All solvency articles
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NewsIlmarinen predicts big 2020 year-on-year fall in contributions
Finland’s largest pensions insurer had a 2% loss on its investment portfolio in H1 2020
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Folksam Liv beats rivals with 0.4% first-half investment loss
Solvency picks up in second quarter, but remains below end-2019 level
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LCP raises alarm about ‘rigidity’ in DB funding code proposals
Consultancy calls for flexibility and more consideration of interaction with covenant strength
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Deaths in Sweden’s over-90s rose 43% in April/May, Alecta reports
Despite market turbulence in the first half, solvency ratio never dipped below 140%, says pension fund
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Danish pension funds can weather big price falls, says FSA
Watchdog to probe pension firms’ property portfolio valuations this year
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Fallback rules on back burner as Finnish pension solvency holds up
FIN-FSA sticks to frequent solvency reporting schedule
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Finland readies solvency safety net to avoid fire sales at pension firms
Situation calmer since March, but future prospects very uncertain, says TELA
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KLP boosts lending to local authorities, as years of buffer-building pay off
Norwegian pensions giant ‘equipped for these types of market disruptions’, says CEO
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PFA, Danica reveal pandemic’s first quarter results damage
Top Danish commercial pension funds report negative returns of 10.5% and 15.4%, respectively
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Sweden roundup: Alecta, Skandia look beyond Q1
Alecta notes April rebound, Skandia sees Q2 as the real reveal
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Varma, Ilmarinen see solvency capital shrink but stay above limits
‘There were moments when market liquidity disappeared almost entirely’
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Skandia Liv fined €3.2m by Swedish watchdog
Pensions firm rectifies mistakes and says customers were not exposed to risk
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Danish FSA ramps up pension fund reporting
Finanstilsynet asks funds to report worst-case solvency scenarios amid falling share prices
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Norwegian regulator warns of low rates impact on returns
FSA notes wide variations in pension fund soundness following new solvency rules
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Sweden’s financial watchdog warns of pensions solvency risk if low rates last
Regulator “working to ensure pension firms’ capital requirements reflect their risks”
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Alecta chief queries relevance of EU consumer protection lens to Swedish pensions
Billing argues that high risk-free capital requirements could lead to weak protection
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Romania faces ‘last call’ to save second pillar
Industry fears nationalisation by the back door through government reforms
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Swedish roundup: €3.3m fine for Avanza Pension
Plus: Mercer enters Swedish asset management market with multi-asset launch
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German Pensionskassen, BaFin in ‘uncharted territory’ over solvency
Three Pensionskassen in talks with German regulator over 2017 losses, more might follow
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IPE Conference: Veritas CIO on ‘beautiful’ Finnish pension system
‘Unfortunate’ pro-cyclicality said to be price for long-term functioning
