'Loss of key managers affects fund performance'

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NORWAY - The e111bn Petroleum Fund said that the biggest stumbling block to hiring new external managers was the high staff turnover among existing key personnel.

Knut Kjaer, executive director, Norges Bank Investment Management said: “We are constantly on the look-out for good active managers – both equities and bonds. “But a huge problem that we face wi...

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