IPE's Finland Coverage – Page 3
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NewsFinnish pensions chief says opposing immigration ‘like shooting own foot’
Veritas, Elo unveil 2.4%, 2.8% H1 returns, crowning Ilmarinen as best performer among pension insurers
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NewsKeva uncertain on outlook given delayed monetary policy effects
Finland’s biggest pension fund reports 3.1% return for H1, led by 5.6% gain on listed shares
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NewsVarma trounced by rival Ilmarinen in first half
Finnish pensions heavyweight reports 2.6% return in first half
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NewsIlmarinen posts 3.7% H1 return; CEO urges solvency framework reshape
Listed equities form backbone of investment gain while property returns hover around zero
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NewsIlmarinen anchors new Amundi climate-focused Europe ETF with €580m
Finnish pensions major edges closer to having all its passive equities tracking MSCI’s Climate Action indices
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NewsIlmarinen steps up ETF collaborations, anchoring €2.75bn of BlackRock launch
Finnish pensions insurer makes latest index investment as it shifts passive equities into climate-focused funds
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NewsFinnish pensions centre chief argues for 10-point rise in equity weightings
Paldanius says boosting equities allocations by a tenth could add 0.3 percentage points to Finnish workplace pension fund returns
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NewsFinnish pension funds deemed able to weather big illiquids writedowns
Average investment return of 1.6% in Q1 was just below required rate of return, says FIN-FSA
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Country ReportCountry report – Pensions in Nordic Region (June 2023)
Reputational issues are front of mind for the board of Alecta, Sweden’s largest pension fund, as it continues to digest the fallout from its ill-starred investments in Silicon Valley Bank and two other US financial institutions that collapsed in March this year.
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Country ReportNordic region: Finnish solvency rules raise questions about risk
Many argue that the current rules are too restrictive, hampering investment returns
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InterviewsFinland's VER: The strategy to secure government pensions
Timo Löyttyniemi (pictured), CEO of the buffer fund supporting Finnish government employees’ pensions, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about its investment strategy
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NewsIlmarinen trumps Varma in Q1, with stronger listed equity performance
Ilmarinen regains its place as largest Finnish pensions insurer
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NewsFinland’s Elo, Veritas post 1.6% Q1 returns despite difficult March
Solvency levels at pension insurance companies fail to strengthen between January and March
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NewsIlmarinen anchors biggest ETF launch yet
Finnish pensions giant prompts creation of tracker fund based on new MSCI climate index – switching €1.86bn into new ETF
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NewsBank demises isolated, but VER’s CEO warns of wider crisis if rates stay high
Timo Löyttyniemi says collapse of SVB and forced sale of Credit Suisse only indicate problems with certain individual banks
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NewsVER to increase private asset weighting as new rules give scope
Finnish buffer fund behind central government pensions aims to broaden private assets allocation by three points
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NewsVER warns of new investment challenges ahead after law change
Finnish state pension fund’s governing act amended in 2022, increasing fund’s net contributions to the scheme
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NewsVarma beats Ilmarinen on 2022 returns but shrinks faster
Varma suffers 4.9% investment loss in 2022, while Elo loses 3.7% and Veritas sheds 4.5%
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NewsDespite 6.6% investment loss, Ilmarinen refunds €175m as costs fall
Finnish pensions insurer says solvency rules must change
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NewsIlmarinen’s CIO suggests law changes to boost Finnish pension investment returns
Raising expected returns involves increasing risks, but long-term nature of pension liabilities make that possible, says Mikko Mursula
