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Why Norges Bank leads the world in transparency

Norges Bank has taken the top spot again in the Global Pension Transparency Benchmark. But perhaps even more extraordinary than the consistency and continuous improvement, this year the fund was awarded a perfect score of 100. Amanda White spoke to CEO Nicolai Tangen on how the fund improved transparency.
Amanda WhiteDecember 17, 2024
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Countering cyber threats

Amanda WhiteAugust 28, 2013
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Agency risk in US public funds a formula for disaster

Amanda WhiteAugust 28, 2013
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Innovating investment beliefs

Amanda WhiteAugust 28, 2013
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Hybrids: best of both worlds

Amanda WhiteAugust 27, 2013
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US banking system needs structural reform

Continued use of quantitative easing is sowing the seeds of financial instability, according to Sheila Bair, former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, who says that the 2008 crisis taught us a credit-driven economy is not sustainable. Bair has been an outspoken critic of quantitative easing and says there has been too much reliance […]
Amanda WhiteAugust 27, 2013
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How to solve Chicago’s pension pain

Moody’s recent downgrade of the City of Chicago was because of its pension liabilities, according to the city’s treasurer, Stephanie Neely, who says the current actions to fix the funding deficit problems are just “re-arranging the furniture”. “The benefits and contributions are the problem: we cannot invest our way out of this,” she says, adding […]
Amanda WhiteAugust 27, 2013