Accession reviews by the Insurance and Private Pensions Committee

These reports describe the main features of the financial, and insurance and private pensions markets of countries that have recently joined the OECD.

Managing Crises Without Government Guarantees – How Do We Get There?

This speech discusses policy responses to financial crises, with a particular focus on the US experience with government intervention during the 2008-09 financial crisis. It also reflects on the possibilities for conducting crisis management without financial guarantees.

OECD-FSB Conference on Financial Literacy: Financial Education for All

This financial literary conference will focus on designing and establishing effective financial education initiatives to support and protect consumers.

Investment Newsletter, October 2011

This newsletter focuses on global international investment activity, investment in agriculture, Korea's FDI reforms, the investment climate in Africa, G20 investment measures, and more.

Crisis Cartels - Competition Policy Roundtable - OECD

Resorting to crisis cartels would go against the two decade-long trend of tougher enforcement of cartels in developing and industrialised countries. As a practical matter, governments should have the procedures to evaluate such cartels during economic crises. Any exempted cartel should be granted a finite lifetime and be subject to review according to pre-specified criteria. Alternative measures are available to governments that can

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2011 OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions

This meeting focused on pension industry developments in South Africa and in the Africa region, the coverage and adequacy of pension systems and using pension savings for long term investment and economic development.

La OCDE reconoce el avance alcanzado por México y recomienda dar mayor prioridad al combate del cohecho internacional

Un nuevo informe de la OCDE señala que México ha logrado avances, pero necesita dar mayor prioridad a la persecución del cohecho y garantizar que sus autoridades de procuración de justicia cuenten con todas las capacidades y recursos necesarios

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• The OECD acknowledges progress made, and says Mexico should further prioritise fighting foreign bribery

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Mexico has improved, but needs to give greater priority to the criminal enforcement of bribery and ensure that its criminal law enforcement authorities have all the resources and expertise they need to seriously investigate all allegations, according to a new OECD report.

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Korea making notable progress on fighting foreign bribery; further improvements needed, says OECD

Korea has improved its information and intelligence gathering capacity in foreign bribery cases, but should be more proactive in investigating allegations, according to a new OECD report.

G20 finance ministers agree new principles to boost financial consumer protection

G20 finance ministers have agreed new principles on financial consumer protection developed by the OECD. “Without consumer trust and confidence we could jeopardise the basis for global economic recovery and growth,” said OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría.