Market Moves
World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Embeds AI Into Portfolio Management
Norway’s $2.1 trillion Government Pension Fund Global is using large language models to screen all of its investments.
Palantir Technologies has been accused of contributing to human rights violations by providing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with software used to track targets for mass deportation.
Despite a 1.6% loss in Q1, the $1.92 trillion Government Pension Fund Global returned 5.7% for the first six months of 2025.
The country’s central bank has also terminated its contracts with external managers in Israel.
It’s trickier for some, like the Norwegian program, which is funded by North Sea oil.
Fund manager Norges Bank Investment Management sided with Shell in rejecting a proposal to align greenhouse gas targets with the Paris agreement.