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21-Dec-2010
Representatives of the financial services sector met in October 2010 to discuss sovereign debt challenges faced by banking systems and bond markets. This article summarises these discussions which covered the current outlook and risks - including capital flows and global rebalancing, sovereign risks and challenges for the banking sector.
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21-Dec-2010
Southeast Asian economies have shown considerable resilience during the current global financial and economic crisis due to national and regional policy responses to the Asian Crisis of 1997/98 that improved the soundness of banking systems, strengthened frameworks to deal with foreign currency liquidity problems, and developed bond markets. This paper discusses the economies and financial systems of Southeast Asia, focusing on current challenges and developments in the region.
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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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10-Dec-2010
Systemic financial crises are a recurrent phenomenon. This country comparison highlights the “funding gap” left by deposit insurance arrangements and finds that systemic crisis resolution funds, together with strengthened failure resolution powers, are adequate to help fill the gap.
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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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10-Sep-2010
Withdrawal of policy stimulus and sovereign risk were singled out as the two biggest concerns for investors at the 11th OECD-WBG-IMF Global Bond Market Forum. This article summarises the discussions and addresses the challenges of measuring sovereign risk, the need for more reliable indicators of sovereign risk and how sovereign issuers have been forced to modify their borrowing strategies.
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10-Sep-2010
The various existing methods for calculating short-term borrowing requirements can result in distorted estimates. This article proposes a new method that yields economically meaningful results that can also be used to make cross-country comparisons.
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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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Updated continuously - Access time series of immediate (overnight), short-term (3 month interbank rate), and long-term (10 yr bonds) interest rates for OECD countries and major non-member economies.
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Download latest data (updated continuously) - The exchange rates present daily averages of spot rates quoted for the US dollar on national markets expressed as national currency unit per US dollar.
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Download latest data (updated continuously) - Share prices data refer most frequently to "all shares".
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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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from 24-Jun-2009 to 26-Jun-2009
The Third OECD Regional Workshop on African Debt Management and Bond Markets was held on 24-26 June 2009. The workshop provided another opportunity to African countries to discuss and debate practical market-infrastructure issues which are of major concern for debt managers in the African debt markets.
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from 02-Mar-2009 to 03-Mar-2009
The 10th Tokyo Roundtable focused on the impact of the global financial crisis on Asia and the Asian response, as well as the implications of current market turmoil on stock and bond markets and unregulated entities; products and markets; financial education and awareness; regulatory efficiency and corporate governance.
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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 04-Dec-2008 to 05-Sep-2008
This year the forum discussions focused on an exchange of information on ongoing activities regarding African Public Debt Management and Bond Markets, it took place in Paris, and was organised back-to-back with the 18th OECD Global Forum on Public Debt Management.
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from 03-Dec-2008 to 04-Dec-2008
Held in Paris back-to-back with the forum on African Public Debt Management, discussions focused on sovereign asset liability management, the use of short-term government paper and regional roundtables on challenges and opportunities for issuers in view of the credit/liquidity crisis.
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