Equity market risk to be shared by all in Finland

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FINLAND - The market risk in equity investment would in the future be borne by Finland's pension system as a whole, under a new proposal for a buffer system put forward by the Permanent Negotiating Group of the Finnish social partners.

The buffer is aimed at allowing pension insurance companies to increase their investment in riskier assets, such as listed equity, without eroding their solvency capital. Jaako Tuomikoski, deput...

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