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News & Events
News
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05-Jul-2011
The OECD and the government of South Africa opened the first African Debt Management and Bond Market Development Centre on 30 June 2011.
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30-Jun-2011
OECD and the South African government have created a centre to encourage co-operation among African debt managers and to support the development of sound practices in public debt and cash management.
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30-Jun-2011
Guarantees have become the preferred instrument for addressing many financial policy objectives such as financial stability, consumer protection and credit allocations. Before adding on new arrangements, consideration should be given to their strength, consistency and affordability.
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30-Jun-2011
Financial market policy urgently needs to address the huge risks taken by the large banks that encompass the global derivatives business. This paper analyses the global derivatives business and recommends policy reforms for improving financial stability.
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27-May-2011
The OECD has released revised Guidelines on Insurer Governance following a comprehensive review and public consultations. The Guidelines are intended to provide guidance and serve as a reference point for insurers, governmental authorities, and other relevant stakeholders in OECD and non-OECD countries.
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11-May-2011
Most countries have separate pension plans for public sector employees and the future fiscal burden of these plans can be substantial. This paper compares public sector pension plans in OECD countries regarding the type of pension promise and quantifies the future tax burden related to these pension promises.
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06-Apr-2011
The OECD assesses the impact of labour, financial and demographic risks on retirement income from defined-contribution pension plans. The analysis shows that the impact of these risks is far from negligible. Moreover, it endorses the use of life-cycle strategies to attenuate their impact, in particular when a negative shock to equity markets occurs in the years before retiring.
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01-Apr-2011
This book presents statistics which clarify the nature of the impact of the crisis on the insurance sector in OECD countries, reviews governmental and supervisory responses to the crisis and identifies policy and regulatory issues. It proposes policy conclusions which aim to promote financial stability and enhance the protection of policyholders.
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07-Mar-2011
Private pensions are acquiring an increasing importance in Jordan. The Royal vision is to extend the social protection network to include all citizens in the Kingdom. Moreover, the amendments made to the social security law, introducing ceilings to pension salaries, make private pension insurance products of particular appeal to citizens interested in increasing their pension incomes.
Press release also available in Arabic .
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01-Mar-2011
These good practices provide an integrated, action-oriented framework for the identification of disaster risks, promotion of risk awareness, enhancement of prevention and loss mitigation strategies, and design of compensation arrangements.
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Events
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from 05-May-2011 to 06-May-2011
This workshop focused on risk-based pensions supervision, including the recently launched IOPS Toolkit for Risk-based Supervision which helps authorities prepare for such a transition and presents the risk-based models already developed by some countries.
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from 27-Jun-2011 to 28-Jun-2011
This high-level seminar addressed critical aspects of the development of a financial education strategy in Indonesia and the challenges related to financial education and inclusion in South East Asia/ASEAN and APEC countries.
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from 01-Mar-2011 to 02-Mar-2011
This workshop focused on policy issues relative to pension supervision and regulation, both internationally and in the Middle East North Africa region.
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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 26-May-2011 to 27-May-2011
This 2-day global conference sought to advance and elevate the dialogue on financial education in the Canadian and international arena. It focused on how we can help individuals improve their financial knowledge and the way they manage their personal finances.
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on 10-Dec-2010
The forum brought together leading researchers, pension funds, endowments and sovereign wealth funds from across Europe, Asia and the Americas to discuss the latest advances in investment, asset allocation and risk management.
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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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