Retirement Savings Adequacy

This project is investigating whether people are saving enough for retirement and examining the role that private pensions can play in the retirement readiness of the working age population.

Pension Fund Investment in Infrastructure: A Comparison between Australia and Canada

At a time when many governments are looking to encourage private investment in infrastructure to bridge the infrastructure financing gap, this paper compares the experience of pension funds in Canada and Australia, looking at infrastructure policies, the pension system, investment strategies, asset allocation and governance of pension funds.

Annuity products

The OECD is working on improving the understanding of the problems facing annuity markets by focusing more closely on the nature of the guarantees provided by annuity products and their costs for insurance companies and consumers.

Developing a funded pension system in Russia

Faced with the acute poverty of many Russian pensioners, the Russian government is engaged in wide-ranging systemic reforms. This report contributes to the policy discussion by identifying aspects of the system that may need to be reformed and describing the experience of other countries as a point of comparison.

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

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

Des réformes sont essentielles pour renforcer l’équité du régime de retraite irlandais

L’Irlande devrait simplifier son régime de retraite et le rendre plus équitable afin que chacun perçoive des revenus suffisants lui assurant un niveau de vie décent à la retraite, selon un nouveau rapport de l’OCDE.

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• Reforms essential to make Ireland’s pension system fairer

Conference on defined contribution pensions, guarantees and risk sharing

London, UK. Discussions at this event focused on how to make Defined Contribution pensions work better for members, designing Defined Ambition pension plans, guarantees v. risk sharing pension deals and pensions communication and individual behaviour.

The Role of Banks, Equity Markets and Institutional Investors in Long-Term Financing for Growth and Development - Report to G20

Presented to G20 leaders in Moscow on 15-16 February 2013, this report examines the role of banks, equity markets and institutional investors in long-term financing. Using research from the OECD project on institutional investors and long-term investment, the findings will contribute to the work of the new G20 Study Group on Financing for Investment.

2nd International Meeting on Terrorism Risk Insurance

Paris, 5 December 2012: This conference addressed the evolution of the terrorism threat and whether current insurance solutions adequately answer the needs of market players in an ever changing risk context.

G20/OECD methodological framework on disaster risk assessment and risk financing

This methodological framework is intended to help governments develop more effective disaster risk management strategies, particularly financial strategies, building on strengthened risk assessment and risk financing.