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Norway sovereign wealth fund performance and risk

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Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global reported record semi-annual profits for the first half of 2026, totaling approximately 22.695 trillion NOK ($2.34 trillion) in assets. Following a difficult first quarter, the fund achieved a 9.4 percent return, including a record profit of 1.753 trillion NOK ($184.3 billion). Growth has been driven by global equity markets and a strategic shift toward the AI supply chain. The fund significantly increased its exposure to the Taiwan market, with holdings rising 50.7 percent to $61.9 billion. TSMC remains a major holding at $33.5 billion, alongside notable increases in MediaTek and a 426 percent surge in Yageo’s valuation. The fund has also expanded into frontier tech and crypto-adjacent sectors. In the second quarter of 2026, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) disclosed an expanded position in AST SpaceMobile, Inc., acquiring an additional 604,458 shares to reach a valuation of €256 million. It also maintains a $1.22 billion equity position in SpaceX, representing a 0.05 percent stake in the private company. To gain indirect cryptocurrency exposure, the fund holds an $81.87 million position in BitMine Immersion Technologies for Ethereum exposure, alongside stakes in MicroStrategy, Coinbase, and MARA Holdings, which brought indirect Bitcoin holdings to approximately 11,549 BTC in the first half of 2026. By August 2026, the AI boom continued to fuel performance, with the fund achieving an 11.5 percent surge in a single quarter. However, CEO Nicolai Tangen warned that an extreme market collapse driven by artificial intelligence valuations is “not completely improbable,” describing the current economic environment as “abnormal.” In early September 2026, ~~Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)~~ NBIM proposed a major restructuring of its fixed-income portfolio to ~~improve diversification.~~ the Norwegian Ministry of Finance. The ~~proposal~~ plan recommends reducing the allocation of government bonds within the fund’s benchmark index from 70% to 50%.

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