic Forum
    Norway fund chief warns at Davos of ‘very, very low’ returns for stocks

    New cycle of Federal Reserve rate rises is ‘not that unlikely’, says Nicolai Tangen

    Nicolai Tangen
  • Monday, 16 January, 2023
    Nicolai Tangen
    Boards behaving badly should watch out

    Norway’s oil fund expects business leaders to sharpen up their act on climate and executive pay

    Group business meeting around conference table
  • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
    Norwegian oil fund to vote against companies without net zero targets

    Nicolai Tangen says $1.3tn sovereign wealth investor will also look at groups that overpay executives

    Montage of Nicolai Tangen and an oil rig
  • Monday, 19 September, 2022
    ESG investing
    Norway oil fund warns of ‘danger’ that environment falls down agenda

    Nicolai Tangen calls on investors to stay focused on issue despite slowdown and Republican hostility

    Nicolai Tangen
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