Working Paper 40: Pension Funds’ Risk-management Framework: Regulation and Supervisory Oversight

Drawing on the experience of the pensions and other financial sectors, this paper examines what sort of risk-management framework pension funds should have in place. Such frameworks are broken down into four main categories: management oversight and culture; strategy and risk assessment; control systems; and information and reporting. Ways in which supervisory authorities can check that such systems are operating are also considered,

La OCDE apoya la reciente propuesta gubernamental para reformar el sistema de pensiones

El gobierno español anunció el viernes pasado su intención de elevar la edad oficial de jubilación de 65 a 67 años, y de aumentar el numero de años necesario para calcular la pensión. La OCDE considera muy positivas dichas medidas.

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OECD supports the Spanish government’s pension reform proposal

The Spanish government announced on Friday, 29 January, its intention of postponing the retirement age from 65 to 67 and to increase the number of contribution years used to calculate pension benefits. The OECD believes that these measures are important steps in the right direction and would bring Spain closer in line with other OECD countries who have already reformed their pension systems.

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Les Principes de l’OICP relatifs au contrôle des pensions privées entendent couvrir les plans de retraite individuels et professionnels, ainsi que les fonds de pension.

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Principes directeurs pour la protection des droits des membres et beneficiaires des plans de pension professionnels

Les principes directeurs sont destinés à guider les autorités de réglementation, de contrôle et autres autorités impliquées dans la conception, l'administration et la gestion de plans de pension.

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Principes directeurs de l'OCDE relatives aux pensions privées

Principes directeurs de l'OCDE relatives aux pensions privées

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OECD-Brazilian International Conference on Financial Education

This conference aimed to advance and elevate the dialogue on financial education in the international arena, focusing on financial education strategies in Latin America.

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance enters new phase

The Journal of Pension Economics and Finance (JPEF), the only academic journal focusing on the economics and finance of pensions and retirement income programs, announces a new editorial structure and a broadening of its mission effective January 2010. Since 2002, the JPEF has provided an invaluable and influential forum for original research and international policy debate in the pensions area.

Cadre d'action publique pour une réglementation financière efficace et efficiente: Recommandation et Principes de l'OCDE

L'OCDE a défini un ensemble de principes clés destinés à orienter les responsables des politiques financières, alors qu'ils visent à réformer en profondeur les systèmes financiers, afin de garantir leur solidité et leur résistance, et ainsi favoriser la croissance économique.

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Creating a better pensions system for Chile

Solange Berstein talks about what other countries can learn from Chile's pensions reforms of the past 12 months.