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OECD publishes White Paper on Governance of Collective Investment Schemes (CIS)

31-Mar-2005

Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) have been one of the most significant developments in financial intermediation during the past few decades. OECD data indicate that CIS assets have been rising sharply as a share of national income and a share of financial assets in most Member countries.  Published in Financial Market Trends, this White Paper is being made public in order to contribute to the current debate on improving governance of CIS.

Advances in Risk Management of Government Debt

17-Mar-2005

This article is based on a new OECD study that provides an in-depth overview and analysis of risk management practices of OECD debt managers. Risk management has become an increasingly important tool for achieving strategic debt targets, and is now an integral part of a wider strategic debt management framework based on benchmarks in most jurisdictions.

Central Government Debt: Statistical Yearbook 1993-2002: 2004 Edition

05-Aug-2004

Governments are amongst the major issuers of debt instruments in the global financial market. This 2004 edition provides quantitative information on central government debt instruments for the 30 OECD member countries to meet the analytical requirements of users such as policy makers, debt management experts and market analysts.

OECD Secretary-General addresses Private Pension Policy Challenges in Financing Retirement

30-Jul-2004

Montreal, Canada, 7-10 June 2004. OECD Secretary-General Donald J. Johnston focused on the policy challenges faced by private pensions at the10th Edition of the Conférence de Montréal: "Competing in a Fast Changing World: Strategies for Success". See also the background paper to the presentation.

Financial Sector Development in the Central Asian countries, Azerbaijan and Mongolia

15-Apr-2004

The sixth conference in this series took place on 29-30 April in Istanbul, Turkey.  Bringing together both policy makers and experts from both the Central Asian region and OECD countries, the main focus of this conference was on securities market development.

OECD Statistics on Institutional Investors

21-Feb-2004

Download latest data from the OECD database "Institutional Investors " including: financial assests (USD & %GDP); portfolio composition and outstanding claims of households.

Implementation of the OECD Financial Education Project

28-Jan-2004

The importance of financial education has been recognised by the governments of a number of OECD member countries.  This report outlines the background and implementation procedures for the recently-launched Financial Education Project. 

Insurance Regulation and Supervision in Latin America: A Comparative Assessment

This OECD publication provides a comparative study of insurance regulation and supervision in 19 Latin American countries. It includes materials prepared for two policy dialogue meetings between OECD member countries and partner countries in Latin America to facilitate the co-operation and co-ordination among insurance regulators and supervisors.

Strengthening Private Pensions: International standards, data and analysis

The Working Party on Private Pensions was established in 1999 to provide a forum for policy-makers from OECD countries to discuss public policy towards private pensions, with a focus on regulation. This booklet provides an overview of activities within the Working Party.

OECD Public Debt Markets: Trends and Recent Structural Changes

24-Jun-2002

This OECD publication provides an authoritative source of the most up-to-date information on North American, Asian-Pacific and European bond markets. As it is drafted by the OECD debt managers themselves, it provides a unique overview of the best practices on debt management policies and techniques.


Events

Sixth Roundtable on Capital Market Reform in Asia

from 28-Sep-2004 to 29-Sep-2004

This year's Roundtable focused on topics including “Agency/principal” or ”conflicts of interest” problems of fund managers, developments in OECD and Asian bond markets, regional cooperation in market development, regional cooperation in enforcement. 

2nd EIR/OECD Conference on Pensions and Long-run Investments, Paris, 2 April 2004

on 02-Apr-2004

The 2nd EIR/OECD Conference on Pensions and Long-run Investments was organised at the OECD Headquarters in Paris on 2 April 2004. Over 50 guests were present, including private sector, researchers and pension regulators. The event was opened by William Witherell, Director of DAFE, OECD. The focus of the event was on pension fund investment in both DB and DC systems. The first part of the meeting focused on DB plans. Asset-liability modelling models and the implications of ageing for defined benefit plans were discussed in detail. The second half of the meeting looked at the new DC plans in Ireland, the OECD on-going work on statistical data collection and regulatory policies for private pension systems.

Third International OECD Conference on Private Pensions in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3-4 May 2004

from 03-May-2004 to 04-May-2004

The Third International OECD Conference on Private Pensions in Brazil will  be held in  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on the 3rd and 4th of May at the Hotel Intercontinental. This seminar is jointly organised by the OECD and the Brazilian Ministries of Finance and of Pensions under the aegis of the OECD programme of the Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members. The event is co-sponsored by the government of Japan and by the National Association of Private Pension (ANAPP) of Brazil.

Third OECD/INPRS Conference on Private Pensions in Asia and 2004 Asian-Pacific Regional INPRS Meeting, 30 March - 1 April 2004, Manila, Philippines

from 30-Mar-2004 to 01-Apr-2004

The 3rd Conference on Private Pensions in Asia was held in Manila, the Philippines from 30 March – 1 April 2004. These events were jointly organised by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) under the aegis of the International Network of Pension Regulators and Supervisors (INPRS) activities. The events were also part of the OECD programme of the Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members, and were co-sponsored by the Government of Japan.

International Seminar on Pension Schemes for Civil Servants and Pension Funds

from 01-Oct-2003 to 02-Oct-2003

The conference was held in Brasilia on 1-2 October 2003 in co-operation with the Brazilian Government, namely the Ministry of Social Security as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was conducted in the framework of the Brazilian Programme of the OECD Centre for Co-operation with Non-Members with the sponsorship provided by the Government of Japan. Click on the title to download the summary record of the meeting, which includes the agenda.



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