OECD private pensions outlook 2008
Contributors: SourceOECD (Online service)
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9789264044388
Subjects: Pension trusts; Pensiones; Law and legislation; Pensions
Other titles: Private pensions outlook 2008
Description: As the role of private pension systems grows in importance, there is a need to monitor their development and review their performance in an international context, especially following the crisis in the financial markets in 2008. This publication provides data on assets, investments, membership, and industry structure based on the latest official statistics, as well as a framework for evaluating the trends shaping the pensions industry, based on the role of the private pensions in relation to the public pension system. It also provides country profiles, describing private pension arrangements in individual OECD countries. This edition's special feature covers the implications for pensions and private pensions policy of the financial crisis. This publication includes StatLinks, URLs linking graphs and tables via the internet to Exce® table containing the underlying data.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Issued also in French: Perspectives de l'OCDE sur les pensions privées 2008.

Includes bibliographical references.

Australia; Austria; Belgium; Canada; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Korea; Luxembourg; Mexico; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Slovak Republic; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; United Kingdom; United States.

Also available online.
Table of contents: title: Role and types of private pension systems; title: Key pension fund indicators; title: Public pension reserve funds; title: Performance indicators of private pension systems; title: Country profiles.