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Is the mutual fund market recovering?
(15.04.2009)
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 1
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 1
The 18-month outflow of capital from Finnish mutual funds stopped in February when net investments in funds turned positive. The decline in equity prices continued to erode the market value of assets.
Banks did well in 2003
(24.03.2004)
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 1
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 1
Net operating profit of banks (excl. Nordea) improved in 2003. Although banks' net interest income declined in response to lower market rates and narrower interest rate margins, an improvement in other income bolstered the ...
Subdued increase in premiums written by insurance companies
(13.10.2004)
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 3
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 3
Growth in premiums written by domestic insurance companies remained moderate over the year. The proportion of premiums written on unit-linked life and pension in-surance increased markedly.
Fund investments attractive again
(20.10.2009)
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 3
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 3
The outflow of capital from Finnish mutual funds, triggered by the financial market crisis, ended in the spring. So far this year, they have attracted EUR 2.7 billion of new capital.
Nordic financial groups' results generally good in 2007
(28.04.2008)
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 1
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 1
Large Nordic financial groups' aggregate pre-tax profits for 2007 improved slightly on the previous year. The groups' financial performance however varied considerably, particularly in the second half of the year.
Credit derivatives
(21.04.2006)
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 1
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 1
Rapid growth of credit derivatives poses a challenge to market infrastructure.
Banks' results deteriorated in Finland in the first quarter 2008
(19.06.2008)
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 2
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 2
The pre-tax profits on Finnish banking operations for January March deteriorated on the previous quarter and on the year-earlier period. Credit and deposits grew robustly, whereas demand for other banking products weakened.
Iceland's financial sector expanding robustly
(26.04.2007)
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 1
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 1
Icelandic banks have in the past few years rapidly expanded their operations to the other Nordic countries and the United Kingdom. Overseas operations account for half of commercial banks' aggregated balance sheet.
Households account for one third of domestic lending stock
(13.10.2004)
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 3
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 3
The stock of lending by domestic credit institutions has grown continuously since 1996. More than half of the lending was by deposit banks. Households are the main borrow-ing sector and account for nearly one third of the ...
Financial innovations in the current decade focus on credit risk transfer
(29.10.2007)
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 3
Bank of Finland. Financial Market Report 3
Techniques for packaging and transferring credit risk, ie credit derivatives instruments, have increased as a result of innovations, and the trading volumes of credit derivatives have grown robustly. Growth in volume has ...