Government Pension Fund Global

Global Pension Transparency Benchmark

Norway’s GPFG keeps most transparent pension fund title with perfect score

Norway’s $2 trillion Government Pension Fund Global has retained its title as the world’s most transparent fund, scoring 100 out of 100 for the second year in a row, according to the results of the 2025 Global Pension Transparency Benchmark. It was closely followed by CPP Investments and CDPQ.

Darcy SongOctober 30, 2025

Investor Profile

Why transparency is a strategic initiative for Norway’s SWF

Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund took out the top spot in this year’s Global Pension Transparency Benchmark. Amanda White talks to CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, Nicolai Tangen, about why transparency is important and why under his leadership Norges aims to be the best fund in the world.

Amanda WhiteAugust 15, 2023

Investor Profile

Norway’s Folketrygdfondet seeks to spread its wings

Why Folketrygdfondet, the asset manager of Norway’s Government Pension Fund Norway’s NOK 330 billion ($31.4 billion) allocation to domestic and Nordic fixed income and equities, wants to spread its wings.

Sarah RundellMay 16, 2023

Asset Classes

Norway reviews GPFG strategy

Norway is looking into whether GPFG, the world’s largest sovereign fund, should take on more diversifying assets and expand its tracking error. The fund’s ESG performance is also under review.

Sarah RundellAugust 28, 2017

Asset Classes

How GPFG built its property portfolio

In the six years since Norway’s finance ministry approved the $871 billion Government Pension Fund Global invest in foreign real estate, its real estate arm has built a substantial portfolio.

Sarah RundellOctober 19, 2016

Uncategorised posts

Asset owners invisible in capital debate

Asset owners are not visible in the policy debate about the structural shortage of long-term capital, according to Sony Kapoor, managing director of Re-Define, an economic and financial think tank that advises policy makers and civil society in the European Union. Kapoor, who recently completed a paper critiquing the Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund’s investment strategy, […]

Amanda WhiteSeptember 6, 2013

Government Pension Fund Global

Global Pension Transparency Benchmark

Norway’s GPFG keeps most transparent pension fund title with perfect score

Investor Profile

Why transparency is a strategic initiative for Norway’s SWF

Investor Profile

Norway’s Folketrygdfondet seeks to spread its wings

Asset Classes

Norway reviews GPFG strategy

Asset Classes

How GPFG built its property portfolio

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