Tore Vamraak

Norges Bank operates as the Central Bank of Norway. The bank provides research for monetary policy, financial stability, and investment management. It focuses on credit markets, the behavior of financial institutions, portfolio management, and the functioning of equity markets. Norges Bank was founded on June 14, 1816 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Norges Bank Investment Management (New York) (NBIM NY) is the US-based investment advisor and sovereign wealth management division of Norges Bank Investment Management, a subsidiary of Norwegian Government’s Norges Bank. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1998 and is responsible for investing the international assets of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund. NBIM NY also manages the major share of Norges Bank's foreign exchange reserves and the Government oil fund.