All Finland articles – Page 9
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Interviews
On the record: Green bonds
IPE asked two Nordic pension funds how they invest in green bonds and to what extent sustainability is considered part of their fixed-income strategies
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News
VER plans up to €1bn commercial paper investment
Finnish fund to ease firms’ funding by buying their short-term debt gradually and on market terms
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News
Finland’s VER warns on weakening private credit covenants
Government staff pension buffer fund posts 13.8% investment return for 2019
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News
Nordic investors steer clear of Cayman Islands after tax blacklisting
Some declare immediate ban, while others take time to decide
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News
Finland’s pension giants grapple with disability risks as more retire early
Ilmarinen and Varma post strong returns on listed equity gains
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News
Ilmarinen sets ‘real’ carbon neutrality goal
Target matches Finland’s aims, but is clearly faster than the EU plan, says pension fund
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News
Varma dumps district heating to halve housing stock emissions by 2023
Finnish pension insurer to install heat pumps and solar panels in 36 apartment buildings
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News
Viherkenttä quits as CEO of Finland’s VER, making way for Löyttyniemi’s return
Finnish central government pension fund back in hands of former chief
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News
Top Varma manager becomes Veritas CIO, highlights need for agility
Finnish pension insurer hires Varma’s cross assets and allocation chief Kari Vatanen
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News
Varma invests €500m in US equities via new co-developed ESG ETF
‘Development of index funds with an increasingly responsible tilt is key,’ says Finnish PF
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News
Rise in immigration would shore up Finnish pension system, research shows
Wave of newcomers would counteract effect of declining birth rates, says Finnish Centre for Pensions
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News
New climate data prompts Varma to target carbon neutrality by 2035
Finnish pension fund says fifth of portfolio will mitigate progression of climate change by 2025
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News
Finnish pensions lobby rejects PM’s redistribution plan as “unhealthy”
Radical proposal envisages use of collective pension bonuses to top up womens’ low pensions
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News
Ilmarinen chief sounds pensions warning as working population shrinks
Top two Finnish pension insurers report rising number of disability pension applications
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News
How Europe’s pension sectors are preparing for Brexit
IPE asked regulators and industry bodies in EU member states how they have been preparing for the UK’s scheduled departure from the bloc on 31 October
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News
Varma ploughs €200m into ESG-themed ETF
Former senior AP2 and AP3 staff to sit on a five-person board to decide on exclusions for the Legal & General fund
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Special Report
Finland: Two to become one
The government is planning to unify the municipal and private-sector pension systems
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News
Finland’s Mandatum Life eyes international growth with acquisition
The Nordic insurance company has bought a 20% stake in Swedish alternatives specialist Crescit Asset Management
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News
Ilmarinen backs BlackRock US ESG exchange-traded fund with €750m
Finnish pension insurer co-developed the ETF as part of a shift towards responsible investments in its €47bn portfolio
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News
ESG roundup: PE manager claims record with $700m impact fund
LeapFrog attracts European pension funds, asset managers and insurers for impact fund; Finnish pension insurer Varma backs human rights campaign