| Norway has been able to amass tremendous financial wealth from petroleum revenue over the past fifteen years. The wealth fund commands attention from policymakers, asset managers and the citizens of Norway. Thus, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), the ex-Norway part of oil-derived assets, wields significant influence when it comes to corporate governance and investment policy.
For example, allocation to renewable and environmental strategies gained further traction in 2009, amid pressure from Norwegian politicians. During that period, Norway’s sovereign fund awarded mandates to a number of external managers in environmental-related mandates. By 2014, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) established their first portfolio dedicated to green bonds, in which the reference portfolio is based on a sub-segment of the Barclays MSCI Green Bond Indices...............................................Full Article: Source
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