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News & Events
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25-Sep-2009
Welcoming the adoption of the Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth by G20 leaders gathered in Pittsburgh for the G20 summit, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said new sources of jobs and growth needed for the global economy to effect a sustained recovery, will only emerge if the right structural policies are adopted by the world’s leading global economies.
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07-Jul-2009
Financial services firms must make sure their customers understand what they are letting themselves in for when they sign up for mortgages, consumer loans and other products, under new OECD guidelines designed to avoid a repeat of the sub-prime mortgage crisis and ensuing credit crunch that sent the world economy into recession.
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18-Jun-2009
This report describes issues that must be addressed to restore public confidence in financial markets and to put incentives in place to encourage a prudent balance between risk and the search for return in (broadly-defined) banking.
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18-May-2009
Government provision of a safety net for financial institutions has been a key element of the policy response to the current crisis. Existing guarantees have been expanded and new ones introduced, in particular related to bank liabilities. This OECD article , updating and broadening a previous one on deposit insurance discusses various issues that arise from such guarantees. Potential competitive distortions, appropriate pricing and exit strategies, especially where unlimited guarantees have been extended, are some of the main issues raised.
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Events
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on 13-Oct-2009
What caused the global financial crisis, and what direction should the policy reform agenda take? Why did residential mortgage-backed securities and credit default swaps explode from around 2004? Adrian Blundell-Wignall discusses the origins of the financial crisis and requirements for reform at the New America Foundation.
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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 02-Mar-2009 to 03-Mar-2009
The 10th Tokyo Roundtable focused on the impact of the global financial crisis on Asia and the Asian response, as well as the implications of current market turmoil on stock and bond markets and unregulated entities; products and markets; financial education and awareness; regulatory efficiency and corporate governance.
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on 11-Oct-2008
As the financial crisis deepens and spreads, a decisive policy action is needed to restore confidence and restart the flow of credit, according to Mr.Gurría.
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from 07-May-2008 to 08-May-2008
Co-hosted by the OECD and the US Treasury, this conference aimed to advance and elevate the dialogue on financial education in the international arena, share experiences on best practices and look at applied research.
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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 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 27-Oct-2005 to 28-Oct-2005
Taking place in Tokyo, Japan, this year’s Roundtable focused on: Financial Policy Landscape; Integration of Capital Markets in the Asian Region; Investor Education; Developments in Venture Capital and Private Equity since the end of the “Tech Bubble”; Governance Issues Related to Securities Markets.
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from 27-Apr-2005 to 28-Apr-2005
This conference, jointly organised by OECD and IOPS, took place on 27-28 April 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand. It aimed to provide an international forum for the discussion on specific policy issues and challenges in the implementation of pension reforms in Asia, with a particular focus to be laid on the reform process in Thailand and on “best practice” regulatory mechanisms used in the OECD countries to ensure efficient and appropriate pension provision under diversified approaches in the design of the retirement schemes.
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from 14-Dec-2004 to 15-Dec-2004
This workshop, held in Paris, France, focused on five issues: overview of mortgage markets in the region; effective housing finance systems for the low-income market; safety and soundness of mortgage markets; innovations in mortgage insurance; and development of different secondary mortgage markets and instruments.
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