| Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global returned 4.7%, or NOK167bn (Eur22.6bn; US$28.9bn) in the third quarter (Q3) of 2012 as global stock markets rallied. The fund returned 14.5% in the last 12 months and 6.5% in the last three years.
According to a fund’s Q3 report published by Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) earlier this month, returns contributions came from equity investments (6.5%) and fixed-income investments (2.2%). Investments in real estate gained 2.7%. The overall return was 0.03 percentage point lower than the return on the fund’s benchmark indices...............................................Full Article: Source |