| The Sovereign Wealth Fund returned ‘a moderate’ NOK 78bn (1.7%) in the first quarter of 2014, according to a statement. Fixed-income investments returned 2 per cent and equity investments 1.5 per cent, say Norges Bank Investment Management.
The return on these investments was just 0.01 per cent higher than the return on benchmark indices, whilst investments in real estate returned 2 per cent. "All asset classes contributed positively to the result, and there were only minor differences between them. The return was boosted by lower interest rates in the fund’s main markets,” said NBIM managing director Yngve Slyngstad...............................................Full Article: Source
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