NEWS

CNBC/Reuters: UPDATE 2-Norway wealth fund earned a record $180 bln in 2019


< Back to all news

CNBC/Reuters: UPDATE 2-Norway wealth fund earned a record $180 bln in 2019

Business

Category: Accounting / Financial

OSLO, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, made a 19.9% return on investment last year, earning a record 1.69 trillion Norwegian crowns ($180 billion) as stock markets rallied, it said on Thursday.

The $1.1 trillion fund’s return for the year was stronger than that of its benchmark index, it added.

“2019 has been a very good year for the fund … this is the greatest increase in value in a single year in the fund’s history,” said central bank Governor Oeystein Olsen, who chairs the fund’s board.

Read entire article HERE.

Source: CNBC