Actualités & Evénements

Corporate governance after the crisis - conclusions and emerging good practices

25-févr.-2010

This report, phase 3 of the OECD's action plan on corporate governance and the financial crisis, aims to help companies and governments to overcome weaknesses and support a more effective implementation of the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance, one of the Financial Stability Board’s 12 key standards.

2009 Survey of Investment Regulation of Pension Funds

25-févr.-2010

This survey describes quantitative investment regulations on pension funds in OECD and selected non-OECD countries as of end December 2009. The information collected concerns all forms of quantitative portfolio restrictions (minima and maxima) applied to autonomous pension funds in OECD countries at different legal levels (law, regulation, industry norms, etc).

Accountability and Transparency Guide for State Ownership

02-févr.-2010

One priority in implementing the OECD Guidelines on Corporate Governance of SOEs is to ensure a high quality of transparency and accountability. This guide aims to facilitate practical implementation of the OECD Guidelines in this area by evaluating existing practices and providing viable policy options, giving many specific examples.

OECD supports the Spanish government’s pension reform proposal

02-févr.-2010

The Spanish government announced on Friday 29th of January, its intention of postponing the retirement age from 65 to 67 and to increase the number of contribution years  used to calculate pension benefits. The OECD believes that these measures are important steps in the right direction. (Leer en espanol)

La OCDE apoya la reciente propuesta gubernamental para reformar el sistema de pensiones

02-févr.-2010

El gobierno español anunció el viernes pasado su intención de elevar la edad oficial de jubilación de 65 a 67 años, y de aumentar el numero de años necesario para calcular la pensión. La OCDE considera muy positivas dichas medidas.

MENA-OECD Task Force Meeting on Corporate Governance of SOEs, 1 March 2010, Paris, France

27-janv.-2010

This meeting focused on two areas of governance reform that are priorities for the Middle East North Africa region: Transparency and accountability and the selection and quality of SOE boards. 

République slovaque : L’OCDE exige que la République slovaque établisse la responsabilité des entreprises en matière de corruption transnationale

18-janv.-2010

Le Groupe de travail de l’OCDE sur la corruption a sévèrement critiqué l’échec de la République slovaque à mettre sa loi anti-corruption sur la responsabilité des entreprises en conformité avec ses obligations internationales en vertu de la Convention anti-corruption de l’OCDE.

OECD Adopts 2009 Anti-Bribery Recommendation

14-janv.-2010

The 38 signatory countries agree to new measures to reinforce their efforts to prevent, detect and investigate foreign bribery with the adoption of the new OECD Recommendation for Further Combating bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.

The elephant in the room: The need to deal with what banks do

08-janv.-2010

Banks need to properly address contagion risk and counterparty failure that have been the main hallmarks of the current crisis. This article outlines the reforms essential to dealing with contagion and counterparty risk, as well as emphasising the need for transparent and comparable accounting rules and improvements in corporate governance.

Responding to the crisis: OECD governments are coping with exploding borrowing needs

07-janv.-2010

Most OECD governments are facing a surge in budget deficits, borrowing needs and debt. A new article (The Surge in Borrowing Needs of OECD Governments ) projects that gross borrowing needs of OECD governments are expected to reach around  USD 16 trillion in 2009 and 2010. An accompanying article (Changes in OECD Primary Market Procedures and Portfolio Risk Management ) shows that tougher issuance conditions prompted debt management offices to review existing issuance procedures and the use of indicators relating to the key risks of the maturity structure.

Developing and promoting the automotive industry in the Western Balkans

le 19-juin-2009

The Investment Compact for South East Europe working group on investment promotion met in Brussels on 19 June 2009 to focuse on development of the automotive components sector in the framework of the project Defining and Strengthening Sector Specific Sources of Competitiveness.

Progress in tax policy analysis and the Investment Reform Index

du 16-juin-2009 au 19-juin-2009

The South East Europe (SEE) Working Group on Tax Policy Analysis held its second meeting on 29 June 2009 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, bringing together high-level officials and policy experts from South East Europe and the OECD to build on the process of addressing tax reform priorities along the lines of the Investment Reform index (IRI).

Third Annual Conference of the Egyptian Institute of Directors (EIOD), Cairo, Egypt

le 15-juin-2009

The conference focused on three key themes: the role of internal audit and audit committees, the role of external auditors, and disclosure and accounting standards.

Reinforcing Financial Supervision and Regulation - Lessons from the Crisis, Beirut, Lebanon

du 28-mai-2009 au 29-mai-2009

The conference focused primarily on corporate governance lessons emerging from the current financial crisis.

Regional Symposium on Insolvency and Creditor Rights in the MENA countries, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

du 26-mai-2009 au 27-juin-2009

The conference took place to advance the level of understanding of the insolvency systems in countries in the region.

Second Conference on the Financial Management of Large-Scale Catastrophes, Bangkok, 24-25 September 2009

du 24-sept.-2009 au 25-sept.-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.

La finance, les entreprises et la crise

Suite à la crise économique mondiale, découvrez les efforts de l'OCDE afin d'aider les gouvernements à améliorer les politiques nationales et mondiales qui touchent les entreprises et les marchés.

10 year anniversary of the Asian Roundtable on Corporate Governance, Manila, 9-10 September 2009

du 09-sept.-2009 au 10-sept.-2009

This meeting evaluated whether corporate governance standards and practices are working. What will the next decade of Corporate Governance in Asia be like?

Table ronde de l'OCDE sur la responsabilité des entreprises : pouvoir des consommateurs et conduite responsable des entreprises

le 15-juin-2009

En 2009, la table ronde de l’OCDE sur la responsabilité des entreprises a porté principalement sur les responsabilités des entreprises multinationales envers les consommateurs et sur la manière dont les consommateurs peuvent encourager les entreprises multinationales à respecter les recommandations formulées dans les Principes directeurs de l’OCDE.

2nd OECD-Southeast Asia Regional Forum: Enhancing Competitiveness through Regional Integration

du 27-avr.-2009 au 28-avr.-2009

The 2nd OECD Southeast Asia Regional Forum considered a range of policy areas, one of which was investment policies. Government officials from ASEAN countries and investment experts gathered to discuss various efforts to create a more attractive investment climate in Southeast Asia. The OECD’s investment instruments and peer review methods were presented and well received by participants as they can help advance their own agenda of investment policy reforms.