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Finland’s Sofia Bank refunds 85% of investor deposits
Finland's troubled Sofia Bank last week returned 85% of its depositors' money. The bank's trustee had announced on April 19 that depositors and investors in the bank, which recently entered administration,...
The Nordic market has been slower to pick up on the trend for exchange-traded products than its southern European counterparts but the market is growing and now Swedish bank Handelsbanken has listed Finland's...
A group of industry veterans have launched Sofia Alternatives, a structured products boutique in Finland. Senior individuals at the company include Niklas Åkerfelt, the former head of Nordic public distribution...
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Markets in the Nordic region have been far from immune from the troubles that have hit structured products across Europe. But speakers and delegates at the Structured Products Nordic Region conference spoke of light on the horizon - despite the pressing...
The yield extractor
Equity-linked products and large investment banks have dominated the Finnish structured products market until recently. But now smaller players are taking root and short-tenor products are finding favour among investors. Emma Dunkley reports
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