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.

D’après l’OCDE, les fonds de pension se redressent en 2009

Les fonds de pension ont entamé un redressement partiel pendant la première moitié de 2009, générant des retours sur investissement de 3.5 % en termes nominaux. Toutefois, au 30 juin 2009, le total des actifs des fonds de pension reste en retrait de 14% par rapport au niveau de décembre 2007, selon la dernière édition du Point sur le Marché des Pensions de l'OCDE.

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Pension Markets in Focus - No 6, October 2009

The 6th issue of Pension Markets in Focus highlights the partial recovery in pension fund investment returns and funding ratios in the first half of 2009 compared to 2008.

Statistiques de l'OCDE sur les pensions - base de données en ligne

Cette base de données fournie un accès gratuit aux statistiques fréquemment démandés sur les pensions.

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• OECD Pensions Statistics - online database

Private pensions need long-term, appropriate performance benchmarks

The OECD and the World Bank - at the occasion of the OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - today announced the preliminary results of their project evaluating the financial performance of pension funds around the world.

2009 OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions in Latin America

The Global Forum examined reform progress and recent pension fund industry developments in Brazil and the Latin American region, focusing on the main challenges facing defined contribution privately-managed individual pension schemes which are the main type of retirement arrangements in the region, including risk- transfer and the design of pay-out phase.

The Financial Crisis: Reform and Exit Strategies

The financial crisis required governments to make massive interventions in their financial systems. This book sets out priorities for reforming incentives in financial markets as well as for phasing out these emergency measures.

Transforming Pensions and Healthcare in a Rapidly Ageing World

This report addresses the question of ageing societies from a perspective that integrates implications and solutions for both healthcare and pensions, whereas most reports look separately at one or the other. The report focuses on opportunities, whereas most previous ones have focused primarily on risks. Finally, the report provides an overview of a broad set of practical solutions, ranging from the existing, but underappreciated, to

Investment Regulations and Defined Contribution Pensions, OECD Working Papers on Insurance and Private Pensions, No.37

This paper assesses the impact of different quantitative approaches to regulate investment risk on the retirement income stemming from defined contribution (DC) pension plans. It looks at how such regulations affect the spectrum of investment policies available and, through this channel, how they affect the retirement income that an individual may expect from a DC pension plan.

Recommandation de l'OCDE sur les principes fondamentaux de réglementation des pensions professionelles

Une réglementation et une gestion plus efficientes des régimes de pension des sociétés sont essentielles pour que les salariés d'aujourd'hui puissent profiter demain de pensions de retraite adéquates. Cette Recommandation de l'OCDE invite les pays à encourager la mise en oeuvre des Principes fondamentaux de réglementation des pensions professionnelles qui devraient aider à la réalisation de ces objectifs.

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