IPE's Finland Coverage – Page 22
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NewsFinnish roundup: VER, Tapiola
FINLAND – Valtion Eläkerahasto (VER), the country's state pension fund, saw its assets increase to almost €13bn in the first six months of 2010, as its equity portfolio performed best of all assets.
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NewsNordic roundup: Pension Fennia, Etera
FINLAND – Pension Fennia and Etera have announced results for the first half of the year, with Pension Fennia's chief investment officer saying the economic outlook looks "exceptionally unstable".
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NewsFinland's Keva sees stable returns weakened by poor equity market
FINLAND – The local authority pension fund Keva has announced stable returns of 3.9% for the first half of the year, aided by solid performances from both its fixed-income and listed equity portfolios.
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NewsFinnish insurer's first half assets make slow progress over Q1
FINLAND – Varma's growth slowed in the first half of the year, despite strong returns from private and unlisted equity, as well as hedge funds.
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Finland's Varma to take on healthcare pension
FINLAND – PlusTerveys, a private healthcare provider, is the latest company to transfer its pension provision to Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company.
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NewsFinnish state pension welcomes EU bail-out
FINLAND - Valtion Eläkerahasto (VER), the Finnish State Pension Fund, has welcomed the €750bn stabilisation package for the EU region, after reporting a first quarter return of 5.3%.
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Finland referred to ECJ over pension tax rules
FINLAND – The European Commission has referred Finland to the European Court of Justice for failing to address legislation that discriminates against foreign pension funds.
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Equities continue to drive Finnish performance in Q1
FINLAND – Pension insurer Etera and local authority pension fund Keva are the latest Finnish institutions to post first quarter returns of 4% and above.
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Finnish pension insurers reap equity rewards
FINLAND – Finnish pension insurers continue to benefit from increased allocations to equities, particularly domestic stocks, as both Veritas Pension Insurance Company and Tapiola Pension post three-month returns of more than 4%.
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Finnish equity investment drives Varma Q1 returns
FINLAND – Domestic equity investments boosted Varma's return on listed equities to 9.7%, to feed into a 4.2% overall return in the first quarter of this year.
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NewsNordic equities drive Fennia performance
FINLAND - Finnish pension provider Eläke-Fennia returned 3.6% in the first quarter of this year and its equities holding returned 10.1%, driven by Finnish and other Nordic markets.
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NewsIlmarinen sets a trend for positive returns in Q1
FINLAND – The start of this investment year has continued with the same positive spirit as 2009 for Finnish pension insurer Ilmarinen, as it returned 5% in the first three months of the year.
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Investment returns improve Finnish pension solvency levels
FINLAND - Finnish pension insurance companies improved their solvency levels in 2009 as a result of good investment returns that were boosted by equities.
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Finnish government funds made best of bonds in 2009
FINLAND – Keva, the Local Government Pensions Institution, and VER, the Finnish State Pension Fund, have both shown bonds played a key role in the returns generated from investments in 2009, yet alternatives delivered a mixed result.
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Quoted equities boost Etera fund value in 2009
[17:15 CET 27-01] FINLAND – Better than anticipated sales of pensions and a positive performance in listed equities saw Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company increase the value of its assets by around €300m in 2009.
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Pension transfers and equities boost Finnish providers
[16:55 CET 26-01] FINLAND – A €37m increase in insurance transfers under the Employees Pensions Act (TyEL) and a large position in Finnish equities helped improve the position of Veritas in 2009.
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Equities and hedge funds boost Finland’s Fennia
[15:00 CET 25-01] FINLAND – Preliminary results for Pension Fennia, one of the largest pension insurance providers in Finland, revealed equities returned a massive 33.7% on investments while hedge funds delivered 16.4% in 2009.
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Outsourcing trend drives Varma growth
[16:15 CET 21-01] FINLAND – Varma Mutual Insurance Pension Company saw its assets increase to €29.9bn by the end of 2009 after securing a number of new pension contracts from the university sector.
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Investment timing was key to Ilmarinen's 16% return
[16:55 CET 19-01] FINLAND – Ilmarinen pension insurance company has attributed a positive return of 15.8% in 2009 to the allocation and the timing of its investment strategy.
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Solvency thaw lifts returns for Finnish pensions
[16:15 CET 14-12] FINLAND - The solvency levels of Finnish pension insurance companies were significantly boosted in the third quarter of this year as a result of improved investment returns, much like those enjoyed among pension funds across Europe.
