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		      <title>Insurance and Pensions</title>
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		      <description><![CDATA[Ninety-five percent of the world's insurance business is done in OECD countries. Private or otherwise non-public pension plans are becoming more and more important, both in the OECD area and in emerging economies. OECD work on the broader consequences of ageing has been reinforced in recent years.]]></description>
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		      <pubDate>Tue Jun 23 13:19:12 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Crisis highlights the need for sweeping pension reforms, says OECD]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Governments must continue reforms to ensure that public and private retirement income provision is socially as well as financially sustainable, according to the 2009 edition of the OECD’s biennial Pensions at a Glance.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Jun 23 11:45:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Private Pensions and Policy Responses to the Crisis ]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This report describes why occupational pensions play a major role in OECD countries and worldwide, complementing retirement income from state sources. Their financial importance is highlighted by the volume of assets they manage on behalf of plan members, USD 22 trillion at the end of 2008. Population ageing has also led many OECD countries to undertake a wide range of pension reforms – the overall effect of which has been to reduce public pension promises and in turn to increase the importance of private pension savings for retirement.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Public Consultation: Draft General Guidance on a Policy Framework for Effective and Efficient Financial Regulation and High-level Checklist]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The OECD invited public comments on draft General Guidance on a Policy Framework for Effective and Efficient Financial Regulation and a related High-level Checklist.   The General Guidance contains principles that should be adopted or considered to promote an effective and efficient framework for government intervention and regulation in the financial system.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon May 18 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Private pensions and policy responses to the financial and economic crisis]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This paper discusses responses to the current financial and economic crisis by regulators, supervisors and policy makers in the area of private pensions. It focuses on the role of private pensions in complementing public systems and on how to design pension systems to introduce some degree of protection, improve sustainability of funding, enhance management and supervision, and step up disclosure and communication.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Public consultation on the draft IAIS-OECD Issues Paper on Insurer Corporate Governance]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The OECD and the IAIS invited public comments on a draft issues paper on the governance of insurers. The purpose of the issues paper is to provide background on insurer corporate governance, describe practices and identify possible regulatory and supervisory issues in relation to the governance of insurers.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD launches Private Pensions Outlook]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[As the role of private pension systems grows in importance, the OECD is monitoring their development and reviewing their performance in an international context. This new publication provides essential data on investments, membership, benefits, and industry structure based on the latest official statistics available, as well as featuring a special report on the implications of the financial crisis for pensions and private pensions policy.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Feb 12 12:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Asian countries should reform their pension systems]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Many Asian countries will need to reform their pension systems in order to deliver sustainable and adequate retirement incomes for today’s workers, according to a new OECD report.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Jan 07 05:00:00 CET 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Latest data and analysis on financial safety nets for banks in OECD countries]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Government provision of a safety net for financial institutions has been a key element of the policy response to the current crisis. Existing guarantees have been expanded and new ones introduced, in particular related to bank liabilities. This OECD article , updating and broadening a previous one on deposit insurance   discusses various issues that arise from such guarantees. Potential competitive distortions, appropriate pricing and exit strategies, especially where unlimited guarantees have been extended, are some of the main issues raised. ]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon May 18 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Financial Market Trends No.96]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This edition focuses on the policy issues and responses with regard to the financial and economic crisis, including corporate governance lessons from the financial crisis; issues related to government guarantees extended to financial institutions; options for retirement savings and crisis-related effects and policy responses in the area of private pensions.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Mon Jul 06 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Pension fund losses highlight need for private pension reform, says OECD]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The ongoing financial crisis has dealt a heavy blow to private pension systems. The latest issue of Pension Markets in Focus takes a close look at the impact of the crisis and discusses possible policy interventions, both immediate and longer term. ]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 CET 2008</pubDate>
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