Norway $2.3 Trillion Fund Returns 9.4% as Tech Holdings Gain
THE SO WHAT
A 9.4% H1 return on a $2.3T fund, driven by US tech, reinforces how concentrated global performance is in a small set of platforms. Corporate treasury and CIOs need to be explicit about whether they’re comfortable with that same concentration risk in their own portfolios and vendor stack.
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