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Ilmarinen Mutual Pension

Ilmarinen is Finland’s largest private earnings-related pension insurance company. As a mutual pension insurance company, it is wholly owned by customers. Ilmarinen‘s primary task is to ensure that its customers receive the pension they earned from work. The company offers statutory employees’ and self-employed persons’ pension insurance for employers and entrepreneurs operating in Finland.

Country

Finland

AUM ($B, AS AT DATE OF ASSET ALLOCATION)

$74

Performance (%, 1YR)

8.60

Chief Executive

Jouko Pölönen

Chief Investment Officer

Mikko Mursula

Chair

Jorma Rauhala

Asset allocation

30% Fixed Income

52% Equities

9% Real Estate

9% Other Investments

Website

View the annual report

Global Pension Transparency Benchmark country system description

Asset allocation as of December 31, 2024. All information is as per the most recent annual report or other publicly available data via the fund's website

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