OECD Financial Markets Week Fall 2026

The OECD Forum 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 connecting household savings and global investment needs, and include the launch of the OECD Pensions Outlook 2026. The agenda is available here. More information on speakers will follow shortly.

The eighth edition of the OECD Pensions Outlook analyses how pension assets increased in 2025 and their long-term growth since 2000, focussing on how contributions, investment income and pension payments affect their growth. To assess whether individuals are contributing enough to achieve their retirement income objectives, the Outlook examines whether individuals need to save more voluntarily to complement their mandatory pensions. It analyses how pension and insurance investors incorporate risks to the sustainability of their investment portfolios to ensure returns on investment. The report also discusses the benefits and potential downsides of financial advice for individuals’ retirement income decisions about how much to contribute and how to invest. Finally, the report explores how the taxation of inherited pensions affects individuals’ use of asset-backed pension plans to improve their retirement income.

This event will market the launch of the 2026 edition of Global Insurance Market Trends. The report provides comparable data on insurance markets in 2025 in over 50 OECD and non-OECD jurisdictions, and presents the size of the insurance business, the growth rates in premiums collected and claims paid by insurers, and the investment performance and overall profitability of insurers in 2025.

More information on speakers will follow shortly.

Over the past three decades, global capital markets have been reshaped by the growing influence of institutional investors and their increasingly cross-border ownership of companies. This event will launch and discuss the paper Institutional Investor Engagement and Stewardship: Policy Considerations, which provides guidance to policymakers and regulators on assessing the legal, regulatory and institutional frameworks that support effective institutional investor stewardship.

Focusing on fiduciary duties, disclosure and the role of market service providers, the policy paper highlights the importance of proportionality, transparency and accountability in fostering high-quality stewardship and strengthening trust in capital markets.

African economies faced a challenging external environment in 2025 and early 2026, marked by heightened global uncertainty, shifts in trade policies and volatility in energy markets. The OECD Africa Capital Markets Report 2026 reviews recent developments across equity, corporate debt and sovereign bond markets in the region, assessing how capital markets have responded to these pressures and the extent to which they have supported economic and financial resilience.

This edition also examines the opportunities and constraints affecting ability of domestic capital markets to contribute to economic development and to support countries in managing internal and external shocks. It identifies priority areas for policy action to support access to long-term and diversified sources of finance, with an emphasis on institutional capacity, sound governance, coherent policy frameworks and market-oriented incentives.

More information on speakers will follow shortly.

The 149^th Session of the OECD Committee on Financial Markets will take place on 5-6 November.  The draft agenda is 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.

Read other recent OECD reports on financial markets:

• Global Debt Report 2026
• Asia Capital Markets Report 2026 
• Africa Capital Markets Report 2025
• Artificial Intelligence in Italian Financial Markets
• Net‑Zero Commitments and Prudential Risks in the Dutch Financial Sector
• The Swedish Equity Market, Assessment and Recommendations 2026

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 is organised with the OECD International Network on Financial Education (INFE). The agenda is 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. The Working Party is chaired by Mr Colm Kincaid, Deputy Governor for Consumer and Investor Protection, Central Bank of Ireland. 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.

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

• Protecting Consumers from Financial Scams and Frauds
• A Digital Financial Literacy Strategy for Finland
• PISA Volume IV: How Financially Literate Are Students?
• Financial Consumer Protection in Ireland: A Review of the Central Bank of Ireland's Supervisory Functions

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 2-4 November and the sessions on pensions will take place on 4-5 November. The agenda is 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 Mr Steven Seitz, Director of the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), United States Department of the Treasury. More information on the Working Party is available here.

Read recent OECD reports on insurance and pensions:

• Financial Protection Against Catastrophic Risks: Floods, Fire and Other Major Risks (watch the launch replay)
• 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

OECD instruments on private pensions:

• 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 November. The agenda is 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 this meeting, please contact Ms Raluca Hanea at Raluca.Hanea@oecd.org.

The Working Party on Sustainable Finance will meet on 3-4 November. The agenda is 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
• Net‑Zero Commitments and Prudential Risks in the Dutch Financial Sector
• Mapping climate related-metrics for financial institutions
• Institutional Investor Engagement and Stewardship
• Sustainable Bonds: Trends and Policy Recommendations

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.