Experts from Sweden, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland presented the balancing mechanisms of their pension systems in a recent seminar at the Finnish Centre for Pensions. The mechanisms include indexing and pension cuts.
Our updated booklets help you understand social insurance and earnings-related pensions in Finland and instructs you on how to apply for your earnings-related pension.
In its recent review, the OECD compliments Finland for its low old-age income inequalities. However, the OECD also expresses a concern for the low pension adequacy of the self-employed and suggests measures to improve their pensions. Pension levels in relation to earnings will be reduced in the future in most OECD countries, also in Finland.
Brexit has been confirmed. Great Britain’s departure from the EU will come into force on 1 February 2020. Britain’s departure from the EU is based on a mutual withdrawal agreement.
Finland’s low birth rates can partly be explained by women having children at an increasingly higher age. This is evident from a joint study of the Finnish Centre for Pensions, the University of Helsinki and the Max Planck Institute. If the demographers’ fertility rate scenario was realised, the long-term upward pressure on contributions would fall …
Each year, the Finnish Centre for Pensions grants a Pro Gradu Award of €2,000 to a distinguished Master’s thesis accepted at a Finnish university in 2019.
The Finnish Centre for Pensions and Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company have signed a long-term lease for office premises at Kalasatama Campus in Helsinki.
At the first research seminar this year, leading experts from OECD will present the most recent Pensions at a Glance report and its results. One of the members of the panel is Hervé Boulhol who leads the Pensions and Population Ageing team of the OECD. The seminar also presents new international research on how pension …
A new calculator has been published for people who are planning to use family leave. With the calculator, they can assess how family leave periods of different lengths would affect their future pension and compare their pension accrual during family leave with what they would earn as pension if they worked the same period. The …
The Finnish Centre for Pensions has produced an animated video on how earnings-related pension benefits accrue in Finland. The video is intended mainly for foreigners coming to work in Finland for a shorter or longer period of time. The video is available in English, Estonian and Russian.
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