IPE's Finland Coverage – Page 18
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News
Finnish pension providers see 'outstanding' equity results due to ECB
European Central Bank’s quantitative easing boosts equities, but fixed income returns remain low
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Finnish Cultural Foundation reports 10.5% return for 2014
Large part of performance due to legacy holding in Finnish packaging manufacturer Huhtamäki
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Pension funds score victory with BP climate change resolution
Resolution championed by investors including AP funds, NBIM and Church of England Pension Board overwhelmingly endorsed by shareholders
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US investments push Varma returns to 7.1%
Finland’s largest earnings-related pension insurer raises solvency to record high level
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Ilmarinen boosts Chinese exposure, returns nearly 7%
Largest Finnish pensions mutual turns cashflow negative as baby-boomers retire
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TELA rejects calls for pensions ceiling in Finland
Contributions from wealthy into earnings-related system can stop rising costs, alliance says
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Nordic roundup: Oslo Pensjonsforsikring, Finnish returns, TELA, pension reform
Pension fund for Oslo municipality sees annual performance down year-on-year, laments high costs
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Veritas, Elo cautious over growth after 'especially strong' 2014 returns
Prospects for Finland ‘bleak’, warns Elo CIO
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Keva, VER returns boosted despite ‘restless’ markets
Finnish pension funds see improved fixed income returns but remain cautious on global growth prospects
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Finland’s Veritas says QE could stimulate, but worries about opposition
Varma sees ECB ‘surprising’ market tomorrow
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Finnish foundations active but lack governance, study shows
Biggest charitable foundations active direct shareholders, but many lack strong governance mechanisms
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Ilmarinen appoints CIO to succeed Ritakallio
Pension mutual hires former head of listed securities four years after departure for FIM Group
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Wednesday people roundup [updated]
Folksam, Varma, BRAM, Covip, Cometa, UBS GAM, Ukraine National Bank, Carne, Investec, William Blair, Irish Life
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Finnish occupational schemes return 6.1% in nine months – TELA
More invested in Finland than in rest of euro-zone, pension fund association says
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Interviews
On The Record: Veritas Pension Insurance Company, Finland, Niina Bergring CIO
The growth divergence between the US and Europe, and the different behaviours of the respective central banks, will simply mean two things: that the euro will be even weaker than it is, and that interest rates will be rigged for even longer in Europe than in the US.
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Features
Global rating of pension systems, interview with David Knox, Melbourne Mercer Global Pensions index
Now in its sixth year, the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension index has become a yardstick for the world’s industry to assess the successes and failures of pensions policy.
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News
Finland's watchdog reprimands Elo Mutual for Local Tapiola practices
Financial Supervisory Authority scolds company for some of its practices in 2013
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Institutional investors urged to consider risk of deforestation to growth
CDP report urges companies to consider supply-chain risks of deforestation caused by palm oil, biofuel manufacturing
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News
Nordic investors shun hedge funds in favour of risk premia strategies
Ilmarinen, PKA and ATP see benefits in strategies that emulate hedge funds over commitment to asset class
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Country Report
Pensions In Nordic Region: Finns look towards new frontiers
Two leading Finnish pension funds see potential in frontier markets and China equity, finds Reeta Paakkinen