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Norwegian oil fund to sue Volkswagen

Norwegian oil fund to sue Volkswagen

Norway's oil fund is taking legal action against Volkswagen over the German carmaker's emissions testing scandal. It is a further sign that the fund is flexing its muscles as an active investor, coming weeks after it said it would start crack...

FT News in Focus · Financial Times

May 16, 20167m 4s

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Norway's oil fund is taking legal action against Volkswagen over the German carmaker's emissions testing scandal. It is a further sign that the fund is flexing its muscles as an active investor, coming weeks after it said it would start cracking down on executive pay levels. Matthew Vincent discusses the growing influence of the world's largest sovereign wealth investor with Richard Milne, the FT's Nordic and Baltics correspondent.

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