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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>Fri Oct 16 18:33:09 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Private pensions in Latin America have emerged stronger after the financial and economic crisis]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Participants at the annual IOPS/OECD Global Forum on Private Pensions discussed the impact and policy responses to the financial and economic crisis on the pension industry, with a particular focus on the major policy developments in the Brazilian pension industry.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[The Financial Crisis: Reform and Exit Strategies]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The financial crisis required governments to make massive interventions in their financial systems. This book sets out priorities for reforming incentives in financial markets as well as for phasing out these emergency measures. ]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 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[Financial Market Trends No.96]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[This edition focuses on issues related to the financial and economic crisis, including articles on corporate governance lessons, government guarantees for financial institutions, private pensions, sovereign borrowing, government debt issuance, and the role of stock exchanges in corporate governance.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Fri Jul 10 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Financing retirement and healthcare in a rapidly ageing world]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[Demographic trends challenge the financial sustainability of pay-as-you-go pension and healthcare systems, as well as capital-funded systems and risk undermining access and quality. Published by the World Economic Forum, with the support of the OECD and Mercer, this report highlights options to better cater for changing retirement and healthcare expectations.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Sep 02 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[Latest figures for OECD pension funds' assets and portfolio allocation]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The OECD weighted average asset-to-GDP ratio for pension funds decreased from 75.5% of GDP in 2007 to 63.4% of GDP in 2008, with the United States suffering a record 24.2% drop in the value of its assets in the last year, equivalent to a loss of USD 2.6 trillion. In 2008, only three countries exhibited asset-to-GDP ratios higher than 100% - Switzerland (119%), the Netherlands (113%) and Iceland (113%).]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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							         <title><![CDATA[OECD calls for strengthening pension fund governance in its revised regulatory principles]]></title>
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							         <description><![CDATA[The OECD has issued guidance for private pension systems that calls for stronger regulation and better governance. The OECD Core Principles of Occupational Pension Regulation lay out a blueprint for policymakers to improve the regulation and supervision of private pension systems, covering the various aspects of the operation of these syetems, such as licensing, governance, funding, investment and the rights of pension plan members.]]></description>
							         <pubDate>Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 CEST 2009</pubDate>
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