Regulating private pension schemes : trends and challenges : [selected papers from the first conference of the International Network of Pensions Regulators and Supervisors (INPRS) held on 23-26 April 2001 in Sofia, Bulgaria]

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 Programmes 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. In April 2001, The Inprs And The Oecd (which Provides The Secretariat For The Network) Brought Together Policy Makers And Experts To Analyse The Key Policy Implications Arising From The Growth Of Private Pensions. This Volume Contains A Selection Of The Papers Presented At That Meeting. Part 1. Development Of Private Pension Systems In Selected Countries -- Experiences And Trends In Occupational Pensions - Tour D'horizon In Oecd Countries By Chris Daykin -- The Hungarian Pension Reform In Perspective - Is It Already Reaching Puberty? By Zoltan Vajda -- The Evolution Of Public And Private Insurance In Sweden In The 1990s By Edward Palmer -- Private Pensions In Asia: An Assessment Of Eight Systems By Mukul Asher -- Part 2 - Public And Private Pension Systems Interaction -- -public-private Internaction In Structural Pension Reform By Katharina Muller -- The Relations Between The Public And Private Pension Insurance Systems: The Bulgarian And Foreign Experience By Jordan Hristoskov -- Part 3. Regulation Of Pension Funds -- -trends And Challenges In Pension Provision And Regulation By Chris Daykin -- Regulation Of Occupational Pension Schemes In Ireland By Mary Hutch -- Design And Management Of Occupational Defined Contribution Pension Schemes: Lessons From The Administrative Cost Literature By Hazel Bateman -- Employer Provided Pensions Portability In Oecd Countries: Country Specific Policies And Their Labour Market Effects By Vincenzo Andrietti -- Part 4. Private Pension Supervision -- -management Of Supplementary Pension Insurance In Bulgaria: Trends And Issues By Nikola Abadzhiev -- Structure Of The Supervision By Tibor Parniczky -- Supervision Of Private Pensions - An Australian Perspective By Keith Chapman -- Polish Model Supervision Of Pension Funds By Pawel Pelc -- Part 5. Consumer Protection -- -distribution And Private Pensions: Lessons Form The United Kingdom Experience By Frank Fletcher And J. Michael Orszag -- Disclosure To Members: Principles And Hungarian Experiences By Mihaly Erdos -- Pensions, Consumer Financial Literacy, And Public Education: Lessons From The United Kingdom By Edward Whitehouse -- Annex: Summary Record Of The Inprs Conference On Private Pensions Organisation For Economic Co-operation And Development, [private Pensions And Insurance Unit]. 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. Machine generated contents note: PART 1- DEVELOPMENT OF PRIVATE PENSION SYSTEMS IN SELECTED COUNTRIES EXPERIENCE AND TRENDS IN OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS - TOUR D'HORIZON IN OECD COUNTRIES by Chris Daykin THE HUNGARIAN PENSION REFORM IN PERSPECTIVE - IS IT ALREADY REACHING PUBERTY? by Zoltan Vajda THE EVOLUTION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSURANCE IN SWEDEN IN THE 1990'S by Edward Palmer PRIVATE PENSIONS IN ASIA: AN ASSESSMENTOF EIGHT SYSTEMS by Mukul Asher PART 2 - PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PENSION SYSTEMS INTERACTION PUBLIC-PRIVATE INTERACTION IN STRUCTURAL PENSION REFORM by Dr. Katharina Miiller THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PENSION INSURANCE SYSTEMS: THE BULGARIAN AND FOREIGN EXPERIENCE by Jordan Hristoskov PART 3 REGULATION OF PENSION FUNDS TRENDS AND CHALLENGES IN PENSION PROVISION AND REGULATION by Chris Daykin REGULATION OF OCCUPATIONAL PENSION SCHEMES IN IRELAND by Mary Hutch DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PENSION SCHEMES: LESSONS FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE COST LITERATURE by Hazel Bateman EMPLOYER PROVIDED PENSIONS PORTABILITY IN OECD COUNTRIES. COUNTRY SPECIFIC POLICIES AND THEIR LABOUR MARKET EFFECTS by Vincenzo Andrietti PART 4 - PRIVATE PENSION SUPERVISION MANAGEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTARY PENSION INSURANCE IN BULGARIA: TRENDS AND ISSUES by Nikola Abadzhiev, Ph.D. STRUCTURE OF THE SUPERVISION by Tibor Pariczky SUPERVISION OF PRIVATE PENSIONS - AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE by Keith Chapman POLISH MODEL SUPERVISION OF PENSION FUNDS by Pawel Pelc PART 5 - CONSUMER PROTECTION DISTRIBUTION AND PRIVATE PENSIONS: LESSONS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM EXPERIENCE by Frank Fletcher and J. Michael Orszag DISCLOSURE TO MEMBERS: PRINCIPLES AND HUNGARIAN EXPERIENCES by Mihaly Erdos PENSIONS, CONSUMER FINANCIAL LITERACY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION: LESSONS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM by Edward Whitehouse ANNEX Summary Record of the INPRS Conference on Private Pensions. OECD/INPRS Private Pensions Conference 2001. 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 programmes 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. In April 2001, the INPRS and the OECD (which provides the Secretariat for the Network) brought together policy makers and experts to analyse the key policy implications arising from the growth of private pensions. This volume contains a selection of the papers presented at that meeting