Financial Market Trends No. 95 to be released on Thursday 8 January

The OECD will release Financial Market Trends No. 95 on the OECD's password-protected website at 11.00 a.m. Paris time (10.00 a.m. GMT) on Thursday 8 January 2009 for immediate release (in English only).

Working Paper 29: Ageing and the Payout Phase of Pensions, Annuities and Financial Markets

This paper reviews the impact of ageing on private pensions, in particular on the payout phase, assesses the part that annuities can play in financing retirement, and examines the role of financial markets in facilitating the allocation on assets accumulated in defined contribution pension plans

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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3rd OECD Forum on African Public Debt Management

Organised in Paris back-to-back with the 18th Annual OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management, discussions focused on an exchange of information on ongoing activities regarding African Public Debt Management and Bond Markets.

18th OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management and Emerging Government Securities Markets

The meeting took place in Paris back-to-back with the forum on African Public Debt Management, discussions focussed on sovereign asset liability management, the use of short-term government paper and regional roundtables on challenges and opportunities for issuers in view of the credit/liquidity crisis.

Questionnaire de l'AICA et de l'OCDE sur la gouvernance des assureurs

L'AICA et l'OCDE ont diffusé un questionnaire conjoint sur le gouvernement d’entreprise des sociétés d’assurance. L’objectif de ce questionnaire était de réunir des informations sur les pratiques de gouvernance en vigueur chez les assureurs, ainsi que des points de vue sur ce que pourraient être des pratiques exemplaires dans ce domaine.

OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions: Mombasa, Kenya, 30-31 October 2008

The Global Forum addressed a wide range of issues of high relevance to national policy debate on retirement savings in both developed and emerging economies.

OECD-Bank Indonesia International Conference on Financial Education

This conference focused on advancing and elevating the dialogue on financial education in the international arena, with a special focus on South East Asian economies, as well as sharing country-specific experiences in implementing financial education strategies, reviewing applied research and discussing best practices.

OECD-IEFP Symposium on Financial Education

The OECD- IFEP Symposium on Financial Education: Financial education: a possible response to the financial crisis goals are to - Highlight the importance of financial education at a global scale as one of the long-term possible response to the current financial crisis - Share experiences and international good practices including OECD instruments on financial education - Reinforce the awareness of the public and policy makers,

Déclaration du Secrétaire général de l'OCDE auprès du Comité monétaire et financier international

Etant donné que la crise financière s’approfondit et se répand, les pouvoirs publics doivent prendre d’urgence des initiatives coordonnées pour rétablir la confiance et relancer les flux de crédit, selon M.Gurría.