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OECD work on financial markets aims to promote efficient, open, stable and sound market-oriented financial systems, based on high levels of transparency, confidence, and integrity. It also monitors and surveys structural changes and reform measures in insurance and private pensions. Permanent url: www.oecd.org/daf/fin
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Europe's sovereign debt crisis has exposed structural weaknesses in economic governance that now threaten the entire euro region. Efforts to reinforce public finances and preserve the currency union must go further than solutions proposed to date.
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on 09-Feb-2012
Organised jointly by the OECD and the World Pensions Council, discussions at this year's forum will focus on long-term assets for pension and sovereign wealth funds.
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03-Feb-2012
In-depth analysis from the OECD addresses the financial market dimension of sovereign debt challenges to assist policymakers in designing, adopting, and implementing appropriate policies.
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27-Jan-2012
These reports describe the main features of the financial markets of countries that have recently joined the OECD. Their regulatory, supervisory and tax system, the extent of market access for foreign service providers, and the country’s position with regard to the OECD Codes of Liberalisation and other OECD legal instruments are assessed in these reports.
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27-Jan-2012
These reports describe the main features of the insurance and private pensions markets of countries that have recently joined the OECD. Their regulatory, supervisory and tax system, the extent of market access for foreign service providers, and the country’s position with regard to the OECD Codes of Liberalisation and other OECD legal instruments are assessed in these reports.
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12-Dec-2011
This report shows that OECD governments are facing unprecedented challenges in the markets for government securities as a result of continued strong borrowing amid a highly uncertain environment with growing concerns about the pace of recovery, surging borrowing costs, sovereign risk and contagion pressures.
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09-Dec-2011
Discussions at the 2011 OECD-World Bank-IMF Global Bond Market Forum focused on the challenges for sovereign issuers in assuring durable market access, the outlook for securitisation and covered bond markets and the future role of large bond investors.
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from 26-Jan-2012 to 27-Jan-2012
Co-organised by the OECD and the OIC Thailand, discussions at this seminar focused on enhancing transparency and monitoring of insurance markets with a particular focus on the Asian region.
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06-Dec-2011
These OECD/IOPS Good Practices reflect what pension regulatory and supervisory authorities usually expect to examine when assessing the risk management of pension funds that use alternative investments and derivatives. They outline how supervisors should oversee such investments and suggest possible regulatory controls.
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on 18-Oct-2011
G20 finance ministers meeting in Paris have agreed new principles on financial consumer protection developed by the OECD. The principles form part of a broader initiative by G20 leaders to strengthen trust and confidence in the financial sector, which is widely recognised to have fallen since the economic crisis.
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30-Sep-2011
The Working Paper “The Role of Guarantees in Defined Contribution Pensions ” argues that, while there is a clear need to better protect retirement income from financial market volatility, the costs and benefits of investment return guarantees should be carefully evaluated. Investment return guarantees offer protection from adverse investment performance but can be costly.
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03-Feb-2012
Financial Market Trends provides analysis and statistics on structural issues and developments in financial markets and the financial sector. Topics include financial market regulation, sovereign debt, bond markets and public debt management, insurance and private pensions, as well as financial statistics.
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from 03-Oct-2011 to 04-Oct-2011
The 2011 Banking Law Symposium, co-organised with the OECD, focused on bank failure resolution and crisis management, in particular, the use of guarantees and the spill-overs between the credit qualities of sovereigns and banking systems.
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31-Aug-2011
OECD work on financial sector guarantees has intensified since the 2008 global financial crisis as most policy responses for achieving and maintaining financial stability have consisted of providing new or extended guarantees for the liabilities of financial institutions.
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