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News & Events
News
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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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07-Jun-2010
This Working Paper, Assessing Default Investment Strategies in Defined Contribution Pension Plans, finds that future retirees can expect dramatic fluctuations in fortunes between members of a cohort unless they adopt investment strategies that reduce the impact of market shocks. Similar strategies should also become the default for individuals who make no active investment choice.
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26-May-2010
Basel III proposes financial reforms regarding capital and liquidity requirements which aim to strengthen the banking sector and help to avoid crisis in the future. This article analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the Basel III proposals, draws implications for the financial reform process and proposes further necessary solutions.
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25-Feb-2010
This survey describes quantitative investment regulations on pension funds in OECD and selected non-OECD countries as of end December 2009. The information collected concerns all forms of quantitative portfolio restrictions (minima and maxima) applied to autonomous pension funds in OECD countries at different legal levels (law, regulation, industry norms, etc).
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02-Feb-2010
The Spanish government announced on Friday 29th of January, its intention of postponing the retirement age from 65 to 67 and to increase the number of contribution years used to calculate pension benefits. The OECD believes that these measures are important steps in the right direction. (Leer en espanol)
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02-Feb-2010
El gobierno español anunció el viernes pasado su intención de elevar la edad oficial de jubilación de 65 a 67 años, y de aumentar el numero de años necesario para calcular la pensión. La OCDE considera muy positivas dichas medidas.
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08-Jan-2010
Banks need to properly address contagion risk and counterparty failure that have been the main hallmarks of the current crisis. This article outlines the reforms essential to dealing with contagion and counterparty risk, as well as emphasising the need for transparent and comparable accounting rules and improvements in corporate governance.
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08-Dec-2009
The Journal of Pension Economics and Finance (JPEF), the only academic journal focusing on the economics and finance of pensions and retirement income programs, announces a new editorial structure and a broadening of its mission effective January 2010. Since 2002, the JPEF has provided an invaluable and influential forum for original research and international policy debate in the pensions area.
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03-Dec-2009
The OECD has established a set of key principles to guide financial policy makers as they look to fundamental reform that will achieve strong, resilient financial systems that play their part in driving economic growth.
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Events
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from 30-Oct-2008 to 31-Oct-2008
The OECD/IOPS Global Forum addressed a wide range of issues of high relevance to national policy debate on retirement savings in both developed and emerging economies. Special attention was devoted to developments in the pension industry on the African continent.
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from 26-Feb-2008 to 27-Feb-2008
This year’s Roundtable focuses on: Ten years after: Implications of the Current Financial Market turmoil; Enhancing Regulatory Framework; Bond Markets Development; Equity Markets Development; Roles of Capital Market in Infrastructure Financing; Corporate Governance and Capital Market Developments.
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from 14-Nov-2007 to 15-Nov-2007
Organised in Beijing, China, the OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions covered a wide range of topics which are of importance to both countries that either have mature and developed funded pension systems and countries that have only recently undertaken pension reforms, therefore seeking to modify their existing un-sustainable retirement security arrangements. The issues are also of relevance for the current developments in the Chinese pension system.
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on 02-Jul-2007
This OECD seminar brought together the heads of the pension protection funds of Germany, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, the USA and the UK for the first time to debate the role that pension protection schemes can play in protecting our retirement income, how they can operate on an economically efficient basis and how they can protect themselves from moral hazard and excessive claims.
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from 26-Feb-2007 to 27-Feb-2007
Hyderabad, India, 26-27 February 2007. This conference, organised under the auspices of the OECD International Network on the Financial Management of Large Scale Catastrophes was hosted by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) of India, with the sponsorship of the Government of Japan and the General Insurance Corporation of India.
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on 09-Nov-2006
The OECD international seminar on "Pension Fund Regulation and Risk Management", sponsored by Risklab and Allianz Global Investors (AGI), was held back to back with the OECD Global Forum on Private Pension in Istanbul, Turkey on 9 November 2006.
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from 07-Nov-2006 to 08-Nov-2006
7-8 November 2006, Istanbul, Turkey. The Forum aimed to inform and enlighten the current policy debate on major issues related to private pension reform and encouraged an exchange of experiences derived from innovative policies and programmes across the countries participating.
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on 08-Sep-2006
The High Level Advisory Board of the OECD International Network on Financial Management of Large-Scale Catastrophes held its inaugural meeting at the OECD Headquarters (opening remarks by the OECD Secretary-General). The Network is a strategic forum for the discussion of key issues related to the financial management of large scale catastrophes at a global level, aiming to provide policymakers with state-of-the-art expertise and policy advice.
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from 11-Oct-2006 to 12-Oct-2006
This year’s Roundtable focused on: Capital Market Reforms in Asia: Issues, Progress and Challenges; Financial Policy Landscape; Competition and Integration of Exchanges and its Implications for Regulators; Corporate Governance: Methodology for Assessment of the Implementation of the OECD Principles and Discussion of Progress; International Convergence of Accounting Standards.
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from 29-Mar-2006 to 30-Mar-2006
The focus was an evaluation of the private pension system in Chile and the lessons that can be drawn from Chile’s experience, for other countries. The following topics were discussed: the challenge of coverage, constraints in payout phase of pension systems, risk management in defined contribution schemes, risk based supervision, the challenge of investment choice and pension fund cost management. The conference also provided an opportunity to present the OECD best principles and practices.
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