 on Tuesday reported a record loss of 1.64 trillion Norwegian kroner ($164 billion) for the whole of 2022){kind=link}
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Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) on Tuesday reported a record loss of 1.64 trillion Norwegian kroner ($164 billion) for the whole of 2022, citing “very unusual” market conditions.
“The market was impacted by war in Europe, high inflation, and rising interest rates. This negatively impacted both the equity market and bond market at the same time, which is very unusual,” Norges Bank Investment Management CEO Nicolai Tangen said in a statement.
“All the sectors in the equity market had negative returns, with the exception of energy,” Tangen said.
The fund’s previous largest loss was 633 billion kroner in 2008 amid the global financial crisis.
The $1.3 trillion fund was established in the 1990s to invest the surplus revenues of Norway’s oil and gas sector. To date, the fund has invested in more than 9,300 companies in 70 countries around the world.