Norges Bank Investment Management Rationale for the Strategic Asset Allocation in the Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund Presentation to The Actuarial Profession Investment Conference, 26 June 2000 by Knut N. Kjær, Norges Bank Investment Management www.norges-bank.no knut-n.kjaer@norges- bank.no
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Norges Bank Investment Management
Rationale for the Strategic Asset Allocation in the Norwegian
Government Petroleum Fund
Presentation to The Actuarial Profession Investment Conference, 26 June 2000
• Population 4.5 mill.• GDP $ 155 bill. • GDP/person $ 34,600 • Surplus at the central government budget:
$ 15.5 bill. 10% of GDP
• Surplus at the current account: $ 17.8 bill.
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The petroleum sector
• Norway is the world’s second largest net exporter of oil
• Value added in production of petroleum is 16 percent of GDP
• Petroleum exports representis 43 percent of total exports
• 10 percent of the government petroleum revenues will be spent on the central government budget in 2000
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The Petroleum Fund
• The Government Petroleum Fund was established by law in 1990
• The inflow to the Fund is the yearly surplus of the central government account
• The first transfer occurred in May 1996 • The fund is not formally a pension fund but is used
by the government to manage the budget surplus / deficit
• The fund may become an important tool for coping with the financial challenges connected with an ageing population and declining oil revenues
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Growth of the Petroleum Fund
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Capital (Bill. USD)Net budget surplus Estimate
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Strategic issues
• From petroleum to financial assets
• Macroeconomic concerns
• Pension system and expenditures
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From petroleum to financial assets
• Investments in the Petroleum Fund represent a diversification of national wealth from petroleum in the ground to financial assets
• Simple efficient frontier analysis based on historical data shows that this transformation reduces risk and increases return
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Petroleum and financial wealth
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1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
Illustration from Government Long Term Programme 1997
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Financial w ealth
Petroleumw ealth
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Norway’s national wealthPercentage distribution
6.51.2 0.6
6.613.315.6
79.676.6
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Oil and gas Financialassets
Fixed assets Humancapital
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Macroeconomic concerns
• How much of the petroleum revenues can be used in the mainland economy?
• How can one avoid turning the Petroleum Fund investments into a “second budget”, undermining the role of the parliament in the ordinary budget process?
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Use of the Petroleum Fund
• Petroleum Fund Act:
– The capital of the Fund may only be used for transfers to the central government budget pursuant to a resolution by the Storting (Norwegian parliament). The capital of the Fund may not be used for any other purpose, including the provision of credit to central government or to private sector entities.
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Why does the Fund invest abroad?
• Budget concern– The Petroleum Fund should not be a second budget
• Monetary policy concern– The petroleum activity yields substantial currency
income
– Accumulation of foreign reserves counteracts appreciation of the currency
• Sector balance concern– Real appreciation would shift resources to non-
competitive sectors ; avoid “Dutch disease”
• Investment concern – Better return on risk abroad
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1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Share of government petroleum income invested in the Petroleum Fund
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Pension system and expenditures
• The core of the Norwegian pensions are publicly financed
• The public pension system is a two tier compulsory system
• The public pension expenditures will almost double as a share of GDP over the next 30 years
• While the petroleum revenues must be expected to decrease significantly
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Net cash flow from petroleum sector and pension expenditures (% of GDP)
02468
1012141618
1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
%
Pension expenditures
Petroleum revenues
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The benchmark composition
• Following from the strategic background:The Fund shall only invest in financial assets abroad
• Important issues in deciding the investment strategy-Asset classes and asset allocation-Regional allocation-Risk tolerance
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Strategic asset allocation
• Purpose of the Fund• “In terms of the Petroleum Fund, it is natural to apply a long
investment horizon and to recognize the importance of preserving the Fund's international purchasing power" (Revised National
Budget 1997)
• Two implications– should not focus on short-term fluctuations
in return– should not measure return in Norwegian
kroner• The strategy was changed in January 1998 to
include equities
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Asset classes
• Fixed income: At least 90 per cent of the bond portfolio shall be securities with a government guarantee and the last 10 per cent must be of investment grade quality
• Private equities and properties are not yet considered
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OLD (UNTIL NEW (AFTER31.12.97) 31.12.97)
Fixed income 100% 60%Equity 40%
Number of markets 8 21
Europe: 75% 50%America: 18% 30%Asia: 7% 20%
Regional weighting Trading weights FI: GDPscheme Eq: market cap
Tracking error: 1.5%
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Determining the equity portion
• “Using these historical returns (1926-1990), it would take 139 years of investing in Treasury bills to double one’s real wealth while it would take only 11 years of stock investment” Siegel (1992)
• In 1997, Norges Bank advised the Ministry of Finance to invest in equities
• The benchmark weight of 40 per cent can be viewed as the owners’ return-to-risk preference
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Country allocation
• As always: A trade-off between return and risk
• Return – assume that expected returns in the long run are
equal in all (industrial) countries
• Risk - a compromise between– Hedge for currency risk of imports– Diversification of market risk– Diversification of national wealth
• Size of the markets could be a restriction
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Regional weights mainly determined by GDP-weights:
Americas Europe Asia
Old guidelines 18 75 7
Import weights 10 81 9
GDP weights 42 38 20
Market weights - bonds 33 47 20
Market weights - equities 55 32 13
New guidelines 30 50 20
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Country weights within regions
• Equities: Market capitalisation weightsFTSE index
• Fixed Income: GDP weightsSalomon Smith Barney Government Bond index
• Emerging markets included in the investment universe from 1 January, 2000. Not in the benchmark yet.
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Benchmark for the Petroleum Fund
Benchmark
Equities 40 % Bonds 60 %
America
30 %
Europe
50 %
Asia and Oceania
20 %
America
30 %
Europe
50 %
Asia and Oceania
20 %
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The risk tolerance given in the Fund Management Mandate
• Direct restrictions on asset allocation
• Limits on expected deviations from the benchmark portfolio
• Bond duration between 3 and 7
• Maximum 3 per cent ownership of any one company
• Limits on credit risk
• General clause: Norges Bank shall ensure that satisfactory risk systems and control routines exist for those instruments to be used in the management of the Fund
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Expected tracking error
• Tracking error as a risk measure is used to limit the difference in expected return between the actual portfolio and benchmark
• An upper limit of tracking error implies that the actual return with a certain probability will vary within a band around the return of the benchmark
• Maxium expected tracking error is 1.5 per cent
• Expected tracking error is calculated based on historical fluctuations in the price of individual securities and on the correlation in price changes between individual securities
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Division of responsibilities
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Petroleum Fund - Division of responsibilities
• Owner: Ministry of Finance– Strategic asset
allocation and investment universe
– Benchmarks
– Risk limits
– Evaluates manager (uses consultant)
– Reports to Stortinget
• Manager: Norges Bank– Achieve as high return
as possible given investment mandate and restrictions
– Risk control
– Reports to MOF
Adviser: Norges Bank
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Properties of the fund management model
• Accountability
• Transparency
• Focus on the contribution to value added in the operational management
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Organisation within Norges Bank
• Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) was established as a separate investment management unit in 1998 - with “Chinese walls” to the ordinary central bank functions
• NBIM manages the Petroleum Fund, the Petroleum Insurance Fund and the long- term portfolio of the foreign exchange reserves (more than NOK 400 bn in all)
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Strategy to achieve excess performance
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Ambition: Outperform the benchmark portfolio
– Excess return should be higher than extra costs associated with active management
– Outperformance must be achieved at lowest possible risk
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Excess return at lowest possible extra cost
• Distinguish between index management and active management
• The core of the portfolios is index-managed
Low management and transaction costs
Forms a basis for focused active management
• Active managers are to take advantage of competitive edges and take risks - performance-based fees
• Continuous monitoring of transaction costs
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Highest possible return at lowest possible risk
• Many small positions rather than a few large ones
• Greatest possible independence in position-taking