Norway pension fund loses $52bn in Q3

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NORWAY - The Government Pension Fund Global returned -8.8% or -NOK284bn ($52bn) due to stumbling global stock markets, third quarter results show.

The overall return was the second weakest in the fund's history and fell short the benchmark by 0.3 percentage points. Equity investments, as measured in international currency, returned -16.9% ...

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