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News

The OECD will release good practices on financial education relating to private pensions in 2008

30-Jan-2008

After taking into consideration comments and updates received during the public consultation held between 26 June and 1 September 2007, the OECD will release `Good Practices on Financial Education relating to Private Pensions’ and a background report in 2008. 

Draft OECD-IOPS Guidelines on the Licensing of Pension Entities: public consultation results

29-Jan-2008

The public consultation of the draft text of the Guidelines on the Licensing of Pension Entities was closed on 5 October 2007.  After consideration of the comments received by the IOPS and the OECD Working Party on Private Pensions, the results of the public consultation are now available.


Events

OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions

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.

OECD Seminar on Reforming Pension Protection Schemes

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.

Ask the economists: The pensions challenge - financing retirement

from 29-Mar-2007 to 05-Apr-2007

Is there a perfect pension scheme? Do people understand their pension systems?
A live online question and answer session on the issue of pension reform took place on Thursday 5 April.

OECD Seminar on "Pension Fund Regulation and Risk Management", Istanbul, 9 November 2006

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.

G8 International Conference on Improving Financial Literacy

from 29-Nov-2006 to 30-Nov-2006

This Conference, convened under the auspices of Russia' G8 Presidency, will be held in Moscow on 29-30 November 2006. The aim of the conference is to recognise the increased need for financial education in both developed and developing countries.

OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions, 7-8 November 2006, Istanbul, Turkey

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.

OECD Conference on Financial Education

from 21-Sep-2006 to 22-Sep-2006

Organised in New Delhi on 21-22 September 2006, this conference addressed a wide range of issues related to the development of education programmes for specific financial topics – including financial markets, private pensions and insurance - and also covered policy issues related to the public awareness campaigns and the disclosure of information.



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Key material

Trends, prospects and timely analyses of funded pension arrangements

Pension Markets in Focus

Publication

A world-wide classification of private pension schemes

Private Pensions: OECD Classification and Glossary

June 2008

Trends and prospects in international and major domestic financial markets

Financial Market Trends