07.06.2010 - Norway says SWF won’t move to exclude Israel
From Bloomberg: Norway’s sovereign wealth fund won’t exclude companies from Israel, which raided aid-laden ships bound for Gaza, from its portfolio because it doesn’t set ethical rules based on nationality, the Finance Ministry said. “It’s not in keeping with the ethical guidelines to exclude all companies located in a particular geographic area or country,” the ministry said in a statement on its website today. “If we exclude companies due to their presence in a region, or because of a particular nationality, the fund would be perceived as a foreign policy instrument.”...............................................Full Article: Source
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