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News & Events
News
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03-Feb-2012
Financial Market Trends provides analysis and statistics on structural issues and developments in financial markets and the financial sector. Topics include financial market regulation, sovereign debt, bond markets and public debt management, insurance and private pensions, as well as financial statistics.
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12-Aug-2011
This report examines the interplay between banking competition and financial stability, taking into account the experiences of the recent global crisis and the policy response to date.
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16-Feb-2011
New restrictions on the short selling of sovereign debt have been proposed in response to major threats to financial market stability and market confidence. This article voices the concerns of debt managers that the proposed changes could push their borrowing costs up.
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03-Feb-2011
Europe has been beset by an interrelated banking crisis and sovereign debt crisis. Bond spreads faced by Greece and Ireland, and to a lesser extent Portugal followed by Spain, have increased. This paper explores these issues from the perspective of financial markets, focusing mainly on these 4 countries.
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21-Dec-2010
Representatives of the financial services sector met in October 2010 to discuss sovereign debt challenges faced by banking systems and bond markets. This article summarises these discussions which covered the current outlook and risks - including capital flows and global rebalancing, sovereign risks and challenges for the banking sector.
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25-Oct-2010
The third OECD Sovereign Borrowing Outlook finds that OECD governments are facing ongoing challenges in the markets for government securities as a result of continued strong borrowing activity amid concerns about the pace of recovery and sovereign risk.
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10-Sep-2010
Withdrawal of policy stimulus and sovereign risk were singled out as the two biggest concerns for investors at the 11th OECD-WBG-IMF Global Bond Market Forum. This article summarises the discussions and addresses the challenges of measuring sovereign risk, the need for more reliable indicators of sovereign risk and how sovereign issuers have been forced to modify their borrowing strategies.
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10-Sep-2010
The various existing methods for calculating short-term borrowing requirements can result in distorted estimates. This article proposes a new method that yields economically meaningful results that can also be used to make cross-country comparisons.
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15-Mar-2007
The Danish Government has just published the 2006 edition of "Danish Government Borrowing and Debt". The publication contains information on the basic principles behind the administration and describes the development in government borrowing and debt over the past year.
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28-Jun-2005
In the global financial marketplace, creating, sharing and using information and knowledge are of vital importance for public debt managers. This joint initiative by OECD and the Italian Treasury, constitutes a new, complimentary feature in the multilateral framework for co-operation in the area of public debt management by providing an electronic platform for continuous information exchange that supports an intensive and comprehensive electronic policy dialogue.
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Events
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from 05-May-2011 to 06-May-2011
Discussions at the forum focused on latest developments in global bond markets, including the impact of the financial crisis on market functioning and debt levels and other emerging issues.
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from 20-Jan-2011 to 21-Jan-2011
This forum is a round-table meeting where public debt managers from the OECD area discuss in an in-depth fashion OECD practices, experiences, and policies in the field of government debt management and the development of government and corporate securities markets with their counter-parts from non-OECD countries.
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from 04-Oct-2010 to 05-Oct-2010
This meeting took place in Paris and discussions at this meeting included: debt structure and risk metrics; crisis experiences and lessons for debt management from the OECD area; and the measurement of sovereign risk.
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from 05-May-2010 to 07-May-2010
This workshop, which took place on 5-7 May 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa, provided an opportunity for African countries to discuss practical market-infrastructure issues which are of major concern for debt managers in the African debt markets.
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from 26-Nov-2009 to 27-Nov-2009
The 4th OECD Forum on African Public Debt Management was held on 26-27 November 2009. Discussions included the formulation and implementation of debt management strategy in a changing borowing environment and operational risk management.
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from 25-Nov-2009 to 26-Nov-2009
This Global Forum was held on 25-26 November 2009 at the OECD Conference Centre in Paris. It provided an overview of the highlights of the impact of the global financial crisis on funding needs and borrowing strategies in different regions; the new policy challenges with a focus on Asian debt managers, and on the urgent policy changes in the new borrowing landscape.
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from 24-Jun-2009 to 26-Jun-2009
The Third OECD Regional Workshop on African Debt Management and Bond Markets was held on 24-26 June 2009. The workshop provided another opportunity to African countries to discuss and debate practical market-infrastructure issues which are of major concern for debt managers in the African debt markets.
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from 04-Dec-2008 to 05-Sep-2008
This year the forum discussions focused on an exchange of information on ongoing activities regarding African Public Debt Management and Bond Markets, it took place in Paris, and was organised back-to-back with the 18th OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management.
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from 03-Dec-2008 to 04-Dec-2008
Held in Paris back-to-back with the forum on African Public Debt Management, discussions focused on sovereign asset liability management, the use of short-term government paper and regional roundtables on challenges and opportunities for issuers in view of the credit/liquidity crisis.
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