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2008 Survey of Investment Regulation of Pension Funds

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23-Oct-2009

This document describes quantitative investment regulations on pension funds in OECD and selected non-OECD countries as of end December 2008. The information collected concerns all forms of quantitative ...

Private pensions need long-term, appropriate performance benchmarks

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15-Oct-2009

The OECD and the World Bank - at the occasion of the OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - today announced the preliminary results of their project evaluating the ...

Transforming Pensions and Healthcare in a Rapidly Ageing World

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02-Sep-2009

This report addresses the question of ageing societies from a perspective that integrates implications and solutions for both healthcare and pensions, whereas most reports look separately at one or the ...

Alterssicherung in OECD-Ländern leidet unter Wirtschaftskrise

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23-Jun-2009

Gesetzliche wie private Alterssicherung sind erheblich durch die globale Wirtschaftskrise betroffen. Kapitalgedeckte Systeme und private Pensionsfonds haben weltweit erhebliche Verluste zu verzeichnen. ...

Private Pensions and Policy Responses to the Crisis

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18-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 ...

Working Paper 35: Defined-Contribution (DC) arrangements in Anglo-Saxon countries

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21-Apr-2009

This paper provides a comparative analysis of defined contribution (DC) pension systems in Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Working Paper 34: Evaluating the Design of Private Pension Plans: Costs and Benefits of Risk-Sharing

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31-Mar-2009

The principal purpose of this paper is to analyse the trade-off between the uncertainty in contributions on the one hand and benefits on the other that is embedded in different pension arrangements.

Working Paper 33: Licensing Regulation and the Supervisory Structure of Private Pensions: International Experience and Implications for China

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19-Feb-2009

In this paper we review the legal framework of private pension fund regulation and supervision in economies, including Australia, Chile, Hong Kong China, Poland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.

OECD Private Pensions Outlook 2008: Country profiles

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12-Feb-2009

These country profiles describe private pension arrangements in individual OECD countries. This information is taken from the OECD Private Pensions Outlook 2008, published in February 2009.

Working Paper 31: Pension Coverage and Informal Sector Workers: International Experiences

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27-Jan-2009

This paper provides an overview of selected country experiences, and provides some suggestions for governments in developing countries considering implementing their own pension reform to ensure that informal sector workers receive the retirement income they need.

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