Dear Tuleva member, 2019 was a landmark year for Tuleva. We achieved the goals we set at the beginning almost three years ago. We have successfully launched our joint second pillar, and now also the third pillar, pension funds. In other words, while politicians are still arguing about pension savings, we Tuleva members have already…

Each of the 4,050 owners of Tuleva, which will soon be three years old, has contributed 100 euros to help build a financial company unique in Estonia, born of people’s own initiative. What have we achieved with this money? Estonia’s first fintech owned by the users themselves Imagine a world in which Amazon is owned…

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…