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* CEO says, "It's not been an easy market"
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Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the
world's largest, made a 19.9% return on investment last year,
earning a record 1.69 trillion Norwegian crowns ($180 billion)
as stock markets rallied, it said on Thursday.

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The coronavirus epidemic is
likely to have little impact on British insurer RSA's
business, Chief Executive Stephen Hester said on Thursday, as
the company's shares rose on a forecast-beating 2019 operating
profit.

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Bank of England Governor Mark
Carney called on London's money managers to help speed a
transition to a low-carbon future on Thursday, aiming to usher
in a new era where every professional financial decision takes
climate change into account.
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* Savings goal raised to 2.8 bln euros, shares up
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Lending to euro zone companies
held steady at a two-year low last month even as household
lending hit another post-crisis high, European Central Bank data
showed on Thursday, underlining a growing rift in the bloc's
economy.
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Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the
world's largest, made a 19.9% return on investment last year,
earning a record 1.69 trillion Norwegian crowns ($180.49
billion), it said on Thursday.

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European shares fell again on Thursday,
with travel stocks taking the biggest knock, as a jump in new
coronavirus cases outside of China deepened fears of a pandemic
that could dent global growth.
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* London shares fall 5% after earlier Hong Kong gains
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Hong Kong stocks
reversed earlier losses to end higher on Thursday, after Beijing
indicated more support to bolster its economy pressured by the
coronavirus outbreak.
** At the close of trade, the Hang Seng index was up
82.13 points or 0.31% at 26,778.62. The Hang Seng China
Enterprises index rose 0.87%...