IOPS

OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions: Pension Reform and Developments in Latin America, 14-15 October 2009

from 14-Oct-2009 to 15-Oct-2009

The OECD and the IOPS will jointly organise the Global Forum on Private Pensions in Latin America to be held on 14-15 October 2009 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Global Forum will be followed by the IOPS Committee meetings and Annual General Meeting to be held respectively on 15 and 16 October.

The Global Forum will examine reform progress and recent pension fund industry developments in the Latin American region, focusing on the main challenges facing DC private individual pension schemes – the main type of retirement arrangements in the region.

IOPS Caribbean Regional Workshop on Private Pension Supervision, 8-9 October 2009

from 08-Oct-2009 to 09-Oct-2009

The IOPS Workshop on Private Pension Supervision was held in Jamaica on 8-9 October 2009. This was the first time that the IOPS organised a workshop for the Caribbean region in the framework of its global outreach activities. The discussion at the workshop focused on the following key areas: impact of the global financial crisis on pension funds; risk-based supervision; regulation and supervision of payout phase; use of intervention, sanction and enforcement powers; financial education; discussion on the development of a regional association of pension supervisors.

European Policy Summit 'Europe's Looming Demographic Crunch' 31 January 2008, Brussels, Belgium

on 31-Jan-2008

On 31 January 2008, a European Policy Summit entitled “Europe’s Looming Demographic Crunch – The Search for New Labour and Welfare Policies” will be held in Brussels, Belgium. Mr. Aart de Geus will be speaking at the summit, along with EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, Mr.  Joaquin Almunia, the UK’s Minister of State for Children, Young People and Families, Ms. Beverley Hughes and many others.

2010 OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions

2-3 November Sydney, Australia

Creating a better pensions system in Chile

Solange Berstein talks about Chile's pension reforms

Journal

Journal of Pension Economics and Finance

Forum for the international debate on pension provision