Finland

FINLAND - Finland's private equity and venture capital industry recorded its highest year ever in 2002 by doubling the amount of funds raised compared to the previous year and bucking Europe's downward trend.

FINLAND - Kuntien Elkevakuutus, the E12bn Finnish Local Government Pensions Institution (LGPI), is seeking managers for an all country Asia Pacific equities (ex-Japan) mandate worth between E100m-E200m.

FINLAND - Aberdeen Property Investors Nordic AB has completed its deal with Finland's largest institutional property investor, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, to acquire 60% of the shares in its property management company Antiloo-ppi Oy,...

SWEDEN//FINLAND - Schroder Investment Management has appointed Viggo Johansen as sales manager for Sweden and Finland.

FINLAND - Aberdeen Property Investors Nordic Region is set to boost its institutional presence in Finland with a new acquisition.

FINLAND - Analysts expect Finnish equities to post a growth rate of 22% next year.

FINLAND - Finnish insurer Sampo has made several senior appointments, effective from October.

FINLAND - The Bank of Finland (BoF) is looking for fund managers to run up to EUR250m in mandates for its staff pension fund.

FINLAND - The European Commission has cleared the joint control of Finnish financial administration services company, Pretax Oy.

FINLAND - Finnish insurer Sampo Group saw profits fall 21% since last year's demerger activity, but witnessed encouraging growth in its asset management businesses.