2nd Annual World Pensions & Investments Forum

Leading researchers, pension funds, endowment and sovereign wealth funds from across Europe, Asia and the Americas will come together to discuss asset allocation and diversification strategies, equity, emerging markets and infrastructure investments.

Tokyo Roundtables on Capital Market Reform in Asia

Held annually at the Asian Development Bank Institute in Tokyo, these roundtables are jointly organised and sponsored by the ADB Institute and the OECD, with financial support from the Government of Japan. They offer a forum for discussion among Asian securities regulators, experts, practitioners, scholars and international organisations.

12th Tokyo Roundtable on Capital Market Reform in Asia

Discussions at this meeting focused on the global financial situation and regulatory reforms; capital flows; regional financial markets; financial education and consumer protection in Asia; and, regulation, supervision and risk management of Asian banks.

SEBI-OECD International Conference on Investor Education

Taking place in Goa, India, this event addressed international issues and global trends relating to investor education, with a particular focus on investor education in Asia.

Solving the Financial and Sovereign Debt Crisis in Europe

This paper examines the policies that have been proposed to solve the financial and sovereign debt crisis in Europe, against the backdrop of what the real underlying problems are: extreme differences in competitiveness; the absence of a growth strategy; sovereign, household and corporate debt at high levels in the very countries that are least competitive; and banks that have become too large, driven by dangerous trends in ‘capital

2nd OECD-Asia Regional Seminar: Enhancing Transparency and Monitoring of Insurance Markets

This seminar focused on how to improve the monitoring of insurance markets through the provision of sound insurance statistics and indicators both in the Asia region and globally.

21st OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management

Discussions at the 2012 forum focused on the changing global investor base for government securities, primary market operations and new interactions between public debt management and monetary policy under fiscal dominance.

National Strategies for Financial Education

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• Evaluating Financial Education Programmes
• Evaluating Financial Education Programmes
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Measuring Financial Literacy

This financial literacy questionnaire and accompanying guidance notes can be used to survey levels of financial literacy and detailed guidance on how to implement such a survey.

Highlights from the OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook N°4

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. The fourth OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook provides estimates for 2011 and projections for 2012. Higher than anticipated gross borrowing needs of