The world's biggest sovereign wealth fund is getting roughed up

Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the biggest in the world, is getting chewed. The $840 billion fund lost more than 5% on its investments in the past month, the fund's CEO, Yngve Slyngstad, said, according to Bloomberg's Saleha Mohsin.

Funds feel heat of coal and tar divestment drive

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - For Rivka Micklewaite and fellow students, securing a pledge this week from Oxford University to avoid direct investments in companies producing coal or tar sands is just the beginning.

Sovereign wealth funds: What does it take to succeed?

Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the country's collective bank account now valued at $1 trillion and built from off-shore oil reserves, is often held up as a prime example of how such funds can succeed.

Norway wealth fund, Och-Ziff among investors in Cinda IPO-sources

Nov 24 (Reuters) - A group of 10 investors, including Norway's sovereign wealth fund and Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, have together committed to buy about $1.1 billion into China Cinda Asset Management Corp as part of its Hong Kong IPO, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

Norway's $800 bln fund should lose independent ethics panel -report

OSLO, Nov 11 (Reuters) - The ethics panel that decides which firms Norway's $800-billion wealth fund should avoid should lose its independence and become part of the central bank, a report said, a shift critics said would undermine the fund's ethical strategy.

Canadian pension fund seals European warehouse deal with Segro

LONDON (Reuters) - One of Canada's largest pension funds formed a joint venture with Britain's Segro for a portfolio of European warehouses, the latest global investor attracted by the high returns of industrial real estate.

Canada Pension Plan, Hammerson buy UK mall stake for $476 million

LONDON (Reuters) - Canada's Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), one of the world's largest pension funds, and landlord Hammerson have bought a stake in a major British shopping center for 307 million pounds ($476 million).

Norway sovereign wealth fund loses $15 bn in 2011

Norway's sovereign wealth fund lost $15 billion last year as European stock prices fell over uncertain growth prospects amid the debt crisis, the country's central bank said Friday.

Norway Oil Fund Invests In Further London Properties

Norway's sovereign wealth fund has taken another step towards its target of investing 5% of its assets in property by buying a stake in two central London addresses for GBP7 million.

Norway's Pension Fund Global, sometimes referred to as the oil fund, bought a 25% stake in 4 Conduit Street and 1 Maddox Street, alongside a 75% investment by the U.K. Crown Estate, with the total investment by both parties valued at GBP28 million, according to a statement from the Crown Estate Sunday.

Norway's sovereign wealth fund takes No.1 position

Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the Government Pension Fund Global, reached nearly 3,100 billion Norwegian kroner (about 574 billion U.S. dollars), making it the world's biggest such fund, Norwegian-language newspaper DN reported on Friday.

It was the first time the fund had been in top spot since it started 15 years ago, the newspaper said, quoting analysis by the U.S. Monitor Group.