All Finland articles – Page 4
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NewsIlmarinen 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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NewsNordic 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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NewsIlmarinen 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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NewsWeaker 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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Country ReportNordic region: Investors embrace biodiversity initiatives
Measuring impact remains the biggest challenge
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Country ReportNordic 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 ReportCountry 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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NewsContributions 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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NewsCapital 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
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Varma overtakes Ilmarinen in size after Q3’s narrower loss
Finnish pension insurers all see declining solvency levels by the end of September, reports show
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Veritas manages slim positive return in Q3 despite plunging equities
Finnish pensions insurer thanks alternatives for counteracting listed equities decline in January to September
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Tweaked recipe for Finnish pension contributions to boost costs transparency
For first time, upfront cost for employers set to vary between occupational pension providers depending on administrative efficiency
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Ilmarinen sets strategy to combat loss of biodiversity
Ilmarinen, the Finnish pension insurer, has set its goals for the next two years and a roadmap to combat loss of biodiversity and natural capital in the long term. The latest initiative mirror’s Ilmarinen’s roadmap to climate change which it launched a couple of years ago. “Biodiversity and nature loss ...
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Special ReportFrom seed investor to prospective investor: the case for ETFs
Investor & manager trends
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NewsEuropean pensions sector fails to use clout in green finance policymaking
Think tank finds that though many European pension funds stand out in climate engagement with stocks they own, they are generally not actively influencing policy
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Nordics roundup: LD reins in equity risk; Elo cuts 44 employees
Danish pensions manager posts 8.5% H1 loss for key balanced product, while Finnish pensions insurer concludes labour negotiations around restructuring
