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09-May-2011
At a meeting in Paris on 2-3 May 2011, Ministers exchanged views on social policy strategies to balance the needs of different generations, the fiscal and social impact of pension reforms, and caring for children, adults with long-term health conditions and /or disabilities, and for an increasing number of vulnerable older persons.
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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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01-Mar-2011
These good practices provide an integrated, action-oriented framework for the identification of disaster risks, promotion of risk awareness, enhancement of prevention and loss mitigation strategies, and design of compensation arrangements.
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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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23-Sep-2010
Protecting retirement income derived from DC pension plans requires carefully designed default investment strategies. This article assesses the relative performance of different investment strategies for different structures of the payout phase, focusing on life-cycle strategies.
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06-Sep-2010
International Accounting Standard No. 19 (IAS 19) is the current standard for the financial reporting of company pension obligations that stem from defined benefit (DB) pension plans. Following publication of proposed changes to IAS 19, the OECD has made comments on the IASB's exposure draft.
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Events
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from 23-Sep-2010 to 24-Sep-2010
The OECD-Asia Regional Seminar on Insurance Statistics, co-hosted by the Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the OECD will discuss how to improve the monitoring of insurance markets through the provision of sound insurance statistics and indicators. It intends to offer participants an opportunity to share their experiences in order to improve the relevance, quality, and timeliness of insurance statistics, regionally and globally.
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from 22-Mar-2010 to 23-Mar-2010
This workshop, which took place in Bangalore, India, aimed to advance and elevate the policy dialogue on financial education and literacy in the international arena and particularly in India and Southeast Asian Nations.
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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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from 24-Sep-2009 to 25-Sep-2009
Organised in Thailand, this conference focused on the threats of global warming,
natural hazard awareness and disaster risk reduction education, hazard mapping, risk assessment, insurance coverage of natural catastrophe risks, catastrophe-linked securities and the role of capital markets in promoting the growth of global capacity to absorb natural catastrophe risks.
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from 26-Apr-2009 to 30-Mar-2009
This conference will concentrate on the following issues on which the OECD has developed substantial policy work and expertise over the last years: corporate governance of insurance companies, the role of financial intermediaries in financial education and annuities and pension.
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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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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 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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