- Money Week 2025 has concluded with a competition in Amsterdam.

In the Nieuwe Schatkamer of De Nederlandsche Bank in Amsterdam, young people from secondary education and vocational education thought about the future of Money Week. Six groups of finalists presented their plans on stage for their classmates and a jury. The young people with the best idea were awarded a prize. The pitches from the various schools showed that young people faced various challenges in sensible income and expenditure management and in making responsible financial choices.

- Skandia celebrates 170th anniversary.

Skandia's anniversary is being celebrated through a series of activities throughout the year, both at Skandia's offices around the country and in Times Square in New York. "Even though the world has changed, our common thread has always been the same – to prevent and anticipate future needs to give our customers security," said Skandia CEO and president, Frans Lindelöw. “We look back on our history with pride and look forward to continuing our journey with our customers and employees,” he added.

- Ilmarinen has been awarded the Good Mind Workplace label for the third year in a row.

The label is awarded upon application by the MIELI Finnish Mental Health Association, which praised Ilmarinen for its high-quality, long-term, and systematic work to promote the mental health and well-being of its work community. Ilmarinen director of human resources and communications, Sami Ärilä, said: “Everything we do starts with the best interests of the individual. Our determined work is gratifying to receive positive feedback from the mental health expert.”

- The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has released a research paper series highlighting the work of in-house experts and external researchers.

EIOPA combined the expertise of in-house specialists with that of external researchers, academics, and analysts. The paper brings insights to a previously little-researched area by jointly considering the investment behaviours of banks and insurers and examining the relationship between their asset allocation in domestic and international markets for the first time. The findings suggested that well-developed insurance and pension fund markets were instrumental in promoting active corporate bond markets. However, the two newly identified international portfolio frictions - the domestic projection bias and the going native bias - also indicated that efforts to deepen and integrate European capital markets would face challenges.

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