Actualités & Evénements

Public sector pension plans and future tax burdens

11-mai-2011

Most countries have separate pension plans for public sector employees and the future fiscal burden of these plans can be substantial. This paper compares public sector pension plans in OECD countries regarding the type of pension promise and quantifies the future tax burden related to these pension promises.

Payer pour le passé, préparer l’avenir : la solidarité intergénérationnelle

09-mai-2011

Lors d'une réunion à Paris les 2-3 mai 2011, les ministres des affaires sociales ont échangé leurs vues sur les stratégies sociales devant permettre d’équilibrer les besoins des différentes générations, l’impact budgétaire et social des réformes des pensions, et l’accompagnement des enfants ou des adultes souffrant de pathologies longues et/ou de handicap, ainsi que d’un nombre croissant de personnes âgées vulnérables.

Private pensions: Assessing labour, financial and demographic risks to retirement income

06-avr.-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.

2nd OECD/IOPS MENA Workshop: Press release by Insurance Commission of Jordan

07-mars-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  .

Good practices for mitigating and financing catastrophic risks

01-mars-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.

Good practices for pension funds’ risk management systems

11-janv.-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.

Improving the governance and investment of Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund

21-déc.-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.

Private pensions: OECD experts react to recent developments

03-déc.-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.

Private pensions in China - Interview with Professor Zheng Bing Wen

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.

Private pensions: Default investment strategies in defined contribution (DC) pension plans

23-sept.-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.

OECD - Asia Regional Seminar on Insurance Statistics: Enhancing transparency and monitoring of insurance markets

du 23-sept.-2010 au 24-sept.-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.  

Conference on Terrorism Risk Insurance, 1-2 June 2010

du 01-juin-2010 au 02-juin-2010

This conference brought together specialists in terrorism insurance and disaster management to re-assess the state of terrorism insurance markets and promote renewed awareness of terrorism risks. Participants reviewed the current status of terrorism risk insurance solutions in different countries and discussed best practices.

Delivering Financial Literacy - Reserve Bank of India-OECD Workshop

du 22-mars-2010 au 23-mars-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.

Creating a better pensions system for Chile

le 07-déc.-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.

OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions in Latin America

du 14-oct.-2009 au 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.

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.

10th OECD-IAIS-ASSAL Conference on Insurance Regulation and Supervision in Latin America, Ixtapa, Mexico, 26-30 April 2009

du 26-avr.-2009 au 30-mars-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.

OECD seminar on the payout phase of pensions, annuities and financial Markets

le 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.

OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions: Mombasa, Kenya, 30-31 October 2008

du 30-oct.-2008 au 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.

OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions

du 14-nov.-2007 au 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.