Norway oil fund divestment

9 Mar 2019 The divestment was hailed by the environmental lobby, but was based on The fund was built on revenue from Norway's oil and gas industry.

8 Mar 2019 But, but, but: The divestment applies only to oil-and-gas exploration and "The fund contends that it makes little sense for Norway to be doubly  18 Mar 2019 Norway's $ 1 trillion sovereign wealth fund – the world's largest – has “This partial divestment from oil and gas is welcome, but not enough to  8 Mar 2019 The Norwegian fund derives its income from the country's own oil the world's largest sovereign wealth fund Fully Divest From All Fossil Fuel. 19 Nov 2017 The global campaign to divest from fossil fuels may have just picked up its most significant ally to date – the largest sovereign wealth fund in the 

The Norwegian oil fund is one of the world's largest funds. Investments are spread across most markets, countries and currencies to achieve broad exposure to global growth and value creation, and ensure good risk diversification.

8 Mar 2019 The decision, the result of a two-year review of the giant fund's investments in fossil fuels, is a compromise that stops short of divestment in  7 Apr 2019 Norway's $1tn oil fund, the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, is to plunge The fund divested $6.5bn of coal-related investments in 2015. 8 Mar 2019 Today, Norway announced its Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), managing a combined USD 1 trillion in assets, will, pending expected  Its sovereign wealth fund, however, keeps getting richer from decades of exploiting vast oil and gas reserves [View the story “Divest Norway Stories” on Storify] 

8 Mar 2019 But, but, but: The divestment applies only to oil-and-gas exploration and "The fund contends that it makes little sense for Norway to be doubly 

11 Jun 2019 Norway's $1 Trillion Fund Wins Go-Ahead for Oil Stock Divestment. By. Mikael Holter. and. Sveinung Sleire. June 11, 2019, 4:00 PM PDT  1 Oct 2019 Norway's massive wealth fund got the go-ahead to sell oil and gas stocks to dump all its petroleum investments to a more moderate divestment.

All of these developments have a direct impact on Norway's Oil Fund.. - 7 -. 2: The case for the Oil Fund divesting from oil and gas .

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 In 2014, the fund divested from 53 coal companies around the world, including 16 companies in the US  1 Oct 2019 OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's $1.1 trillion sovereign fund will divest companies solely dedicated to oil and gas exploration and production in a bid  8 Mar 2019 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  12 Jun 2019 Norway's Government Pension Fund Global gets go ahead to divest Pension Fund Global, which is built on Norway's legacy oil earnings, will  11 Jun 2019 Norway's $1 Trillion Fund Wins Go-Ahead for Oil Stock Divestment. By. Mikael Holter. and. Sveinung Sleire. June 11, 2019, 4:00 PM PDT  1 Oct 2019 Norway's massive wealth fund got the go-ahead to sell oil and gas stocks to dump all its petroleum investments to a more moderate divestment.

8 Mar 2019 Today, Norway announced its Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), managing a combined USD 1 trillion in assets, will, pending expected 

The Government Pension Fund Global (Norwegian: Statens pensjonsfond Utland, SPU) is a fund into which the surplus wealth produced by Norwegian petroleum income is deposited. Its name changed in January 2006 from the Petroleum Fund of Norway. The fund is commonly referred to as the Oil Fund (Norwegian: Oljefondet). 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. The centre-right government in Oslo is not obliged to follow the report but is set to give its own answer in the coming months after the oil fund itself recommended selling out to avoid Norway OSLO (Bloomberg) --After revealing it wants to dump all oil stocks in a market-shattering bang in 2017, Norway’s $1.1 trillion wealth fund’s actual divestment could now be so small it hardly Norway’s sovereign wealth fund — a state-owned investment fund worth approximately a trillion dollars — recently announced it was divesting from oil and gas exploration companies around the world. Not surprisingly, many oil and gas stocks declined following the announcement. While some headlines initially misrepresented this move by claiming Norway was divesting completely from the oil and gas business, the fund’s divestment from just exploration and production companies still represents a significant comment on the long-term financial viability of the targeted companies.

13 Mar 2019 PETALING JAYA: Hibiscus Petroleum Bhd and Reach Energy Bhd will the proposed divestment of the Government Pension Fund Global  9 Mar 2019 The divestment was hailed by the environmental lobby, but was based on The fund was built on revenue from Norway's oil and gas industry. 8 Mar 2019 TSE's capped energy index falls 2.2 per cent as massive fund moves to cut investment in exploration and production companies worldwide. 8 Mar 2019 Big Oil dodged a bullet. Norway took a partial step in divesting oil and gas stocks in its massive US$1 trillion wealth fund, approving the sale of  8 Mar 2019 But, but, but: The divestment applies only to oil-and-gas exploration and "The fund contends that it makes little sense for Norway to be doubly