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News & Events
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06-Sep-2010
International Accounting Standard No. 19 (IAS 19) is the current standard for the financial reporting of company pension obligations that stem from defined benefit (DB) pension plans. Following publication of proposed changes to IAS 19, the OECD has made comments on the IASB's exposure draft.
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13-Aug-2010
This working paper summarises the recently completed EU stress test for banks and, using new data on bank exposures to sovereign debt, appraises the way the tests have treated the sovereign debt crisis. It comments on market concerns about banking sector exposure to sovereign debt during and beyond the period of the stress test.
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10-Aug-2010
Volume 11 features articles on energy security and competition policy, competition policy for vertical relations in gasoline retailing, the interface between competition and consumer policies, and competition policy in Peru.
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22-Jul-2010
This working paper discusses the impact of the crisis on defined benefit (DB) pension schemes and proposes suggestions for making funding regulations more counter-cyclical in nature. Such measures could strengthen the security of DB benefits and help to maintain DB plans for future workers.
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16-Jul-2010
Government-guaranteed bank bonds have been an effective tool in avoiding the worst during the financial crisis. However, the pricing of the guarantees has created competitive distortions and the continued availability of such guarantees into 2010 may have reduced the pressure on some banks to address their weaknesses.
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13-Jul-2010
While pension funds have strengthened with the financial market rebound, OECD data show that pension fund assets in most countries have yet to recover to pre-crisis levels. Public pension reserve funds, however, have now fully made up for their crisis-related losses due to more conservative investment strategies, according to the July 2010 edition of Pension Markets in Focus.
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05-Jul-2010
OECD and IOPS invite public comment on these draft good practices which aim to outline the main features of risk management systems employed by pension funds. The deadline for comment is 3 September 2010.
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30-Jun-2010
The 2010 scores for the OECD FDI Index, now available for 48 countries, including all G-20 members, and 22 sectors, show that many non-OECD countries have become as open as OECD countries and, in a few cases, even more so.
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22-Jun-2010
“The introduction of corporate liability into the Slovak Republic’s legislation is a very welcome development,” Mr. Gurría commented. “It sends a strong message of commitment to the fight against corruption and helps create a level playing field for firms competing internationally.”
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15-Jun-2010
The 2009 Annual Report highlights major steps taken by the 38 Parties to the Anti-Bribery Convention in 2009 to combat the bribery of foreign public officials in international business. For the first time, the Annual Report includes data on enforcement of the Convention.
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Events
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from 11-Nov-2009 to 12-Nov-2009
African ministers and business leaders met in Johannesburg, South Africa on 11-12 November to discuss how African countries can exit the financial crisis and build stronger and more sustainable economies at the NEPAD-OECD ministerial and roundtable.
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from 02-Nov-2009 to 03-Nov-2009
Co-organised by OECD and ESCAP in Bangkok, this conference focused on OECD and Asian country responses to the main challenges in responsible business conduct, with a special focus on climate change, finance and education.
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on 03-Jul-2009
The OECD Eurasia Competitiveness Programme and governments from the South Caucasus and Ukraine met in Bodrum, Turkey, on 3 July 2009 to initiate dialogue on investment climate policy and promotion.
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on 19-Jun-2009
The Investment Compact for South East Europe working group on investment promotion met in Brussels on 19 June 2009 to focuse on development of the automotive components sector in the framework of the project Defining and Strengthening Sector Specific Sources of Competitiveness.
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from 16-Jun-2009 to 19-Jun-2009
The South East Europe (SEE) Working Group on Tax Policy Analysis held its second meeting on 29 June 2009 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, bringing together high-level officials and policy experts from South East Europe and the OECD to build on the process of addressing tax reform priorities along the lines of the Investment Reform index (IRI).
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on 15-Jun-2009
The conference focused on three key themes: the role of internal audit and audit committees, the role of external auditors, and disclosure and accounting standards.
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from 28-May-2009 to 29-May-2009
The conference focused primarily on corporate governance lessons emerging from the current financial crisis.
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from 26-May-2009 to 27-Jun-2009
The conference took place to advance the level of understanding of the insolvency systems in countries in the region.
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from 24-Sep-2009 to 25-Sep-2009
Organised in Thailand, this conference focused on the threats of global warming,
natural hazard awareness and disaster risk reduction education, hazard mapping, risk assessment, insurance coverage of natural catastrophe risks, catastrophe-linked securities and the role of capital markets in promoting the growth of global capacity to absorb natural catastrophe risks.
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Read about OECD efforts to help governments improve the domestic and global policies that affect business and markets in the wake of the global economic crisis.
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