Finance, competition and governance: Strategies to phase out emergency measures

The OECD has been developing a response to the crisis that is holistic, looking atfinancial market issues, and the wide variety of factors that led to damaging incentive structures, as well as the requirements for broader macro and fiscal policies. The crisis has led to a variety of emergency financial measures such as loans, guarantees, and nationalisations. For financial markets, the focus is on exit strategies that are consistent

Public Consultation: Draft IAIS-OECD Issues Paper on Insurer Corporate Governance

The IAIS-OECD issues paper on insurer corporate governance provides background on insurer corporate governance, describes practices and identifies possible regulatory and supervisory issues. Comments received were considered in the preparation of a final version of the issues paper.

Perspectives de l'OCDE sur les pensions privées 2008

Cette édition présente des données essentielles sur les actifs, les investissements, les membres et la structure de ce secteur, à partir des dernières statistiques officielles.

En dépit de la crise, les pensions privées sont plus nécessaires que jamais, estime l’OCDE

D’après la nouvelle édition des Perspectives de l'OCDE sur les pensions privées, c’est à juste titre que les travailleurs sont préoccupés par la perte de valeur de l’épargne retraite privée, et les gouvernements sont de plus en plus poussés à agir. L’OCDE estime que la perte de valeur sur un an des actifs détenus par les systèmes de pension privés a atteint 5 400 milliards de dollars US à fin décembre 2008, après s’être élevée à 5 000

Investment guarantees and political risk insurance - Institutions, incentives and development

Institutional features and policy practices of investment guarantee programmes - institutional features of the public and private segments of the political risk insurance market - issues of potential relevance for the investment policy community. Typically, international investment projects for which such insurance is sought are located in developing countries. In recent years, the value of investment guarantees has averaged about

Pensions at a Glance: Asia/Pacific - 2009 Edition

The report analyses the retirement income systems of 18 Asian countries, including Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam. It says that reform is needed ....

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Financial Crisis: Deposit Insurance and Related Financial Safety Net Aspects

Whenever a crisis hits, interest in guarantee arrangements rises. This paper focuses on how parts of the financial safety net are combined, with a special emphasis on deposit insurance and its interaction with other safety net elements. It addresses structural rather practical crisis resolution issues, as well as reviewing recent policy actions in this context.

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Complementary and Private Pensions throughout the World 2008

This publication provides in-depth information on the regulation and supervision of voluntary and mandatory occupational pension plans as well as mandatory private pension schemes in 58 countries worldwide.

Facing the Future: Korea's Family, Pension and Health Policy Challenges

This summary study looks at existing Korean family, health and pension policies from an international perspective and considers them in view of the emerging policy challenges in Korea. It was presented at a policy forum on Low fertility and Ageing Society, in September 2006 in Seoul.

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Ageing and Pension System Reform: Implications for Financial Markets and Economic Policies

This report reviews the economic consequences of ageing populations for financial markets and recommends that governments help facilitate development of financial instruments to support retirement savings and pensions.