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News & Events
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13-Jul-2010
While pension funds have strengthened with the financial market rebound, OECD data show that pension fund assets in most countries have yet to recover to pre-crisis levels. Public pension funds, however, have now fully made up for their crisis-related losses due to more conservative investment strategies, according to the July 2010 edition of Pension Markets in Focus.
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05-Jul-2010
The IOPS has today launched a public consultation on the Revised IOPS Principles of Private Pension Supervision.
Comments are welcome until 3 September 2010.
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05-Jul-2010
The IOPS/OECD have today launched a public consultation on the Draft OECD/IOPS Good Practices for Pension Funds’ Risk Management Systems.
Comments are invited until 3 September 2010.
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20-May-2010
Edward Odundo (Vice President of IOPS) and Fiona Stewart (IOPS Secretariat) took part in this worldservice debate on pensions in Africa on 19 May 2010.
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20-May-2010
A special issue of the IAA Newsletter, April 2010, is now available on the IAA home page. The main purpose of this special issue is to report on the recent Council and Committee meetings in Cape Town, South Africa.
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04-May-2010
Since its founding in 2001, the Journal of Pension Economics and Finance (JPEF) has served as the only peer-reviewed journal focusing on pension economics and finance issues. Through its association with the OECD and the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS), JPEF has become an influential outlet for research on pension issues and is widely circulated to the top academic departments as well as leading regulators, policymakers and international organisations.
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26-Oct-2009
Pension funds staged a partial recovery in the first half of 2009, generating investment returns of 3.5% in nominal terms. But, as of 30 June 2009, total pension funds assets still remained 14% below their December 2007 levels, according to the latest edition of OECD Pensions Markets in Focus.
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19-Oct-2009
The OECD and the World Bank today announced the preliminary results of their project evaluating the financial performance of pension funds around the world.
The project aims to examine how to measure financial performance of pension funds taking into account the link between participants’ benefits to the performance of financial markets.
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19-Oct-2009
The International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) approves a series of guidelines and reports designed to strengthen the supervisory oversight of global pension systems and protect vulnerable pension fund members and retirees in the face of challenging and volatile economic conditions.
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14-Oct-2009
Since its founding in 2001, the Journal of Pension Economics and Finance (JPEF) has served as the only peer-reviewed journal focusing on pension economics and finance issues. Through its association with the OECD and the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS), JPEF has become an influential outlet for research on pension issues and is widely circulated to the top academic departments as well as leading regulators, policymakers and international organisations.
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Events
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from 20-Jun-2010 to 22-Jun-2010
The "Pensions and Benefits in a Changing Global Environment" conference, produced jointly by the Canadian Bar Association and the International Pension and Employee Benefit Lawyers Association was held on 20-22 June 2010 at Le Château Frontenac hotel in Quebec City, Canada.
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from 28-May-2009 to 29-May-2009
The objective of the Seminar was to promote the discussion of the best practices and regulations on several issues related both to the accumulation and decumulation stages of funded pension systems.
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on 24-Mar-2009
The CEEC Forum Conference was organised on 24 March 2009. The event was hosted by the Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority and the conference program included speakers from that Institution as well as from the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors.
Topics discussed included: pay-out phase of mandatory DC pension accounts; testimonials: financial crisis and mandatory private pension systems; investment restrictions and supervision for mandatory pension management companies /providers.
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from 02-Feb-2009 to 03-Feb-2009
The workshop focused on issues relative to pension supervision and regulation which are subject of intense policy debate in the majority of the countries around the world and in particular in the MENA region. Discussion concentrated on development of risk based approach to pension supervision, regulatory and industry initiatives aimed to enhance pension fund governance, innovative strategies being adopted by the supervisory authorities to respond to the shift from define benefit to define contribution pension arrangements and to financial education.
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from 30-Oct-2008 to 31-Oct-2008
The OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions took place on 30-31 October 2008 in Mombasa, Kenya. The Global Forum was organised back to back with the IOPS Technical and Executive Committee meetings on 29 October 2008 and the IOPS Annual General Meeting on 30 October 2008.
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from 05-Feb-2008 to 06-Feb-2008
The IOPS Workshop on Pension Supervision in Africa was held in Dakar, Senegal on 5-6 February 2008. The aim of the workshop was to cover selected policy issues and address current challenges and progress achieved in the development of robust and efficient pension supervisory systems in the African region.
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on 06-Jun-2008
The Research Centre on Financial Economics (CIEF) of the School of Economics and Management of the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal is organising the 7th Meeting on Social Security and Complementary Pensions Systems – Pensions Funds Ethics and Governance to be held on June 6, 2008.
This meeting aims to offer a forum for researchers (Ph.D. students, Post docs and others) to present and discuss with a competent audience their theoretical or empirical papers.
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from 07-May-2008 to 08-May-2008
This conference sought to advance and elevate the dialogue on financial education in the international arena.
The conference gathered high-level officials and experts from OECD and emerging economies. It was a unique arena for discussion between key stakeholders of critical issues and challenges relative to financial education for policy and decision makers and to share relevant best practices.
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from 14-Nov-2007 to 15-Nov-2007
The OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions was held on 14 November (afternoon session) and 15 November 2007. This event was co-organised and co-sponsored by the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC). The OECD/IOPS Global Forum, being a part of the OECD programme of co-operation with non-member economies, was organised under the aegis of the OECD Working Party on Private Pensions, with sponsorship by the Government of Japan, and under the aegis of the IOPS.
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