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News & Events
IOPS
News & Events
News
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06-Nov-2008
At the occasion of the last Technical Committee meeting pension supervisory authorities from over 30 countries worldwide discussed the impact of the current financial crisis on their pension systems.
Please click on the link to see the full text of the policy responses.
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09-Sep-2008
The IOPS has released a further 4 reports as part of its Working Paper series, which provide important additions to the study of pension supervisory practices worldwide.
IOPS welcomes the publication of the reports, noting that they have been drafted by a number of IOPS members - including from Chile, Hong Kong, Italy and the United Kingdom – providing a wide range of international experience.
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23-Jul-2008
The International Organisation of Pensions Supervisors (IOPS) approved the Guidelines at the 2008 AGM. The Guidelines are developed to provide pension supervisors with general supervisory approaches for the conduct of the supervisory process. It should be noted that the focus of these guidelines is mainly prudential supervision.
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Journal of Pensions Economic and Finance
27-May-2008
Beginning with Volume 7 (2008), the Journal of Pensions Economic and Finance is included in the Thomson/ISI Social Science Citation Index. In achieving this goal, the Editors have underlined the importance of the Journal’s association with the OECD and the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS). Through this association, the Journal 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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05-May-2008
OECD countries and the International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) have agreed new guidelines to help pensions regulators and supervisors improve the way private work-related pension entities, such as pension fund management companies or pension trustees, are managed in order to boost their financial security and performance.
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27-Mar-2008
The IOPS has published a report of the conference proceedings of the OECD/IOPS Global Forum on Private Pensions, which was held in Beijing, China on 14-15 November 2007.
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02-Feb-2008
The International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS) has released a set of good practices relating to the risk management of alternative investments by pension funds. The document is directed at pension supervisory authorities to aid them in their assessment of whether the pension funds under their jurisdiction are managing their alternative investments adequately.
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07-Dec-2007
This fourth edition of Pension Markets in Focus, in addition to OECD countries, exhibits data for more that 30 non-OECD countries (including BRICs and some IOPS member countries).
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30-Nov-2007
On the occasion of the Annual General Meeting on 14th November 2007, the members of IOPS appointed a new President, Mr. Ross Jones, Deputy Chairman of the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA).
Mr Jones succeeds John Ashcroft, from the UK’s Pensions Regulator. Solange Berstein, Superintendent of Pension Funds in Chile, continues to serve as Vice President, and the supervisory authority of India, the PFRDA, was appointed to serve on the Organisation’s Executive Committee.
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30-Jul-2007
As the proportion of retirement income provided by private pensions becomes increasingly important, the quality and effectiveness of their supervision becomes more and more crucial. The series therefore reviews the nature and effectiveness of new and established pensions supervisory systems, providing examples, experiences and lessons learnt for the benefit of IOPS members and the broader pensions community. Published today, these four working papers highlight a range of challenges to be met in the development of national pension supervisory systems.
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Events
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from 07-Nov-2006 to 08-Nov-2006
The OECD / IOPS Conference on Private Pensions was held in Istanbul on 7-8 November 2006. It was a unique event, discussing topics crucial not only for the host country Turkey but also for countries with developing pension markets in both Europe and the Middle East – and indeed for OECD member states and countries around the globe.
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from 03-May-2006 to 04-May-2006
IOPS members were invited to attend the 2006 International Conference and Annual Meetings of AIOS (the International Association of Latin American pension fund supervisors), which were jointly organised by the Association and by the Mexican pension fund supervisor (Consar).
Presentations from the Conference are available on the following page.
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from 29-Mar-2006 to 30-Mar-2006
IOPS members were invited to attend the OECD / IOPS conference on Private Pensions in Latin America. The conference was held on the 29 -30 March 2006 in Santiago, Chile. It was followed by the TC / EC committee meetings on 31 March 2006.
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from 27-Apr-2005 to 28-Apr-2005
Organised by OECD and IOPS, the key objective of this conference was to provide an international forum for the discussion on specific policy issues and challenges in the implementation of pension reforms in Asia with a particular focus on the reform process in Thailand and on “best practice” regulatory mechanisms used in the OECD countries to ensure efficient and appropriate pension provision under diversified approaches in the design of the retirement schemes. Download the summary record or access the full conference proceedings.
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