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News & Events
News
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12-Feb-2009
As the role of private pension systems grows in importance, the OECD is monitoring their development and reviewing their performance in an international context. This new publication provides essential data on investments, membership, benefits, and industry structure based on the latest official statistics available, as well as featuring a special report on the implications of the financial crisis for pensions and private pensions policy.
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12-Feb-2009
Private pension funds should be more transparent and better regulated. Their governance and risk management need to be much improved, according to a new OECD report, Private Pensions Outlook.
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11-Dec-2008
The ongoing financial crisis has dealt a heavy blow to private pension systems. The latest issue of Pension Markets in Focus takes a close look at the impact of the crisis and discusses possible policy interventions, both immediate and longer term.
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25-Sep-2008
Jointly published by the OECD, ISSA and IOPS, this comprehensive and in-depth reference work provides detailed information on the regulation and supervision of voluntary and mandatory occupational pension plans as well as mandatory private pension schemes in 58 countries worldwide. Each country profile contains information on the regulatory framework, the institutional framework, coverage, financing/investment, benefit provisions, benefit adjustment, disability, protection of rights, and regulatory and supervisory authorities.
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28-Aug-2008
This publication analyses the level of financial risk awareness of consumers and highlights good practices governments might initiate to enhance consumers' awareness and education on insurance and private pensions issues.
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04-Aug-2008
The OECD is inviting public comment on draft guidelines to help pensions regulators and supervisory authorities improve pension fund governance. They are part of a broader OECD effort to strengthen public confidence in private pension systems.
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03-Jul-2008
In March 2008, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) published proposed changes to International Accounting Standard No. 19 (IAS 19). If enacted, these changes are expected to have a significant impact on company financials on a global basis. This paper identifies and discusses some of the proposed changes, as well as their likely impact on exchange-listed companies reporting in accordance with IAS 19.
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05-May-2008
OECD countries and the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) have agreed new guidelines to help pensions regulators and supervisors improve the way private work-related pension entities, such as pension fund management companies or pension trustees, are managed in order to boost their financial security and performance.
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29-Apr-2008
Many people have a poor understanding of the financial issues that affect their lives, according to OECD analysis. To help them, OECD countries have agreed new good practices on financial education relating to private pensions and insurance that call on governments and business to work together to improve financial literacy in order to give people the tools they need to secure their future.
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22-Feb-2008
OECD countries have agreed on further liberalisation commitments in the areas of insurance and private pensions. The OECD Code of Liberalisation of Current Invisible Operations has been amended to broaden the insurance obligations of the Code and introduce new obligations on private pensions, thereby establishing a new, high standard for cross-border trade in insurance and private pensions services.
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Events
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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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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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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 12-Jul-2004 to 13-Jul-2004
The 2004 INPRS/OECD Forum on Private Pension Reform in Emerging Economies took place in Paris, France on 12-3 July 2004. This meeting lead to the establishment of a new, formal association of pension supervisors, the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Essential data on investments, membership, benefits, and industry structure
