IPE's Finland Coverage – Page 23

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    Etera assets increase by €340m in Q3

    2009-11-03T13:35:00Z

    [16:55 CET 03-11] FINLAND – Etera Mutual Insurance Company has reported a nine-month return of 8.3% and said the market value of its assets has increased to €5.2bn.

  • Veritas CIO claims the 'crisis is over'
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    Veritas CIO claims the 'crisis is over'

    2009-10-29T14:00:00Z

    [15:00 CEST 29-10] FINLAND - Staffan Sevon, chief investment officer at Veritas Pension Insurance, has declared the recent financial crisis “is over”, after announcing the company’s investments have risen 9.4% so far this year, thanks to strong Finnish equity returns.

  • Pension Fennia posts 8.1% return
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    Pension Fennia posts 8.1% return

    2009-10-28T15:40:00Z

    [16:40 CEST 28-10] FINLAND - Eläke Fennia Mutual Pension Insurance Company boosted its coffers in the first nine months of this year thanks to a 8.1% return driven by equity investments.

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    Finland's VER and Keva report positive Q3 returns

    2009-10-23T14:30:00Z

    [15:30 CEST 23-10] FINLAND - Finnish pension funds are continuing their recovery from the market downturn, with the Local Government Pensions Institution (Keva) and Valtion Eläkerahasto (VER), the State Pension Fund, both announcing double-digit returns for the nine months to September 2009.

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    Ilmarinen and Tapiola recoup losses

    2009-10-20T15:45:00Z

    [16:45 CEST 20-10] FINLAND – Ilmarinen pension insurance company has reported a 13.4% return between January and the end of September, driven primarily by equity returns of 22.9%.

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    Varma posts 10.8% return year-to-date

    2009-10-19T14:30:00Z

    [15:30 CEST 19-10] FINLAND – Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company has posted a 10.8% return for the first nine months of 2009 and its investment portfolio reached €28.3bn by the end of September.

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    Finnish pensions may recover quickly

    2009-09-29T16:05:00Z

    [17:05 CEST 29-09] FINLAND – Finnish pension insurance companies may see investment incomes in 2009 recover the significant losses from last year quicker than expected, although there is still a need for people to work longer, Ilmarinen has claimed.

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    Finnish pension providers show strength in recession

    2009-09-25T15:35:00Z

    [16:35 CEST 25-09] FINLAND – Finanssivalvonta, the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA), has claimed the country's financial sector could cope with a "very severe recession", following the results of stress tests on the capital adequacy of banks and pension insurance companies.

  • VER returns 5.3% on equity gains
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    VER returns 5.3% on equity gains

    2009-08-28T16:00:00Z

    [17:00 CEST 28-08] FINLAND – Improvements in equity markets helped Valtion Eläkerahasto (VER), the State Pension Fund, post a return of 5.3% in the first half of 2009.

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    Ilmarinen investments jump €2bn on 6.6% return

    2009-08-21T16:10:00Z

    [17:10 CEST 21-08] FINLAND – Ilmarinen Mutual Insurance Company has reported an increase in its investment assets of €2bn in the first half of 2009, as it revealed its "best ever quarter" in terms of investment performance.

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    Finnish H1 pension figures stay positive

    2009-08-20T15:00:00Z

    [16:00 CEST 20-08] FINLAND – Three of Finland's mutual pension insurance companies have posted positive first half results, but Tapiola Pension yielded the highest return of 4.9%.

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    Positive gain for Varma ups assets by €2bn

    2009-08-17T15:55:00Z

    [16:50 CEST 17-08] FINLAND – Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company reported a first half return of 4.6%, resulting in the value of the investments increasing by almost €2bn to €26.5bn.

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    Keva posts 6.5% return in H1

    2009-08-06T15:55:00Z

    [16:55 CEST 06-08] FINLAND - Kuntien eläkevakuutus (Keva), the local government pension institution, generated a return on its investments of 6.5% in the first half of 2009 following a continued rally from equity markets.

  • Keva to set up transition manager panel
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    Keva to set up transition manager panel

    2009-07-30T15:50:00Z

    [16:50 CEST 30-07] FINLAND - Kuntien eläkevakuutus (Keva), the Finnish Local Government Pensions Institution, is looking to establish a transition manager panel for its €20bn scheme.

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    Management at state firms 'should switch to DC' - Finnish report

    2009-06-16T16:00:00Z

    [17:00 CEST 16-06] FINLAND – An independent working group established to review remuneration and pensions at Finnish state-owned companies has recommended that all existing schemes should be replaced with defined contribution (DC) pensions.

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    Workplace healthcare 'key' to delaying retirement

    2009-06-08T16:15:00Z

    [17:15 CEST 08-06] FINLAND – The average retirement age for employees would increase by a year if “effective occupational health care schemes” are provided at all workplaces, the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) has claimed.

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    VER loses 2.4% in Q1

    2009-05-06T16:25:00Z

    [17:25 CEST 06-05] FINLAND – Valtion Eläkerahasto, the State Pension Fund, generated a return of -2.4% in the first quarter of this year, reducing the value of its investments to €10.16bn.

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    Etera and Veritas Q1 losses stay below 2%

    2009-04-28T15:10:00Z

    [16:10 CEST 28-04] FINLAND – Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company and Veritas have reported their pension funds suffered small losses in the first quarter of 2009 of -1.4% and -1.3% respectively.

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    Finnish self-employed are undersaving by a third

    2009-04-24T15:30:00Z

    [16:30 CEST 24-04] FINLAND – A study suggests Finnish self-employed workers are not paying enough into their pension funds as the levels of self-employed persons pensions insurance (YEL) policies are about a third lower than actual annual income.

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    Positive Q1 boosts Varma value

    2009-04-24T12:30:00Z

    [13:30 CESt 24-04] FINLAND – Varma Mutual Pension Insurance company has reported a positive first quarter performance of 0.3%, although its rival Eläke-Fennia produced a slightly poorer result of -0.2%.