Annual report 2015

Foreword 7

Bank of Finland 8

Bank of Finland activities 2015 11
Monetary Policy 11
Financial system 26
Financial asset management 34
Banknotes and coins 39
Other operations 43

Management and personnel 54
Strategy 54
Management system 56
Personnel 60
Budget and operative costs 62
Environment 65
Total risk exposure 67

Financial statements 71
Balance sheet 72
Profit and loss account 74
The Board’s proposal on the distribution of profit 75
Accounting conventions 76
Notes on the balance sheet 81
Notes on the profit and loss account 96
Appendices to the financial statements 102
Notes on risk management 106
Auditor’s report 111
Statement regarding the audit as defined in Article 27 of the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and the European Central Bank 112

Appendices 113
Monetary policy measures of the Eurosystem in 2015 113
Key measures affecting the financial markets in 2015 115
Main opinions issued by the Bank of Finland in 2015 118
Bank of Finland publications in 2015 120

Supplementary tables 123
Organisation of the Bank of Finland 138