2013-01-01 | FIN-FSA Regulations and guidelines 19/2013The Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA) issued Regulations and Guidelines 19/2013, effective January 1, 2022, to establish the coverage requirements for liability and pension obligations for supplementary pension institutions and funeral and divorce benefit funds. The document specifies the prudential rules for entities engaged in non-statutory activities, including pension foundations, pension funds, and related benefit funds. It incorporates amendments made on November 9, 2021, following public consultations on changes to insurance sector regulations and reporting forms.
These regulations and guidelines are unfortunately available only in Finnish and Swedish. Please find a link to the Swedish version here.
Regulations and Guidelines 19/2013 (pdf)
Coverage of Liability: Supplementary Pension Institutions and Funeral and Divorce Benefit Funds
Effective from 1.1.2022
Amended on 9.11.2021
Regulations and Guidelines 19/2013 Coverage of Liability and Pension Obligations: Pension Foundations and Pension Funds Engaging in Non-Statutory Activities and Funeral and Divorce Benefit Funds (version 3) (pdf)
More information
Request for Comments 2/2013 Coverage of Liability and Pension Obligations: Pension Foundations and Pension Funds Engaging in Non-Statutory Activities and Funeral and Divorce Benefit Funds
Request for Comments 4/2017 Changes to Regulations and Guidelines of the Insurance Sector and Data Collection Forms and Their Guidelines
Request for Comments 21.11.2018 Changes to Regulations and Guidelines of the Insurance Sector and Data Collection Forms and Their Guidelines
Comments Received on the Draft Regulations and Guidelines
Comments received with Request for Comments 2/2013, 29.4.2013 (ref. no. FIVA 4/01.00/2013)
Pension Foundation Association - ESY ry
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Federation of Finnish Financial Services
Feedback on Received Comments
Comments received with Request for Comments 4/2017, 2.10.2017, (ref. no. FIVA 11/01.00/2017)
Pension Foundation Association - ESY ry
Pension Foundation of Kaiko Oy
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Insurance Funds Association
Ministry of Finance
Feedback on Received Comments
Comments received with Request for Comments 21.11.2018 (ref. no. FIVA/13/01.00/2018)
Pension Foundation Association ESY ry
Summary of Comments
Comments received with Request for Comments 11.8.2021 (ref. no. FIVA 17/01.00/2021)
Summary of Comments
FIN-FSA regulations and guidelines
Commencement of activities
Payment institutions and persons providing payment services without a license
Consumer credit providers and peer-to-peer loan intermediaries
Organisation of supervised entities’ operations
Organization and procedures of investment fund activities
Outsourcing in supervised entities belonging to the financial sector
Reporting of mortgage bank operations
Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFMs)
Organization and procedures of investment services activities
Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
Customer due diligence related to compliance with sanctions regulation and national freezing orders
Risk management
Risk reporting by credit institutions
Reporting of funding plans
Management of operational risk in supervised entities of the financial sector
Management of credit risk and assessment of creditworthiness by supervised entities in the financial sector
Risk management concerning mortgage bank operations
Accounting, financial statements and management report
Regulations and guidelines on accounting, financial statements and management report: Insurance companies, occupational pension insurance companies, insurance associations, insurance holding companies, branches of third-country insurance companies and pension institutions established by law
Regulations and guidelines on accounting, financial statements and management report: Pension funds and pension foundations
Regulations on accounting, financial statements and management report: Sickness funds and funeral and divorce benefit funds
Financial sector regulations and guidelines on reporting of financial information (FINREP)
Accounting, financial statements and management report of the financial sector
Capital adequacy
Common European Reporting (COREP)
Regulations and Guidelines related to the Capital Requirements Regulation
Prudential reporting for investment firms (IF)
Conduct of Business
Methods used for calculating the maximum compensation charged for early repayment of housing loans
Disclosure of expenses and returns of long-term savings agreements and insurance policies
Calculation of maximum loan-to-value ratio
Procedures to be followed in banking services
Management of default risks in consumer lending
Operations of securities markets
Takeover bid and the obligation to launch a bid
Public insider register of market participants, occupational pension insurance companies and fund management companies
Trading parties from third countries
Regulations and guidelines on disclosure obligation
Insurance operations