All Finland articles – Page 3
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Ilmarinen 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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Bank 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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VER 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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VER 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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Varma 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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Despite 6.6% investment loss, Ilmarinen refunds €175m as costs fall
Finnish pensions insurer says solvency rules must change
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Ilmarinen’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
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Ilmarinen switches €17bn listed equities to new climate action benchmark
Finnish pensions insurer has started using the MSCI Climate Action index, which it helped develop
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Nordic pension funds tilt equity portfolios to value amid high inflation
Persistent high inflation could cause headaches for some providers, due to inflation-linked benefits - but hopes are high for slower price rises
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Ilmarinen adds foreign property and corporate bonds to climate goal
Finland’s number two pensions insurer adds new asset types to climate road map published last year
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Varma unveils biodiversity roadmap, prioritising issue alongside climate
Finland’s biggest pensions insurer follow’s Ilmarinen’s lead, says can’t sit back and wait for Montreal summit results
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Varma welcomes self-employed pensions law, but wish list remains
Finnish parliament passes proposal to amend the Self-employed Persons’ Pension Act (YEL)
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Weaker euro underpinned Finnish pension returns in Q3, says FSA
FIN-FSA notes pension funds’ Q3 solvency dip, but says ratios still strong; Norwegian FSA warns interest-rate rise could prove short-lived
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Nordic region: Investors embrace biodiversity initiatives
Measuring impact remains the biggest challenge
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Nordic region: Ilmarinen's roadmap for biodiversity change
Ilmarinen believes biodiversity and nature loss must be treated in the same way as climate change in investment activities
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Country Report – Pensions in the Nordic Region (December 2022)
Nordic pension funds are getting to grips with biodiversity and natural capital in their investment portfolios, seeking to measure both the impact of companies they invest in and ways they can limit adverse effects on nature. Like other investors globally, many are just at the early stages of thinking about this - how they measure biodiversity, which metrics and approaches are gaining acceptance, and how best to report to stakeholders.
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Varma warns will pull plug on business with brokers funding fossil energy
Finnish pension insurer begins closer monitoring of how the banks it works with finance coal, oil-reliant companies
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Contributions lowest in Sweden, Finland, but highest in Italy, Denmark, study finds
Finnish Centre for Pensions compares totality of contributions in eight European countries
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Varma diversifies EM bonds away from govvies with $50m in corporates
Finnish pensions heavyweight makes first foray into EM corporate bonds, buying into HSBC AM’s bottom up fixed-income fund
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Capital markets having to get to grips with new status quo, says Keva CIO
Finland’s biggest pension fund reports 6.4% investment loss for year so far