IPE's Finland Coverage – Page 21
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Equities help Finland's Keva, VER post double-digit returns
FINLAND – Government-backed funds see fortunes reverse over 2011, as returns top 10%.
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Nordic roundup: Tapiola, Industriens, Danica
GLOBAL – Returns bounce back at Tapiola, but scheme still wary of ‘challenging’ environment.
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NewsFinnish retailer Kesko reclaims €71m pension surplus
FINLAND – Regulator allows Kesko Pension Fund to transfer surplus back to parent company.
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NewsFinnish roundup: Varma, Tapiola, Etera, Ilmarinen
FINLAND – Varma returns 5.7% in quarter, bouncing back from 4.2% loss last year.
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NewsConcerns over exits at Ilmarinen-owned manager leads to 'unsatisfactory' results
EUROPE – Private equity fund manager nonetheless predicts €700m fundraising by year-end.
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NewsFinancial markets in pre-euro state, says Finland's Varma
FINLAND – Provider posts 3.4% returns for six months to June despite euro-zone uncertainty.
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NewsFinnish industry welcomes new solvency law for pension funds
New law continues principles of emergency measures introduced in 2008.
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NewsFirst-quarter returns surge at Finnish pension funds
Keva reports 5.9% return on investments in January to March period, while VER returns 5.4%.
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Nordic roundup: Ilmarinen, PensionDanmark
Finnish pensions insurer Ilmarinen attributes 4% loss to euro-zone debt crisis.
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Returns at Finnish pension funds dragged down by struggling equity markets
Keva, VER and Tapiola anticipate another year requiring ‘particular caution’.
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NewsFinnish roundup: VER, Keva, Varma, Tapiola Pension
Returns at Finnish pension schemes fall sharply in nine months to September.
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NewsStock market uncertainty hits Finnish pension funds in first half
Several of country's larger pension funds report near-zero first-half returns.
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NewsPension scheme for Finnish church ups private equity, real estate exposure
Fund loses 50,000 members in days after Christian Democrat Party chairwoman voices views on gays, religion.
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NewsFinland's Keva returns 12.3%, starts new administration role
€28.8bn fund takes on pension administration for people covered by state scheme.
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NewsValtion Eläkerahasto posts strong returns on back of stocks
Finnish state pension fund sees Nordic equity portfolio grow by more than 30%.
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NewsFinland's Varma, Tapiola Pension reject euro-zone bonds
Finland's largest pension fund shunned troubled euro-zone bonds in a strategy that returned 11%.
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NewsNordic roundup: Skagen Fonder, PPM, Gjensidige, Alecta, AMF, Länsförsäkringar
EUROPE – Skagen Fonder, the largest foreign manager within the Swedish premium based state pension system PPM, is considering withdrawing its funds from the system.
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NewsAssets at Nordea's Life & Pensions division surge by 19%
EUROPE – Nordea's Life & Pensions division saw a significant rise in the value of assets under management in the third quarter of this year, which the Nordic and Baltic banking group attributed to asset price growth, as well as net inflows.
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NewsNordic roundup: PIMCO, Storebrand, Catella Fondförvaltning, Söderberg & Partners, AI Pension
EUROPE – PIMCO, the US bond specialist, has appointed Storebrand, the Norwegian pension and insurance provider, for the SRI screening of one of its new bond funds, the PIMCO Emerging Markets SRI Bond.
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NewsNordic roundup: AP1, AP6, F&C Asset Management, Collectum, SPP, Finnish Centre for Pensions
EUROPE – AP1, one of the Swedish national buffer funds, posted net investment income of SEK2.3bn (€247m) after expenses, representing a total return of 1.1% during the first six months of the year.
