Draft Good Practices for Enhanced Risk Awareness and Education on Insurance Issues

Between 26 June and 1 September 2007, OECD invited public comments on the draft Good Practices for Enhanced Risk Awareness and Education on Insurance Issues from stakeholders with expertise in insurance and/or education issues.

Policy Brief: Closing the Pensions Gap: The Role of Private Pensions

Have you chosen the best pension scheme for you? And how can you be sure it will provide a secure income when you actually retire? Pension reform has been a key issue for governments in recent years as they grappled with the challenge of ageing populations or unsustainably generous public pension systems. Raising retirement ages and keeping older workers in jobs is only part of the solution – the bottom line is that as people are

OECD Guidelines on Funding and Benefit Security in Occupational Pension Plans

These guidelines, approved as an OECD Recommendation by the Council, set out good practices in the area of pension funding and benefit security. They cover regulatory issues such as the valuation of pension liabilities, funding rules, the role of insolvency guarantee arrangements and creditor rights of pension plan beneficiaries in case of insolvency of the company that sponsors the pension plan.

Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2007

Across the OECD, governments are seeking to undertake structural reforms to strengthen their economic growth. Based on a broad set of indicators of structural policies and performance, Going for Growth 2007 takes stock of the recent progress made in implementing policy reforms and identifies, for each OECD country, five policy priorities to lift growth. It calls for reforms in areas such as product and labour market regulation,

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Working Paper 7: Survey of Investment Choice by Pension Fund Members

This document focuses on some key analytical and policy issues regarding investment choice by pension plan/fund members in occupational defined contribution and personal pension arrangements during the accumulation stage.

G8 International Conference on Improving Financial Literacy

This Conference, convened under the auspices of Russia' G8 Presidency, was held in Moscow on 29-30 November 2006. The aim of the conference was to recognise the increased need for financial education in both developed and developing countries.

Identifying Determinants of Germany's International Price Competitiveness - A Structural VAR Approach (Economics Department Working Paper 523)

This working paper identifies the sources of changes in German international price competitiveness over the past 30 years.

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OECD Seminar on "Pension Fund Regulation and Risk Management", Istanbul, 9 November 2006

The OECD international seminar on "Pension Fund Regulation and Risk Management", sponsored by Risklab and Allianz Global Investors (AGI), was held back to back with the OECD Global Forum on Private Pensions in Istanbul, Turkey on 9 November 2006.

High Level Advisory Board of the OECD International Network on Financial Management of Large-scale Catastrophes

The High Level Advisory Board of the OECD International Network on Financial Management of Large-Scale Catastrophes held its inaugural meeting on 8 September 2006 at the OECD Headquarters in Paris.

OECD/IOPS Conference on Private Pensions in Latin America: 29-30 March 2006

This conference, which took place in Santiago, Chile, on 29-30 March 2006 focused on an evaluation of the private pension system in Chile and the lessons that can be drawn from Chile’s experience for other countries.