Pension Markets in Focus

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Recent years have witnessed intense pension reform efforts in countries around the globe, which have often involved an increased use of funded pension programmes managed by the private sector. There is a growing need among policy makers and the regulatory community, as well as among private sector participants, to compare programme developments and experiences to those of other countries. Because funded arrangements are likely to play an increasingly important role in delivering retirement income security in many countries, and because the investment of pension assets will increasingly affect securities markets in future years, the availability of an accurate, comprehensive, comparable and up-to-date body of international statistics is a necessary tool for policy-makers, regulators and market participants.  Launched in June 2005, Pension Markets in Focus aims to address these needs.  

Pension Markets in Focus, No. 6, October 2009

• OECD pension fund assets and funding ratios recovering in 2009
• Public Pension Reserve Funds
• News in brief
• Statistical tables

Pension Markets in Focus, No. 5, December 2008

• Private pensions and the 2008 turmoil in financial markets
• Main private pension trends over 2001-2007
• News in brief
• Statistical tables can be directly downloaded into Excel by following StatLinks included in the PDF version
• French version: Le Point sur les Marchés des Pensions - Numéro 5, Décembre 2008

Pension Markets in Focus, No. 4, November 2007

• Overview of financial wealth accumulated under financial vehicles used by funded pension arrangements
• Autonomous pension asset allocation in OECD countries
• Focus on pension markets for selected non-OECD economies
• Sovereign and public pension reserve funds: Some observations
• Statistical tables

Pension Markets in Focus, No. 3, October 2006

Pension Markets in Focus, No. 2, December 2005

Pension Markets in Focus, No. 1, June 2005