Norway's wealth fund sells all its fixed income from Mexico's Pemex due corruption risk
The fund's ethics watchdog, the Council on Ethics, said "its investigations have revealed that Pemex may be linked to multiple allegations or suspicions of corruption in Mexico in the period 2004-2023," it said in a statement.
"The Council attaches importance to the fact that a significant number of company employees, including a former senior executive, are alleged to have received bribes on several separate occasions."
Pemex was not immediately reachable for comment outside of regular business hours.
The $1.8 trillion fund, which owns 1.5% of listed shares across 9,000 companies globally, operates under guidelines set by Norway's parliament and is seen as a leader in the environmental, social and governance field.
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