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News & Events
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05-Dec-2011
This symposium proceedings examines three aspects of financial education: monitoring and evaluation, use of behavioral economics, and financial literacy and defined contribution pension plans.
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25-Nov-2011
This new annual monitoring report shows that some countries recorded renewed premium growth (particularly in the life sector), positive investment returns, and a strengthened solvency position. However, the outlook for future economic growth and employment in developed countries remains uncertain and sluggish, clouding prospects for the industry.
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12-Aug-2011
This report examines the interplay between banking competition and financial stability, taking into account the experiences of the recent global crisis and the policy response to date.
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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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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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11-Jan-2011
Jointly developed by IOPS and the OECD, these good practices aim to outline the main features of risk management systems which pension funds employ. They cover the role of management, investment risk, funding risk and operational risk and risk management mechanisms. They also provide guidance for pension fund regulators and supervisors on how to check that such systems are not only in place but are operating effectively.
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21-Dec-2010
This paper suggests avenues for strengthening the governance and management of the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the largest single pool of pension assets in the world.
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03-Dec-2010
Some countries are reconsidering their approach to the provision of sustainable and adequate pensions. OECD experts have reiterated several key policy recommendations that should be taken into account during this process.
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24-Nov-2010
In this interview, Prof Zheng, a renowned Chinese expert on pensions, discusses the necessary reforms – in particular tax reforms – that are needed in order to further develop private pensions in China.
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Events
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on 09-Jun-2011
Organised in Mexico City as part of OECD's 50 year anniversary celebrations, this roundtable assessed the role of insurance and private pension systems in fostering economic growth, including infrastructure development, innovation, and green growth.
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on 08-Jun-2011
Organised in Mexico City as part of OECD's 50 year anniversary celebrations, this seminar focused on designing defined-contribution (DC) pension plans, linking the accumulation and payout phases, designing the payout phase of pension systems and annuities and longevity risk.
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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 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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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 02-Nov-2010 to 03-Nov-2010
The 2010 Global Forum in Sydney, Australia, focused on innovative governmental policies intended to enhance the security and adequacy of defined contribution (DC) retirement plans and pension reform processes and recent developments in Asia-Pacific.
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on 07-Dec-2009
Solange Berstein, Superintendent of Pensions in Chile, talks about what other countries can learn from Chile's pensions reforms of the past 12 months.
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from 14-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2009
The Global Forum examined reform progress and recent pension fund industry developments in Brazil and the Latin American region, focusing on the main challenges facing defined contribution, privately-managed individual pension schemes.
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on 12-Nov-2008
Representatives from OECD governments, academia and private sector discussed proposals to support private pension systems, and in particular, improve the management of risks in the retirement stage of individual account (defined contribution, DC) pension systems. Participants also discussed the impact of the financial crisis, and longer term issues affecting the sector such as increasing life expectancy.
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