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Financial shifts, corporate moves, and signals shaping Finnish businesses.

Otava strengthens its hold on Alma Media with a €10M+ share purchase

Otava Oy acquired 700,000 Alma Media shares today for EUR 10.2 million, nudging its ownership past a critical threshold and solidifying its position as the Finnish media company’s largest shareholder. Read more »

Otava strengthens its hold on Alma Media with a €10M+ share purchase

Otava Oy acquired 700,000 Alma Media shares today for EUR 10.2 million, nudging its ownership past a critical threshold and solidifying its position as the Finnish media company’s largest shareholder. Read more »

[Earnings wrap] Aktia slides against rising market, Incap and Sunborn also lower after mixed updates

Aktia Bank, a Finnish financial services group, fell 5.6% to EUR 10.84 in the afternoon, sharply underperforming a 1.9% gain in the OMX Helsinki 25 benchmark, after first-quarter earnings were hit by weak life insurance income. Incap and Sunborn International, two other companies that revealed their early-year earnings, also traded lower, down 1.6% and 3.6% respectively. Read more »

[Earnings wrap] Aktia slides against rising market, Incap and Sunborn also lower after mixed updates

Aktia Bank, a Finnish financial services group, fell 5.6% to EUR 10.84 in the afternoon, sharply underperforming a 1.9% gain in the OMX Helsinki 25 benchmark, after first-quarter earnings were hit by weak life insurance income. Incap and Sunborn International, two other companies that revealed their early-year earnings, also traded lower, down 1.6% and 3.6% respectively. Read more »

ECB is likely to hold rates steady today as oil prices jump and Fed pauses

The European Central Bank is expected to leave interest rates unchanged today, maintaining its deposit rate at 2 percent, after similar restraint shown by the Fed yesterday amid surging oil prices. Read more »

ECB is likely to hold rates steady today as oil prices jump and Fed pauses

The European Central Bank is expected to leave interest rates unchanged today, maintaining its deposit rate at 2 percent, after similar restraint shown by the Fed yesterday amid surging oil prices. Read more »

[Earnings wrap] Neste, Kesko gain while Konecranes, Kone lag OMX Helsinki 25 after results

Neste and Kesko rose after earnings today, outperforming a slightly weaker OMX Helsinki 25 benchmark, while Konecranes and Kone declined sharply despite broadly solid quarterly updates. Read more »

[Earnings wrap] Neste, Kesko gain while Konecranes, Kone lag OMX Helsinki 25 after results

Neste and Kesko rose after earnings today, outperforming a slightly weaker OMX Helsinki 25 benchmark, while Konecranes and Kone declined sharply despite broadly solid quarterly updates. Read more »

Kone to acquire rival TKE in Finland’s largest corporate deal

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Kone to acquire rival TKE in Finland’s largest corporate deal

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SSAB up after Q1 earnings; Revenio, Valmet and Wärtsilä lag OMX Helsinki 25

Helsinki-listed steelmaker SSAB’s shares rose about 1 percent on Tuesday afternoon, outperforming the OMX Helsinki 25 index, which was down roughly 0.6 percent. The rest of the reporting companies declined more than the broader market after releasing first-quarter results. Read more »

SSAB up after Q1 earnings; Revenio, Valmet and Wärtsilä lag OMX Helsinki 25

Helsinki-listed steelmaker SSAB’s shares rose about 1 percent on Tuesday afternoon, outperforming the OMX Helsinki 25 index, which was down roughly 0.6 percent. The rest of the reporting companies declined more than the broader market after releasing first-quarter results. Read more »

Leadership moves

CEO, board, and executive changes in listed companies.

Fortum’s new geopolitics chief signals a wider shift in Finnish corporate leadership

Fortum’s appointment of Samu Paukkunen as Director, Geopolitics and Resilience, effective 1 June, is the latest sign that defence and security expertise is moving from the margins of Finnish corporate life to the executive table. Read more »

Fortum’s new geopolitics chief signals a wider shift in Finnish corporate leadership

Fortum’s appointment of Samu Paukkunen as Director, Geopolitics and Resilience, effective 1 June, is the latest sign that defence and security expertise is moving from the margins of Finnish corporate life to the executive table. Read more »

Raute locks in its commercial chief days after a profit warning

Raute Corporation has converted Arto Kaikkola's interim mandate into a permanent appointment as Chief Commercial Officer, effective today. Read more »

Raute locks in its commercial chief days after a profit warning

Raute Corporation has converted Arto Kaikkola's interim mandate into a permanent appointment as Chief Commercial Officer, effective today. Read more »

Markku Savusalo steps in as interim CEO at Siili Solutions as CEO departs

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Markku Savusalo steps in as interim CEO at Siili Solutions as CEO departs

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Robit appoints Jan Schroeder as VP Canada to strengthen North America sales

Jan Schroeder, an experienced mining and industrial technology sales executive, joins Robit Plc as vice president, Canada, effective May 4, 2026. He will lead the company’s sales development in the Canadian market, focusing on distributor partnerships, customer relationships, and growth initiatives. Read more »

Robit appoints Jan Schroeder as VP Canada to strengthen North America sales

Jan Schroeder, an experienced mining and industrial technology sales executive, joins Robit Plc as vice president, Canada, effective May 4, 2026. He will lead the company’s sales development in the Canadian market, focusing on distributor partnerships, customer relationships, and growth initiatives. Read more »

Ville Mansikkamäki joins Nokian Tyres from Ponsse as SVP heavy tyres

Ville Mansikkamäki, former VP, Europe at Ponsse Plc, joins Nokian Tyres as senior vice president, heavy tyres, and a member of the management team on October 1, 2026.  Read more »

Ville Mansikkamäki joins Nokian Tyres from Ponsse as SVP heavy tyres

Ville Mansikkamäki, former VP, Europe at Ponsse Plc, joins Nokian Tyres as senior vice president, heavy tyres, and a member of the management team on October 1, 2026.  Read more »

Tieto appoints interim managing directors for units, marking first 2026 exec hires

Finnish software company Tieto, formerly known as Tietoevry, has looked within and found two interim managing directors for its business units, signaling the first executive appointments this year. Read more »

Tieto appoints interim managing directors for units, marking first 2026 exec hires

Finnish software company Tieto, formerly known as Tietoevry, has looked within and found two interim managing directors for its business units, signaling the first executive appointments this year. Read more »

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