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Start Guarantee for the start-up

Start Guarantee is intended for newly launched enterprises that are owned by private individuals and meet the SME definition applied by the EU. The bank will submit an online application for a Start Guarantee to Finnvera on behalf of the enterprise.

Finnvera's year 2018

Export trade transactions were closed actively, and the investment atmosphere became more dynamic in Finland, too. As a whole, the year was financially positive, both for us and for most of our clients. Our operations are based on risk management which is also a theme in our annual review. In the long term, the income from our operations must exceed our expenses and potential credit losses.

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03.04.2019

Finnvera issued a EUR 1 billion ten year bond

Finnvera Plc Stock Exchange Release 3 April 2019 The date of the issue was 2nd April 2019. The transaction maturing in April 2029 represents Finnvera’s first benchmark bond issue this year. More than 90 investors participated and the size of the order… Read more

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29.03.2019

Finnvera’s Annual General Meeting: New members appointed to Board of Directors and Supervisory Board

Finnvera Plc Stock Exchange Release 29 March 2019On 29 March 2019, Finnvera's Annual General Meeting appointed new members to the company's Board of Directors and Supervisory Board. Director General Antti Neimala and forester Pekka Nuuttila were appoi… Read more

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12.03.2019

Executive Vice President Juuso Heinilä: A positive year for the availability of financing

The year 2018 was very positive for the availability of SME financing. In Finland, economy grew briskly, and during the first months of the year, enterprises’ investments and the financing we granted for them were increasing slightly. Competition amon… Read more

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08.03.2019

Tapio Jordan appointed the Head of Finnvera’s Credit Decision Unit

Tapio Jordan, M.Sc. (Econ.), B.Sc. (Agriculture and Forestry), has been appointed the Head of Finnvera’s Credit Decision Unit and a member of Finnvera’s Management Group.He will start in the position on 15 April 2019. The Credit Decision Unit takes ca… Read more

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06.03.2019

Demand for export credit guarantees emerging in trade with China – understanding the underlying reasons may improve export companies’ prospects

China is firmly at centre stage in world politics and the world economy as well as an important export destination for Finland. However, this is hardly reflected in the demand for export credit guarantees thus far. Now the demand for export credit gua… Read more

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04.03.2019

Executive Vice President Jussi Haarasilta: Finnvera’s role remains strong

Uncertainty, the threat of protectionism and trade policy crises characterised the world economy in 2018. Nevertheless, from the perspective of our business operations, the year was as successful as expected. We still granted more than EUR 3 billion i… Read more

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26.02.2019

Finnvera Group’s Report of the Board of Directors and Financial Statements for 2018

Finnvera Group, Stock Exchange Release 26 February 2019The result was clearly positive – self-sustainability has been attained throughout Finnvera’s 20-year historyCEO Pauli Heikkilä:“Demand for Finnvera’s export financing remained high in 2018 due to… Read more

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04.02.2019

Impact study: Many export trade deals would be lost without export credit guarantees and buyer financing

Finnvera’s export credit guarantees and financing are often decisive factors in enabling Finnish enterprises to win export contracts. This is revealed by a study on the largest export companies in Finland and a group of SMEs involved in exports. The l… Read more

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31.01.2019

Advance information about Finnvera Group’s operations in 2018: Demand for export financing at a high level – in SME and midcap financing, the share of investments increased

In 2018, financing granted to large corporates for export trade by Finnvera did not reach the level of the record-breaking year 2017, but demand for new export credit guarantees, special guarantees and export credits remained very high, as in the prev… Read more