OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions: Pension Reform and Developments in Latin America, 14-15 October 2009

The OECD and the IOPS  jointly organised the OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions in Latin America held on 14 and 15 October (morning session) 2009 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The OECD/IOPS Global Forum was followed by the IOPS Committee meetings and Annual General Meeting held respectively on 15 October (afternoon session) and 16 October (full day).

The Global Forum examined reform progress and recent pension fund industry developments in Brazil and in the Latin American region in general, focusing on the main challenges facing defined contribution (DC) privately-managed individual pension schemes – the main type of retirement arrangements in the region, including risk- transfer and the design of pay-out phase. The Global Forum also provided an opportunity, drawing on the international experience,  to discuss innovative regulatory policies/initiatives designed to improve the design of DC systems and examined the challenges and advantages of promoting/setting up the hybrid pension arrangements. A special session was devoted to investment strategies of private pension plans, where the findings of the joint OECD-World Bank research project on measurement of investment performance were presented and recommendations to policymakers discussed.

Senior governmental officials, leading pension policy experts, pension fund industry leaders from the OECD and the IOPS member countries attended the Global Forum. Approximately half of the audience was governmental representatives from the Latin American region.

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For further information and access to Forum papers and presentations, please click here.