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25-Sep-2009
Welcoming the adoption of the Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth by G20 leaders gathered in Pittsburgh for the G20 summit, OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría said new sources of jobs and growth needed for the global economy to effect a sustained recovery, will only emerge if the right structural policies are adopted by the world’s leading global economies.
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02-Sep-2009
Demographic trends challenge the financial sustainability of pay-as-you-go pension and healthcare systems, as well as capital-funded systems and risk undermining access and quality. Published by the World Economic Forum, with the support of the OECD and Mercer, this report highlights options to better cater for changing retirement and healthcare expectations.
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07-Jul-2009
Financial services firms must make sure their customers understand what they are letting themselves in for when they sign up for mortgages, consumer loans and other products, under new OECD guidelines designed to avoid a repeat of the sub-prime mortgage crisis and ensuing credit crunch that sent the world economy into recession.
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07-Jul-2009
The OECD has issued guidance for private pension systems that calls for stronger regulation and better governance. The OECD Core Principles of Occupational Pension Regulation lay out a blueprint for policymakers to improve the regulation and supervision of private pension systems, covering the various aspects of the operation of these syetems, such as licensing, governance, funding, investment and the rights of pension plan members.
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06-Jul-2009
One of the agenda items at the G8 Summit in L’Aquila was a discussion of a proposed new “Global Standard” for international business dealings (see www.oecd.org/globalstandard). An Italian-led working group has drawn up, with the assistance of the OECD, a list of 12 “common principles and standards” in support of this project. To promote discussion of the issues raised by the proposed Global Standard, the OECD has launched a blog to which comments are invited.
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23-Jun-2009
A new article ("Evaluating Risk Sharing in Private Pension Plans") analyses the main trade-offs embedded in different pension arrangements. The stochastic simulations performed show that hybrid plans (those in between traditional DB and individual DC) appear to offer efficient and sustainable forms of risk sharing.
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23-Jun-2009
This report describes why occupational pensions play a major role in OECD countries and worldwide, complementing retirement income from state sources. Their financial importance is highlighted by the volume of assets they manage on behalf of plan members, USD 22 trillion at the end of 2008. Population ageing has also led many OECD countries to undertake a wide range of pension reforms – the overall effect of which has been to reduce public pension promises and in turn to increase the importance of private pension savings for retirement.
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23-Jun-2009
This report provides further information on the context in which the OECD has actively taken a leadership role in proposing policy actions related to the protection and awareness of financial consumers in light of the financial crisis, especially through the elaboration of the Good Practices on Financial Education and Awareness Relating to Credit.
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