When saving money for retirement, the goal is clear: to grow the value of assets as much as possible by the time you retire and start living with the money set aside. The return of a few months or years is irrelevant. Summary: What counts is the long-term return over 10, 20, 30 and 40…

On average, you will pay three times less in fees with Tuleva than in other pension funds – this means more money is left for you. Our investment rules are based on best practices, which have helped people grow their savings the most. Our fund manager is owned by Tuleva members – they are pension…

About a year ago, 22 people gave each other a promise to help make pension contributions more favourable to Estonian people. These people paid the membership fee and became the founding members of the commercial association Tuleva. The founding members on their own could not have possibly built up the kind of pension funds we…

* This article is for those people with a deeper appreciation for securities market theory. If you would simply like to decide which pension fund is suitable for you, you can jump directly to the end. Suitable background music for reading is available here. Today’s Luddites are not textile workers, but rather white-collar investment bankers,…

A little more than a year ago, on the 12 April 2016, 22 people each contributed EUR 150 and, in the presence of a notary, signed memorandums of association for Tuleva Tulundusühistu. One month ago, we started up Estonia’s most affordable second pillar pension funds. The time has come to write down the most important…

Part II: What is a risk and why market fluctuations are not the pension savers’ enemy? In Part I of the Chapter, we discussed real-life scenarios which show that, in one way or another, investment is risky, as is life. Even the most brilliant analyst can only hope that his predictions will come true. This…

Part I: Practice I will answer the question raised in the title in Part II of this Chapter. In Part II, we will also discuss theory. But let me first sketch out three pension-related scenes from real life. The first story is bit ahead of its time, but as topical as the second and third….

Does LHV’s pension fund really beat the index? Lies, damn lies and statistics, they say. Did you know that the first known written source of the saying actually concerned pensions? June 1891, UK daily The National Observer: July 2016, Estonia, LHV financial portal: LHV’s Joel Kukemelk informed customersthat LHV’s pension fund L has succeeded in…

As you sow, so shall you reap, they say. As you measure, so shall you reap, say the business managers. The fact that the performance pay of fund managers depends on the measure applied, the value of which remains questionable to investors, is a problem evident around the world. Chapter one emphasised that it is…