Market volatility saddled Norway’s massive sovereign fund with its biggest loss in years

Market volatility saddled Norway’s massive sovereign fund with its biggest loss in years

Market volatility saddled Norway’s massive sovereign fund with its biggest loss in years

By / Finance / Friday, 27 April 2018 14:50

Norway’s massive sovereign wealth fund isn’t immune from the market volatility that has roiled investors around the world this year. The fund reported today that it lost 1.5% in the first three months of the year, its worst quarterly decline since the third quarter of 2015. It also broke a seven-quarter streak of positive returns.

This sent the value of the fund down by 171 billion kroner ($21 billion), or more once currency fluctuations and withdrawals by the government are factored in. This is quite the turnaround from 2017, when the fund’s value increased by the most in its 20-year history.

 

Read more at Quartz Media.

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