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Ninety-five percent of the world's insurance business is done in OECD countries. Private or otherwise non-public pension plans are becoming more and more important, both in the OECD area and in emerging economies. OECD work on the broader consequences of ageing has been reinforced in recent years.
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23-Jun-2009
Governments must continue reforms to ensure that public and private retirement income provision is socially as well as financially sustainable, according to the 2009 edition of the OECD’s biennial Pensions at a Glance.
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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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18-May-2009
The OECD invites public comments on draft General Guidance on a Policy Framework for Effective and Efficient Financial Regulation and a related High-level Checklist. The General Guidance contains principles that should be adopted or considered to promote an effective and efficient framework for government intervention and regulation in the financial system.
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21-Apr-2009
This paper discusses responses to the current financial and economic crisis by regulators, supervisors and policy makers in the area of private pensions. It focuses on the role of private pensions in complementing public systems and on how to design pension systems to introduce some degree of protection, improve sustainability of funding, enhance management and supervision, and step up disclosure and communication.
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17-Mar-2009
The OECD and the IAIS invited public comments on a draft issues paper on the governance of insurers. The purpose of the issues paper is to provide background on insurer corporate governance, describe practices and identify possible regulatory and supervisory issues in relation to the governance of insurers.
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12-Feb-2009
As the role of private pension systems grows in importance, the OECD is monitoring their development and reviewing their performance in an international context. This new publication provides essential data on investments, membership, benefits, and industry structure based on the latest official statistics available, as well as featuring a special report on the implications of the financial crisis for pensions and private pensions policy.
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07-Jan-2009
Many Asian countries will need to reform their pension systems in order to deliver sustainable and adequate retirement incomes for today’s workers, according to a new OECD report.
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18-May-2009
Government provision of a safety net for financial institutions has been a key element of the policy response to the current crisis. Existing guarantees have been expanded and new ones introduced, in particular related to bank liabilities. This OECD article , updating and broadening a previous one on deposit insurance discusses various issues that arise from such guarantees. Potential competitive distortions, appropriate pricing and exit strategies, especially where unlimited guarantees have been extended, are some of the main issues raised.
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06-Jul-2009
This edition focuses on the policy issues and responses with regard to the financial and economic crisis, including corporate governance lessons from the financial crisis; issues related to government guarantees extended to financial institutions; options for retirement savings and crisis-related effects and policy responses in the area of private pensions.
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11-Dec-2008
The ongoing financial crisis has dealt a heavy blow to private pension systems. The latest issue of Pension Markets in Focus takes a close look at the impact of the crisis and discusses possible policy interventions, both immediate and longer term.
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Retirement-Income Systems in OECD Countries
Pensions at a Glance: Pension calculator
Essential data on investments, membership, benefits, and industry structure
