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Life Annuity Products and Their Guarantees

OECD Pensions Outlook 2016

Launch of the OECD Pensions Outlook

Every two years, the OECD Pensions Outlook provides an analysis of the main policy issues affecting pensions in OECD countries and assesses trends in retirement income systems. It discusses policy initiatives for strengthening pension systems, funded private pension systems in particular.

The role of financial education in supporting decision-making for retirement: A checklist

The OECD International Network on Financial Education developed two practical policy tools to support policy makers in identifying financial education needs for retirement and in improving their financial education efforts in this area. The two policy tools include this checklist and a matrix contained in Chapter 5 of the 2016 OECD Pensions Outlook.

Competition and sanctions in antitrust cases

Competition law offenders are often subject to fines (civil, administrative or criminal). The 2016 Global Forum on Competition addressed how sanctions including fines are applied in various jurisdictions.

Independence of competition authorities - from designs to practices

Competition authorities independence from political power is a key element of effective enforcement of competition law. The 2016 Global Forum on Competition discussed the issue of the independence of competition authorities at its meeting on 1-2 December 2016.

The role of market studies as a tool to promote competition

The 2016 Global Forum on Competition discussed the results of the OECD survey and questionnaire on market studies and explored its categorisation according to their main purpose: competition advocacy and pre-enforcement.