| Norway's US$860 billion sovereign wealth fund may invest more than US$4 billion in property worldwide this year, breaking the record it set last year, its chief executive said, as the fund builds up its portfolio of real estate.
The fund invests Norway's revenues from oil and gas production in stocks, bonds and property. The latter - mostly commercial real estate - represented 3 per cent of the fund's total value at the end of the third quarter but will reach 5 per cent over time. Last year, the fund invested a record 36 billion crowns (HK$32.1 billion) in net real estate purchases, CEO Yngve Slyngstad told a seminar on Friday, and may be on track this year to do more.............................................Full Article: Source
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