Publications & Documents

Implementing the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises: Review of Recent Developments

OECD Trust in Business Initiative

Generating trust is a key factor for establishing conditions of economic development, including the efficient allocation of capital, innovation, productivity and business relationships. This initiative is a platform for leaders to catalyse good corporate conduct, examine market incentives for business decision-making and respond to the expectations of society in meeting current and future challenges.

Systemic Thinking for Policy Making - The Potential of Systems Analysis for Addressing Global Policy Challenges in the 21st Century

Corporate Bond Market Trends, Emerging Risks and Monetary Policy

18/02/2020 - After a return to more expansionary monetary policies in early 2019, the world’s non-financial corporations borrowed an additional USD 2.1 trillion in the form of corporate bonds. Adding this to the unprecedented build-up of corporate bond debt since 2008 means that the global outstanding stock of non-financial corporate bonds at the end of 2019 reached an all-time high of USD 13.5 trillion. Read the full report.

Corporate bond debt continues to pile up

The volume of corporate debt reached an all time high in real terms of USD 13.5 trillion at the end of 2019, driven by the return of more expansionary monetary policies early in the year. At the same time, the overall quality of corporate debt has declined, according to a new OECD report.

OECD Capital Market Review of Italy

This capital market review of Italy offers policy recommendations to improve the Italian institutional and regulatory framework in a way that will give Italian business better access to funding and households more opportunities to diversify their savings.

Launch of the OECD’s Capital Market Review of Italy 2020: Creating Growth Opportunities for Italian Companies and Savers

Thank you for joining us today for the launch of the OECD’s Capital Market Review of Italy 2020: Creating Growth Opportunities for Italian Companies and Savers. This is the first Review of this type that we produce for Italy and I would like to thank Minister Gualtieri for his support during its preparation.

Improving Italy’s capital market will boost growth opportunities for Italian companies and savers

Italy’s structural reforms of recent years have improved the financial health of the corporate sector and contributed to a gradual economic recovery. However, the Italian economy still lags other large European economies. Improving the way capital markets function would help drive investment in the real economy, creating jobs and boosting productivity, according to a new OECD report.

Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, in Rome, Friday 31 January 2020

The Secretary-General of the OECD, Mr. Angel Gurría, will be in Rome on Friday 31 January 2020 to present the OECD Review of Italian Capital Markets “Creating Growth Opportunities for Italian Companies and Savers”.

OECD Working Papers on International Investment

The international investment working paper series – including policies and trends and the broader implications of multinational enterprise – is designed to make available to a wide readership selected studies undertaken under the aegis of the OECD Investment Committee, by OECD staff, or by outside consultants working on OECD Investment Committee projects.