Regulating private pension schemes : trends and challenges / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, [Private Pensions and Insurance Unit].

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

International Network of Pensions Regulators and Supervisors. Conference 2001 : Sofia, Bulgaria)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Private Pensions and Insurance Unit.

Series:

Private pensions series ; no. 4.

Private pensions series ; no. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pensions--Congresses.

Pensions.

Pensions--Law and legislation--Congresses.

Pensions--Law and legislation.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

331 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Paris : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, [2002]

Summary:

Providing appropriate financial security for retirement is an issue of crucial importance to OECD Member and non-member countries alike. The approaches adopted to implement the necessary reforms vary depending on each country's economic, social and demographic environment. Increasingly, however, reform programs involve the establishment or extension of private pension arrangements the focus of attention of the International Network of Pension Regulators and Supervisors (INPRS), a group of over 130 regulatory and supervisory authorities representing more than 60 countries.

Contents:

Part 1 Development of Private Pension Systems in Selected Countries

Experience and Trends in Occupational Pensions - Tour d'Horizon in OECD Countries / Chris Daykin 9

The Hungarian Pension Reform In Perspective

Is it Already Reaching Puberty? / Zoltan Vajda 27

The Evolution Of Public And Private Insurance In Sweden In The 1990's / Edward Palmer 37

Private Pensions in Asia: An Assessmentof Eight Systems / Mukul Asher 51

Part 2 Public and Private Pension Systems Interaction

Public-private interaction in structural pension reform / Dr. Katharina Muller 105

The Relations Between The Public and Private Pension Insurance Systems: the Bulgarian and Foreign Experience / Jordan Hristoskov 117

Part 3 Regulation of Pension Funds

Trends and Challenges in Pension Provision and Regulation / Chris Daykin 125

Regulation of Occupational Pension Schemes in Ireland / Mary Hutch 137

Design and Management of Occupational Defined Contribution Pension Schemes: Lessons from the Administrative Cost Literature / Hazel Bateman 151

Employer Provided Pensions Portability in OECD Countries. Country Specific Policies and Their Labour Market Effects / Vincenzo Andrietti 169

Part 4 Private Pension Supervision

Management of Supplementary Pension Insurance in Bulgaria: Trends and Issues / Nikola Abadzhiev, Ph.D. 233

Structure of the Supervision / Tibor Parniczky 245

Supervision of Private Pensions

An Australian Perspective / Keith Chapman 255

Polish Model Supervision of Pension Funds / Pawel Pelc 261

Part 5 Consumer Protection

Distribution and Private Pensions: Lessons from the United Kingdom Experience / Frank Fletcher, J. Michael Orszag 269

Disclosure to Members: Principles and Hungarian Experiences / Mihaly Erdos 279

Pensions, Consumer Financial Literacy and Public Education: Lessons from the United Kingdom / Edward Whitehouse 289

Annex Summary Record of the INPRS Conference on Private Pensions 315.

Notes:

Selected papers from the first Conference of the International Network of Pensions Regulators and Supervisors (INPRS) held on 23-26 April 2001 in Sofia, Burgaria.

"This first INPRS Conference, organised under the aegis of the OECD Centre for Co-operation with Non-members, was hosted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy of Bulgaria, and sponsored by the OECD, USAID, the East-West Management Institute and Watson Wyatt"--P. 3.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9264197761

OCLC:

49983432