25-October-2010
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This report shows continued strong borrowing by OECD governments amid concerns about sovereign risk. It includes revised estimates for 2010 and the projected outlook in 2011.
19-October-2010
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18-October-2010
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Discussions at this high-level event focused on the financial empowerment of individuals globally but with a particular focus on the Middle East North Africa region.
4-October-2010
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The annual meetings of the OECD Working Party on Public Debt Management bring together debt managers from OECD countries to discuss topical issues relating to debt management operations and government bond markets
24-septembre-2010
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L'industrie de l'assurance représente une composante essentielle de l'économie, par l'importance des primes collectées et des investissements réalisés et, plus fondamentalement, en raison du rôle social et économique qu'elle joue en couvrant les risques des particuliers et des entreprises. Cette base de données rassemble les principales statistiques officielles du secteur des assurances pour les 30 pays de l'OCDE ainsi que pour
23-September-2010
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Protecting retirement income derived from DC pension plans requires carefully designed default investment strategies. This article assesses the relative performance of different investment strategies for different structures of the payout phase, focusing on life-cycle strategies.
23-September-2010
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Discussions at this seminar focused on how to improve the monitoring of insurance markets through the provision of sound insurance statistics and indicators, particularly in Asia and Southeast Asia.
23-September-2010
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The issue of financial innovation and consumer protection is mostly about access and suitability. Access refers to a situation in which affordable, mainstream financial products are available to all segments of the population across the range of income levels and demographic characteristics. Suitability addresses the appropriateness of the products for particular consumer groups. Innovative products will tend generally to be either
17-September-2010
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At the heart of the crisis are failures of financial regulation, of supervision, of risk management and of corporate governance.
10-September-2010
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This article summarises discussions held at the 11th OECD-WBG-IMF Global Bond Market Forum where withdrawal of policy stimulus and sovereign risk were singled out as the two biggest concerns for investors. It addresses the continuing challenge of measuring sovereign risk, the need for more reliable indicators of sovereign risk to help make appropriate investment decisions and how difficult circumstances have forced sovereign issuers