Financial Market Trends and Policies

Increasingly globalised financial markets challenge policy-makers and have more and more impact on the real economy. With the major financial players free to allocate their portfolios between countries, the actions of national authorities are subject to the scrutiny of world financial markets.

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OECD Financial Markets Committee calls for fundamental reform of financial markets

15-Apr-2008

Fundamental reform of the financial system and its regulation is needed to address the issues highlighted by the current financial markets crisis, according to the OECD Financial Markets Committee. Priority should be given to private sector initiatives to speed up the recovery of financial markets but government intervention may be needed.

OECD releases report on subprime crisis: size, deleveraging and some policy options

15-Apr-2008

This report reviews previous estimates of losses from subprime mortgages and indicates these could amount to between US$ 350 and 420 billion, what the losses mean for deleveraging in the economy and what policy options there are to deal with the negative economic consequences of deleveraging.

Ninth roundtable on Capital Market Reform in Asia

from 26-Feb-2008 to 27-Feb-2008

This year’s Roundtable focuses on: Ten years after: Implications of the Current Financial Market turmoil; Enhancing Regulatory Framework; Bond Markets Development; Equity Markets Development; Roles of Capital Market in Infrastructure Financing; Corporate Governance and Capital Market Developments.

OECD publishes Pension Markets in Focus

29-Nov-2007

“Pension Markets in Focus” aims to provide information about the main trends and features of funded pension plan systems in a clear and concise format. This fourth edition sets out the most recent data and analysis on the main trends and structure of the various types of funded pension arrangements in terms of total funded pensions’ assets and also in relation to different financing vehicles. It also includes recent features about sovereign and public pension reserve funds, which are becoming a key financing element of pension systems.

Financial Market Trends No.93

21-Nov-2007

In addition to current financial markets highlights, this issue features structured products and their financial market implications, with a focus on collateralised debt obligations and structured investment vehicles; it also contains articles on institutional investors, including hedge funds, and emerging markets; Indian financial system reform; and the evolving market for (ultra-)long government bonds.

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Trends and prospects in international and major domestic financial markets

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Improving Financial Literacy: Analysis of Issues and Policies