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Norway's $2 trillion sovereign fund proposes deep cuts to US Treasury holdings
The fund said the shift would raise non-government U.S. fixed income to 27.6% and keep enough liquidity during market turbulence.
- Norges Bank Investment Management proposed reducing its government bond allocation from 70% to 50%, a shift that would gradually cut Treasury holdings from 34.1% to 21.9% of its portfolio.
- High debt loads across developed economies make GDP-based weighting obsolete, according to Norges Bank Governor Ida Wolden Bache and CEO Nicolai Tangen, who recommend switching to market-value weighting to better manage risk.
- The proposal also reduces euro area government bond holdings from 16.8% to 14.1% while increasing Japanese government bond allocations from 4.6% to 7.4%, and introduces mortgage-backed securities at roughly 13% of the index.
- Economist Mohamed El-Erian told CNBC that while the reduction size is not major, "the signal that traditional holders and buyers are becoming less reliable is a very important one." 30 words, one sentence, exact quote from Statement 5, immediate attribution to El-Erian.
- The Ministry of Finance has commissioned an independent expert group to assess the fund's overall strategy, with findings due by January 2027 to help determine the bond index composition.
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der Standard DEThe Fund's decision, which has an average of 1.5 percent of all companies listed worldwide, could affect financial markets
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