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No. 19 | 11 Jun 2012 |
Annual DC Pension Statements and the Communications Challenge
This paper examines and evaluates the content and design of the annual pension statement sent to members of funded defined contribution (DC) pension schemes in a selection of OECD and non-OECD countries. The aims of the research are to identify the... |
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No. 2 | 01 Jun 2010 |
Assessing Default Investment Strategies in Defined Contribution Pension Plans
This paper assesses the relative performance of different investment strategies for different structures of the payout phase. In particular, it looks at whether the specific glide-path of life-cycle investment strategies and the introduction of... |
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No. 42 | 15 Mar 2017 |
Behavioural economics and financial consumer protection
The G20/OECD Task Force on Financial Consumer Protection has highlighted that "regulators and supervisors can use the insights gained through behavioural economics research to inform their approach to potential remedies to help consumers". This... |
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No. 9 | 01 May 2011 |
Catastrophe Financing for Governments
With rapidly increasing population and growing catastrophe exposure in their countries, many more government leaders (including Presidents, Prime Ministers and Rulers) are now faced with a strategic question: how best develop a national strategy to... |
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No. 28 | 18 Oct 2012 |
Communicating Pension Risk to DC Plan Members
The purpose of this paper is to discuss a few issues related to how best to communicate uncertainty about projections of future pension benefits to members of DC plans, and especially to present a pension risk simulator developed by the Chilean... |
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No. 49 | 25 Apr 2024 |
Concentration of DeFi’s liquidity
Decentralised exchanges (DEXs) are on-chain platforms where traders can exchange one crypto-asset for another. DEXs play an increasingly important role in the decentralised finance (DeFi) market, particularly in the aftermath of the recent downturn... |
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No. 46 | 06 Aug 2020 |
Corporate debt stress testing: A global analysis of non-financial corporations
High-yield corporate and leveraged loans have grown substantially over the past decade. However, the COVID-19 pandemic means downside risks are rising alongside expectations of severe negative impacts on corporate earnings and economic growth. The... |
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No. 20 | 01 Jun 2012 |
Coverage of Private Pension Systems
To adapt pension systems to demographic trends, many countries are reducing pay-as-you-go public pension levels and lifting retirement ages. In this context, funded pensions could play a major role to avoid adequacy gaps. Yet, as this paper shows,... |
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No. 16 | 20 Apr 2012 |
Current Status of National Strategies for Financial Education
In both developing and developed economies, the awareness of the importance of financial education led to the development of an increasing number of tailored national strategies for financial education. These frameworks promote a smoother and more... |
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No. 48 | 31 Jul 2023 |
DeFi liquidations
This work delves into the liquidations mechanism inherent in Decentralised Finance (DeFi) lending protocols and the connection between liquidations and price volatility in decentralised exchanges (DEXs). The analysis employs transactional data of... |
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No. 24 | 01 Sept 2012 |
Defining and Measuring Green Investments
This definitional, stocktaking paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of the concepts and definitions related to “green” investments that are currently used in the market place. The purpose of this research is not to take a position on a... |
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No. 12 | 01 Nov 2011 |
Designing Optimal Risk Mitigation and Risk Transfer Mechanisms to Improve the Management of Earthquake Risk in Chile
The property losses from the Feb 27th 2010 Maule earthquake are assessed as $18.1Bn paid for 38% by insurers, 47% by the Government of Chile and 15% by individuals and businesses. Including $4Bn damage to infrastructure and the costs of lost economic... |
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No. 14 | 01 Mar 2012 |
Empowering Women Through Financial Awareness and Education
The potential implications of gender differences in financial literacy are far-reaching. This paper describes the findings of a review of the literature on gender differences in financial literacy with the aim to better understand their causes and... |
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No. 40 | 19 Jan 2016 |
Financial Education Policies in Asia and the Pacific
A number of factors and trends have driven the development of financial education policies in Asia and the Pacific in recent years. In some countries and economies, the development of financial education policies has been mostly spurred by high... |
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No. 39 | 25 Sept 2015 |
Financial Education for Long-term Savings and Investments
Long-term savings and investments (LTSI) by individuals enhances their financial security while also supporting growth and financial development. Evidence shows that financial knowledge and skills are positively related to LTSI behaviour, and... |
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No. 43 | 25 Sept 2017 |
Financial Education for MSMEs and Potential Entrepreneurs
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) make up the majority of enterprises in the world, providing employment and contributing significantly to national incomes. Many MSMEs face a number of challenges, including regulatory hurdles and tax... |
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No. 38 | 30 Mar 2015 |
Financial Education for Migrants and their Families
Money remitted by international migrants is a major source of income for many countries around the world, exceeding all international development funds combined. Yet individual migrants and their families are often amongst the most vulnerable people... |
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No. 33 | 22 Aug 2013 |
Financial Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
Macroeconomic stability and growth in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region have allowed governments to focus on public policies that build on the complementarities between financial education, inclusion and the development of social... |
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No. 22 | 01 Jul 2012 |
Financial Education, Savings and Investments
Savings and investments by individuals are important both for personal financial well-being and for economic growth. Many governments try to encourage their citizens to save more, or to save more appropriately, by preferring formal institutions to... |
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No. 1 | 01 Dec 2009 |
Framework for the Development of Financial Literacy Baseline Surveys
There is growing concern, across a wide range of countries, about the levels of financial capability of consumers. A large number of initiatives are therefore being developed to address this issue; and countries are increasingly rolling out national... |
OECD Working Papers on Finance, Insurance and Private Pensions
English
- ISSN: 20797117 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/20797117
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Annual DC Pension Statements and the Communications Challenge
Pablo Antolín and Debbie Harrison
11 Jun 2012
This paper examines and evaluates the content and design of the annual pension statement sent to members of funded defined contribution (DC) pension schemes in a selection of OECD and non-OECD countries. The aims of the research are to identify the...
Assessing Default Investment Strategies in Defined Contribution Pension Plans
Pablo Antolín, Stéphanie Payet and Juan Yermo
01 Jun 2010
This paper assesses the relative performance of different investment strategies for different structures of the payout phase. In particular, it looks at whether the specific glide-path of life-cycle investment strategies and the introduction of...
Behavioural economics and financial consumer protection
Anne-Francoise Lefevre and Michael Chapman
15 Mar 2017
The G20/OECD Task Force on Financial Consumer Protection has highlighted that "regulators and supervisors can use the insights gained through behavioural economics research to inform their approach to potential remedies to help consumers". This...
Catastrophe Financing for Governments
Erwann Michel-Kerjan, Ivan Zelenko, Victor Cardenas and Daniel Turgel
01 May 2011
With rapidly increasing population and growing catastrophe exposure in their countries, many more government leaders (including Presidents, Prime Ministers and Rulers) are now faced with a strategic question: how best develop a national strategy to...
Communicating Pension Risk to DC Plan Members
Pablo Antolin and Olga Fuentes
18 Oct 2012
The purpose of this paper is to discuss a few issues related to how best to communicate uncertainty about projections of future pension benefits to members of DC plans, and especially to present a pension risk simulator developed by the Chilean...
Concentration of DeFi’s liquidity
Iota Kaousar Nassr, Eleftheria Kostika and Anastasia Melachrinos
25 Apr 2024
Decentralised exchanges (DEXs) are on-chain platforms where traders can exchange one crypto-asset for another. DEXs play an increasingly important role in the decentralised finance (DeFi) market, particularly in the aftermath of the recent downturn...
Corporate debt stress testing: A global analysis of non-financial corporations
Caroline Roulet
06 Aug 2020
High-yield corporate and leveraged loans have grown substantially over the past decade. However, the COVID-19 pandemic means downside risks are rising alongside expectations of severe negative impacts on corporate earnings and economic growth. The...
Coverage of Private Pension Systems
Pablo Antolin, Stéphanie Payet and Juan Yermo
01 Jun 2012
To adapt pension systems to demographic trends, many countries are reducing pay-as-you-go public pension levels and lifting retirement ages. In this context, funded pensions could play a major role to avoid adequacy gaps. Yet, as this paper shows,...
Current Status of National Strategies for Financial Education
Andrea Grifoni and Flore-Anne Messy
20 Apr 2012
In both developing and developed economies, the awareness of the importance of financial education led to the development of an increasing number of tailored national strategies for financial education. These frameworks promote a smoother and more...
DeFi liquidations
Ana Sasi-Brodesky and Iota Kaousar Nassr
31 Jul 2023
This work delves into the liquidations mechanism inherent in Decentralised Finance (DeFi) lending protocols and the connection between liquidations and price volatility in decentralised exchanges (DEXs). The analysis employs transactional data of...
Defining and Measuring Green Investments
Georg Inderst, Christopher Kaminker and Fiona Stewart
01 Sept 2012
This definitional, stocktaking paper aims to provide a comprehensive review of the concepts and definitions related to “green” investments that are currently used in the market place. The purpose of this research is not to take a position on a...
Designing Optimal Risk Mitigation and Risk Transfer Mechanisms to Improve the Management of Earthquake Risk in Chile
Robert Muir-Wood
01 Nov 2011
The property losses from the Feb 27th 2010 Maule earthquake are assessed as $18.1Bn paid for 38% by insurers, 47% by the Government of Chile and 15% by individuals and businesses. Including $4Bn damage to infrastructure and the costs of lost economic...
Empowering Women Through Financial Awareness and Education
Angela Hung, Joanne Yoong and Elizabeth Brown
01 Mar 2012
The potential implications of gender differences in financial literacy are far-reaching. This paper describes the findings of a review of the literature on gender differences in financial literacy with the aim to better understand their causes and...
Financial Education Policies in Asia and the Pacific
Flore-Anne Messy and Chiara Monticone
19 Jan 2016
A number of factors and trends have driven the development of financial education policies in Asia and the Pacific in recent years. In some countries and economies, the development of financial education policies has been mostly spurred by high...
Financial Education for Long-term Savings and Investments
Adele Atkinson, Flore-Anne Messy, Lila Rabinovich and Joanne Yoong
25 Sept 2015
Long-term savings and investments (LTSI) by individuals enhances their financial security while also supporting growth and financial development. Evidence shows that financial knowledge and skills are positively related to LTSI behaviour, and...
Financial Education for MSMEs and Potential Entrepreneurs
Adele Atkinson
25 Sept 2017
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) make up the majority of enterprises in the world, providing employment and contributing significantly to national incomes. Many MSMEs face a number of challenges, including regulatory hurdles and tax...
Financial Education for Migrants and their Families
Adele Atkinson and Flore-Anne Messy
30 Mar 2015
Money remitted by international migrants is a major source of income for many countries around the world, exceeding all international development funds combined. Yet individual migrants and their families are often amongst the most vulnerable people...
Financial Education in Latin America and the Caribbean
Nidia García, Andrea Grifoni, Juan Carlos López and Diana Mejía
22 Aug 2013
Macroeconomic stability and growth in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region have allowed governments to focus on public policies that build on the complementarities between financial education, inclusion and the development of social...
Financial Education, Savings and Investments
Sue Lewis and Flore-Anne Messy
01 Jul 2012
Savings and investments by individuals are important both for personal financial well-being and for economic growth. Many governments try to encourage their citizens to save more, or to save more appropriately, by preferring formal institutions to...
Framework for the Development of Financial Literacy Baseline Surveys
Elaine Kempson
01 Dec 2009
There is growing concern, across a wide range of countries, about the levels of financial capability of consumers. A large number of initiatives are therefore being developed to address this issue; and countries are increasingly rolling out national...