All Finland articles – Page 20
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Finnish pension insurers reap equity rewards
FINLAND – Finnish pension insurers continue to benefit from increased allocations to equities, particularly domestic stocks, as both Veritas Pension Insurance Company and Tapiola Pension post three-month returns of more than 4%.
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Finnish equity investment drives Varma Q1 returns
FINLAND – Domestic equity investments boosted Varma's return on listed equities to 9.7%, to feed into a 4.2% overall return in the first quarter of this year.
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NewsNordic equities drive Fennia performance
FINLAND - Finnish pension provider Eläke-Fennia returned 3.6% in the first quarter of this year and its equities holding returned 10.1%, driven by Finnish and other Nordic markets.
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NewsIlmarinen sets a trend for positive returns in Q1
FINLAND – The start of this investment year has continued with the same positive spirit as 2009 for Finnish pension insurer Ilmarinen, as it returned 5% in the first three months of the year.
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Investment returns improve Finnish pension solvency levels
FINLAND - Finnish pension insurance companies improved their solvency levels in 2009 as a result of good investment returns that were boosted by equities.
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Finnish government funds made best of bonds in 2009
FINLAND – Keva, the Local Government Pensions Institution, and VER, the Finnish State Pension Fund, have both shown bonds played a key role in the returns generated from investments in 2009, yet alternatives delivered a mixed result.
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Quoted equities boost Etera fund value in 2009
[17:15 CET 27-01] FINLAND – Better than anticipated sales of pensions and a positive performance in listed equities saw Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company increase the value of its assets by around €300m in 2009.
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Pension transfers and equities boost Finnish providers
[16:55 CET 26-01] FINLAND – A €37m increase in insurance transfers under the Employees Pensions Act (TyEL) and a large position in Finnish equities helped improve the position of Veritas in 2009.
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Equities and hedge funds boost Finland’s Fennia
[15:00 CET 25-01] FINLAND – Preliminary results for Pension Fennia, one of the largest pension insurance providers in Finland, revealed equities returned a massive 33.7% on investments while hedge funds delivered 16.4% in 2009.
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Outsourcing trend drives Varma growth
[16:15 CET 21-01] FINLAND – Varma Mutual Insurance Pension Company saw its assets increase to €29.9bn by the end of 2009 after securing a number of new pension contracts from the university sector.
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Investment timing was key to Ilmarinen's 16% return
[16:55 CET 19-01] FINLAND – Ilmarinen pension insurance company has attributed a positive return of 15.8% in 2009 to the allocation and the timing of its investment strategy.
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Solvency thaw lifts returns for Finnish pensions
[16:15 CET 14-12] FINLAND - The solvency levels of Finnish pension insurance companies were significantly boosted in the third quarter of this year as a result of improved investment returns, much like those enjoyed among pension funds across Europe.
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Etera assets increase by €340m in Q3
[16:55 CET 03-11] FINLAND – Etera Mutual Insurance Company has reported a nine-month return of 8.3% and said the market value of its assets has increased to €5.2bn.
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NewsVeritas CIO claims the 'crisis is over'
[15:00 CEST 29-10] FINLAND - Staffan Sevon, chief investment officer at Veritas Pension Insurance, has declared the recent financial crisis “is over”, after announcing the company’s investments have risen 9.4% so far this year, thanks to strong Finnish equity returns.
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NewsPension Fennia posts 8.1% return
[16:40 CEST 28-10] FINLAND - Eläke Fennia Mutual Pension Insurance Company boosted its coffers in the first nine months of this year thanks to a 8.1% return driven by equity investments.
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Finland's VER and Keva report positive Q3 returns
[15:30 CEST 23-10] FINLAND - Finnish pension funds are continuing their recovery from the market downturn, with the Local Government Pensions Institution (Keva) and Valtion Eläkerahasto (VER), the State Pension Fund, both announcing double-digit returns for the nine months to September 2009.
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Ilmarinen and Tapiola recoup losses
[16:45 CEST 20-10] FINLAND – Ilmarinen pension insurance company has reported a 13.4% return between January and the end of September, driven primarily by equity returns of 22.9%.
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Varma posts 10.8% return year-to-date
[15:30 CEST 19-10] FINLAND – Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company has posted a 10.8% return for the first nine months of 2009 and its investment portfolio reached €28.3bn by the end of September.
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Finnish pensions may recover quickly
[17:05 CEST 29-09] FINLAND – Finnish pension insurance companies may see investment incomes in 2009 recover the significant losses from last year quicker than expected, although there is still a need for people to work longer, Ilmarinen has claimed.
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Finnish pension providers show strength in recession
[16:35 CEST 25-09] FINLAND – Finanssivalvonta, the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA), has claimed the country's financial sector could cope with a "very severe recession", following the results of stress tests on the capital adequacy of banks and pension insurance companies.
