Role model for Germany – this is how Scandinavian sovereign wealth funds achieve attractive returns

Sunset in Oslo

Since it was founded, the Norwegian bond fund has achieved an average return of 5.8 percent with its investment strategy.

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Stockholm It will soon be the same in Germany. According to the plans of Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP), stock pensions are to start as early as next year – as an additional support for the chronically overburdened pension system. Models for the mixed system of pay-as-you-go and funded pensions can be found in Northern Europe. Both Sweden and Norway have been following this approach for years. With success: What can Germany learn from these models?

The investment professionals from Oslo have been managing Norway’s state revenues from the oil and gas business since 1998. The goal: the well-developed welfare state should also be able to be financed long after the oil and gas wells have dried up. So far this has worked well.

Since it was founded, the fund has achieved an average return of 5.8 percent with its investment strategy. And that despite the financial crises, low interest rates and geopolitical upheavals.

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