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The Norwegian government announced on 5 April 2016 that neither of the country's sovereign pension funds will start investing in unlisted infrastructure.
The Government Pension Fund of Norway comprises the NKr7,045 billion ($844 billion) Government Pension Fund Global (SPU) in which surplus wealth from petroleum income is held, and the NKr198.4 billion Government Pension Fund Norway (SPN) which the National Insurance Scheme Fund administers.
Minister of Finance Siv Jensen said: "After an overall assessment, the emphasis is against opening up the SPU fund to private infrastructure investment now. It will be...