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Governments must prepare better for future disasters, says OECD
08-Sep-2006
Governments around the world need to be better prepared for large-scale catastrophes and take a more proactive role in working with the insurance industry and other players, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría told participants at the inaugural meeting of the OECD International Network on Financial Management of Large-Scale Catastrophes in Paris today.
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OECD invites public comment on draft guidelines on the funding and benefit security of pensions
10-Jul-2006
The OECD is inviting public comment on draft guidelines to help governments and regulators improve the way certain types of pension funds are run in order to make workers’ pensions more secure.
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18-May-2006
The report presents the main characteristics and design parameters of the new private pension system in the Russian Federation and documents the recent evolution of the private pensions market in Russia. It provides an analysis of the regulation and supervisory regimes in force for both mandatory and voluntary pension plans and highlights the main obstacles and challenges posed by the transition to the new system. The report also draws attention to the need for further improvement of the regulatory framework to promote the development of a solid private pension industry in Russia.
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23-Mar-2006
These Guidelines, approved as an OECD Recommendation by the Council, set out good practices in the area of pension fund asset management. They cover regulatory issues such as the prudent person rule, the statement of investment policy, quantitative investment limits and valuation.
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21-Dec-2005
Understanding the financial world is crucial as people assume more responsibility for their own retirement security because public and private pensions face pressures that threaten their solvency. Read this speech made by the Secretary-General of the OECD to the Financial Education Summit in Kuala Lumpur on 12 December 2005. The transcript of a roundtable on the same subject is also available.
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28-Nov-2005
This report, prepared at the request of Deputies of the G10, reviews economic consequences of ageing populations for financial markets and recommends that governments help facilitate development of financial instruments to support retirement savings and pensions.
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26-Sep-2005
The International Social Security Association (ISSA), the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) and the OECD have signed a partnership agreement to work together in the area of complementary and private pensions. The primary focus of the partnership will be to develop and update the ISSA/IOPS/OECD Complementary and Private Pensions database, which at present provides profiles of regulation and practice in complementary and private pension plans in force at January 2003 in 50 countries throughout the world.
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28-Jun-2005
In the global financial marketplace, creating, sharing and using information and knowledge are of vital importance for public debt managers. This joint initiative by OECD and the Italian Treasury, constitutes a new, complimentary feature in the multilateral framework for co-operation in the area of public debt management by providing an electronic platform for continuous information exchange that supports an intensive and comprehensive electronic policy dialogue.
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22-Apr-2005
Discussions on pension policy are often unnecessarily complicated by misunderstandings over basic definitions. The OECD has published a classification of private pension systems that is applicable world-wide, including a separate glossary of terms used in the private pensions field.
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31-Mar-2005
Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) have been one of the most significant developments in financial intermediation during the past few decades. OECD data indicate that CIS assets have been rising sharply as a share of national income and a share of financial assets in most Member countries. Published in Financial Market Trends, this White Paper is being made public in order to contribute to the current debate on improving governance of CIS.
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