Financial Markets, Insurance and Pensions

The OECD surveys recent developments, reform measures and structural and regulatory conditions in financial markets, as well as promoting international trade in financial services and the integration of non-members into the global financial system. It also monitors and surveys structural changes and reform measures in insurance and pensions.

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OECD and IOPS set out blueprint for a licensing regime in the pensions industry

05-May-2008

OECD countries and the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) have agreed new guidelines to help pensions regulators and supervisors improve the way private work-related pension entities, such as pension fund management companies or pension trustees, are managed in order to boost their financial security and performance.

 

OECD/US Treasury International Conference on Financial Education, 7-8 May 2008, Washington DC, USA

from 07-May-2008 to 08-May-2008

Co-hosted by the OECD and the US Treasury, this conference aimed to advance and elevate the dialogue on financial education in the international arena, share experiences on best practices and look at applied research. 

Governments and industry should invest more in financial education, warns OECD

29-Apr-2008

Many people have a poor understanding of the financial issues that affect their lives, according to OECD analysis. To help them, OECD countries have agreed new good practices on financial education relating to private pensions and insurance that call on governments and business to work together to improve financial literacy in order to give people the tools they need to secure their future.

OECD Financial Markets Committee calls for fundamental reform of financial markets

15-Apr-2008

Fundamental reform of the financial system and its regulation is needed to address the issues highlighted by the current financial markets crisis, according to the OECD Financial Markets Committee. Priority should be given to private sector initiatives to speed up the recovery of financial markets but government intervention may be needed.

OECD releases report on subprime crisis: size, deleveraging and some policy options

15-Apr-2008

This report reviews previous estimates of losses from subprime mortgages and indicates these could amount to between US$ 350 and 420 billion, what the losses mean for deleveraging in the economy and what policy options there are to deal with the negative economic consequences of deleveraging.

OECD countries agree on further liberalisation commitments in insurance and private pensions

22-Feb-2008

OECD countries have agreed on further liberalisation commitments in the areas of insurance and private pensions.  The OECD Code of Liberalisation of Current Invisible Operations has been amended to broaden the insurance obligations of the Code and introduce new obligations on private pensions, thereby establishing a new, high standard for cross-border trade in insurance and private pensions services. 

Draft OECD-IOPS Guidelines on the Licensing of Pension Entities: public consultation results

29-Jan-2008

The public consultation of the draft text of the Guidelines on the Licensing of Pension Entities was closed on 5 October 2007.  After consideration of the comments received by the IOPS and the OECD Working Party on Private Pensions, the results of the public consultation are now available.

OECD publishes Pension Markets in Focus

29-Nov-2007

“Pension Markets in Focus” aims to provide information about the main trends and features of funded pension plan systems in a clear and concise format. This fourth edition sets out the most recent data and analysis on the main trends and structure of the various types of funded pension arrangements in terms of total funded pensions’ assets and also in relation to different financing vehicles. It also includes recent features about sovereign and public pension reserve funds, which are becoming a key financing element of pension systems.

Financial Market Trends No.93

21-Nov-2007

In addition to current financial markets highlights, this issue features structured products and their financial market implications, with a focus on collateralised debt obligations and structured investment vehicles; it also contains articles on institutional investors, including hedge funds, and emerging markets; Indian financial system reform; and the evolving market for (ultra-)long government bonds.

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