Evaluation of minimum return guarantees in defined contribution pension plans

The Working Paper “The Role of Guarantees in Defined Contribution Pensions” argues that, while there is a clear need to better protect retirement income from financial market volatility, the costs and benefits of investment return guarantees should be carefully evaluated.

Consultation sur les enjeux de l’application de la législation sur la lutte contre la corruption dans plusieurs pays ou territoires

Cette consultation portera en priorité sur les considérations devant être prises en compte lorsqu’il s’agit d’effectuer des transactions commerciales internationales soumises à une législation anti-corruption dans des pays ou territoires multiples.

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• Consultation on the challenge of multijurisdictional anti-bribery enforcement

The Role of Guarantees in Defined Contribution Pensions, OECD Working Paper on Finance, Insurance and Private Pensions, No.11

This paper examines the role of guarantees in DC pension plans, in particular minimum investment return guarantees during the accumulation phase. The main goal is to assess the cost and benefits of different return guarantees. The report uses a stochastic financial market model where guarantee claims are calculated as a financial derivative in a financial market framework (like e.g. the valuation of a put option). In this context, the

Regulatory Reform of OTC Derivatives and its Implications for Sovereign Debt Management Practices, OECD Working Paper on Sovereign Borrowing and Public Debt Management, No.1

This report analyses the possible implications for public debt management practices arising from regulatory changes for over the counter derivatives (OTCD) that are being developed worldwide to strengthen the resiliency of the financial system. Many OECD sovereigns use OTCD in their debt management activities (mainly interest rate swaps and cross-currency swaps).

Principles and Trade-Offs When Making Issuance Choices in the UK, OECD Working Paper on Sovereign Borrowing and Public Debt Management, No.2

The paper argues that judgements play an important role in determining appropriate trade-offs when making issuance choices. The result of the determination of cost and risk factors and judgements about trade-offs is usually a relatively balanced issuance split across the maturity spectrum, along both the nominal and real yield curves.

Infrastructures en eau et secteur privé : Guide de l’OCDE pour l’action publique

Cette brochure constitue un catalogue d’orientations à l’intention des pouvoirs publics et couvre la répartition des rôles, des risques et des responsabilités, les conditions d’un cadre institutionnel bénéfique et les arrangements contractuels susceptibles de permettre une coopération optimale pour la participation du secteur privé aux infrastructures de l'eau.

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Infrastructures en eau et secteur privé : Guide de l’OCDE pour l’action publique, Introduction

Introduction à la publication: Infrastructures en eau et secteur privé : Guide de l’OCDE pour l’action publique.

Corporate Governance of Listed Companies in China

This report looks at the institutional framework of corporate governance in China through the prism of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance and assess a broad range of laws, regulations and codes.

First meeting of the Eurasia Group on Corporate Governance for Capital Market Development

This meeting focused on the links between good corporate governance practices, strengthened capital markets and economic growth.

First meeting of the Latin American Network on Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises

The first meeting of the Network focused on overall frameworks and priorities for SOE governance reforms in the region, challenges for improving SOE boards, and case studies of governance reforms in some of Latin America’s largest SOEs from Brazil, Chile and Colombia.