OECD Financial Markets Week Fall 2026

The OECD Roundtable on Global Financial Markets promotes engagement and co-operation between the OECD’s community of financial policy makers and regulators, industry stakeholders and financial market experts. Held during the biannual OECD Financial Markets Week, each edition has a thematic focus on cross-cutting market developments and policy issues. The Fall 2026 edition will focus on retail investment.

The Spring 2026 edition focused on debt markets and included:

• The launch of the OECD Global Debt Report 2026
• Three sessions:
  • Session I – Sovereign bonds in advanced economies: Who will buy them and at what price?
  • Session II – Global corporate debt markets: Adjusting to a new reality
  • Session III – EMDE sovereign debt markets: Closing the gap

The 149^th Session of the OECD Committee on Financial Markets will take place on 5-6 November.  The draft agenda will be made available here (access restricted to delegates).

The Committee on Financial Markets works to promote efficient, open, stable and sound financial systems, based on high levels of transparency, confidence, and integrity, in order to contribute to sustainable and inclusive growth. The Committee is chaired by Mr Seiichi Shimizu, Assistant Governor, Bank of Japan. More information on the Committee is available here.

The report Stronger Financial Markets and Institutions for Ukraine’s Recovery was launched during the last Committee meeting. The replay of the launch is available here.

Read other recent OECD reports on financial markets:

• Global Debt Report 2026
• Artificial Intelligence in Italian Financial Markets
• The Swedish Equity Market, Assessment and Recommendations 2026
• Africa Capital Markets Report 2025
• Asia Capital Markets Report 2025

OECD instrument on financial regulation: 

• Recommendation on a Policy Framework for Effective and Efficient Financial Regulation

More information on OECD work on financial markets is available here.

For enquiries on this meeting, please contact Ms Raluca Hanea at Raluca.Hanea@oecd.org.

The Working Party on Financial Consumer Protection, Education and Inclusion will meet on 2-4 November. The meeting will be organised with the OECD International Network on Financial Education (INFE). The agenda will be made available here (access restricted to delegates).

The Working Party on Financial Consumer Protection, Education and Inclusion (WPFCPEI) works to promote efficient, open, stable and sound financial systems at a citizen level by supporting the protection, inclusion, empowerment and education of individuals as they deal with financial products, services and providers in the interests of supporting fair and responsible treatment, consumer trust and confidence, and financial well-being. Mr Colm Kincaid, Deputy Governor for Consumer and Investor Protection, Central Bank of Ireland, serves as the Chair of the WPFCPEI. More information on the WPFCPEI is available here.

The OECD International Network on Financial Education (INFE) promotes and facilitates international co-operation between policymakers and other stakeholders on financial education issues worldwide. More information on INFE is available here.

The Consumer Finance Risk Monitor 2026 was launched during the last Working Party meeting. The event is available on replay here.

Read other recent OECD reports on financial consumer protection, education and inclusion:

• PISA Volume IV: How Financially Literate Are Students?
• Protecting and empowering consumers to advance their financial well-being
• Understanding and responding to financial consumer vulnerability
• Financial Consumer Protection in Ireland: A Review of the Central Bank of Ireland's Supervisory Functions
• Strengthening Financial Literacy in Germany: Proposal for a National Financial Literacy Strategy

OECD instruments on financial consumer protection and financial literacy:

• G20/OECD High-Level Principles on Financial Consumer Protection
• Recommendation on Financial Literacy
• Recommendation on Consumer Protection in the field of Consumer Credit

More information on OECD work on financial consumer protection, education and inclusion is available here.

For enquiries on this meeting, please contact Ms Katerina Kodlova at Katerina.Kodlova@oecd.org.

The Working Party on Insurance and Pensions will meet on 2-5 November. The sessions on insurance will take place on 2-4November and the sessions on pensions will take place on 4-5 November. The agenda will be made available here (access restricted to delegates).

The Working Party on Insurance and Pensions (WPIP) works to promote fair, efficient, open and sound market-oriented insurance and pensions systems, based on high levels of transparency, confidence, and integrity. The WPIP is co-chaired by Ms Nausicaa Delfas, Chief Executive Officer, The Pensions Regulator, United Kingdom, and Steven Seitz, Director of the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), United States Department of the Treasury. More information on the Working Party is available here.

The report Financial Protection Against Catastrophic Risks: Floods, Fire and Other Major Risks was launched during the last Working Party meeting. The replay of the launch is available here.

Read other recent OECD reports on insurance and pensions:

• Global Insurance Market Trends 2025
• Pension Markets in Focus 2025
• Pensions Outlook 2024
• Protection Gaps in Insurance for Natural Hazards and Retirement Savings in Asia

OECD instruments on insurance:

• Guidelines on Insurer Governance
• Recommendation on Building Financial Resilience to Disaster Risks

• Core Principles of Private Pension Regulation
• Recommendation for the Good Design of Defined Contribution Pension Plans

More information on OECD work on insurance and asset-backed pensions is available here.

For enquiries on this meeting, please contact Ms Sally Day-Hanotiaux at Sally.Day-Hanotiaux@oecd.org and Ms Johanna Palmi at Johanna.Palmi@oecd.org.

The Working Party on Debt Management, will meet on 3-4 March. The agenda will be made available here (access restricted to delegates).  

The Working Party on Debt Management (WPDM) aims to improve senior government debt managers’ ability to deliver on the primary debt and cash management objective, which is to ensure government financing requirements are met at all times and at the lowest possible cost over the medium to long run, consistent with a prudent level of risk. The WPDM is chaired by Mr Grahame Johnson, Advisor to the Governor, Bank of Canada. More information on the Working Party is available here.

Read recent OECD reports on public debt:

• Global Debt Report 2026
• Managing Government Cash: A Review of Practices in OECD Countries
• Sovereign retail debt programmes and instruments

More information on OECD work on public debt management is available here.

For enquiries on the Working Party meeting and Global Forum, please contact Ms Raluca Hanea at Raluca.Hanea@oecd.org.

The Working Party on Sustainable Finance will meet on 3-4 November. The agenda  will be made available here (access restricted to delegates).

The Working Party on Sustainable Finance (WPSF) works to promote fair, efficient, open and sound financial markets over the long-term by supporting the alignment of financial market activity with material sustainability considerations. The WPSF is chaired by Mr Stefano Cappiello, Director General for Financial Regulation and Supervision, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Italy. More information on the Working Party is available here.

Read recent OECD reports on sustainable finance:

• Global Corporate Sustainability Report 2025
• Mapping climate related-metrics for financial institutions
• Institutional Investor Engagement and Stewardship
• Global Debt Report 2025 (Chapter 4)

More information on OECD work on sustainable finance is available here.

For enquiries on this meeting, please contact Mr Henrique Sorita Menezes at Henrique.SoritaMenezes@oecd.org.