Norway

NORWAY - The Government Pension Fund Global saw 5.4% (155bn kroner, $25bn) wiped off its investments in the second quarter of 2010, pulled down by a decline in global equity markets and a massive loss on its stake in BP.

NORWAY/ASIA - Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the world's second largest, will increase investments in Asia, as the region leads the global economic recovery, said Norges Bank Governor Svein Gjedrem.

NORWAY - Norges Bank has appointed State Street Corporation to provide fund administration services for the real estate portion of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund.

NORWAY - Radical changes to laws governing defined benefit plans in Norway will be needed to adapt the schemes to the new old-age state pension, a commission tasked with examining the future of pensions in the country's private sector has concluded.

The current Norwegian pension system is to be replaced by a new system in 2011, but will it solve the problems, or create new ones? Alison Swersky reports

Alison Swersky speaks to Norway's finance minister Sigbjørn Johnsen about the Ministry of Finance's decision to limit active risk within the Government Pension Fund Global

Norwegian pensions have tended to adapt a careful approach to investment but following the financial meltdown, has this proved successful? Giovanni Legorano reports

NORWAY/GREECE - Norway's public pension fund appears to be the biggest proportional loser from knock-on effects of Greece's debt woes, after Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) boosted its holdings in Greek equities by 45.8% during the second half...

Staff at Norway's NOK2.7trn (US$452.2bn) Government Pension Fund Global must be breathing a sigh of relief as the Ministry of Finance took a slightly lighter touch when restricting its investments than had been feared.

SWEDEN/ISRAEL - Four of the buffer funds in the Swedish pay-as-you-go pension system have cut their ties with an Israeli defense company on ethical grounds.