Inaugural Global Forum on Responsible Business Conduct

Discussions at the Global Forum will focus on high-level systematic approaches to responsible business conduct to set the vision for future action and implementation challenges.

2013 OECD-Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 5-6 June 2013 - This Roundtable meeting will serve as an opportunity to better understand the particular features and challenges associated with equity market developments worldwide and in particular, corporate governance policies and practices and their relationship to equity market growth in Asia.

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OECD-SADC-IFC-JICA seminar on private sector participation in Africa's infrastructure

This seminar will focus on overcoming challenges to private sector participation in infrastructure in Southern Africa.

G20 Russian Presidency/OECD High-level roundtable on institutional investors and long-term investment

Co-organised by the G20 Russian Presidency and the OECD, this roundtable will focus on policy measures to address constraints in long-term investment. It is organised back-to-back with the 2013 OECD Forum and the OECD-Euromoney Infrastructure Summit.

Public consultation on draft high-level principles on long-term investment financing by institutional investors

2-24 May 2013. The OECD is now inviting comment on draft high-level principles intended to help governments facilitate and promote long-term investment by institutional investors.

China Investment Policy: an Update, OECD Working Papers on International Investment - No. 2013/1

This paper examines China’s investment policy since the publication of the 2008 OECD Investment Policy Review of China and recommends that the Chinese government continue its efforts to liberalise and increase the transparency and predictability of the framework for both inward and outward FDI.

Corporate Governance in Asia

The Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance and the Asia Network on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises serve as regional forums for exchanging experiences and advancing the reform agenda on corporate governance.

Institutional investors and long-term investment

Long-term capital is in short supply and has become increasingly so since the 2008 financial crisis. This has profound implications for growth and financial stability. The OECD is exploring these issues in depth.

Long-term investment, the cost of capital and the dividend and buyback puzzle

The paper argues that interest rates are at extremely low levels to support banks, and the search for yield has pushed the liquidity driven speculative bubble from real estate, derivatives and structured products markets into the corporate debt market. Equities have rallied strongly too. This asset cycle is certainly helping banks reduce hidden losses on illiquid securities and could also help reduce the cost of equity.

Tendances des marchés de capitaux

Tendances des marchés de capitaux est une publication de l'OCDE qui analyse l'évolution et les tendances sur les marchés nationaux et internationaux de capitaux.