Under the auspices of the American Benefits Institute, the Council conducts research and serves as a conduit for global companies to share information about international retirement, health and compensation plan trends.
Here is the link to the latest edition of the Council's Benefits Passport, summarizing the topics of discussion at the summer meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Working Party on Private Pensions (WPPP). The American Benefits Institute (Institute), the education and research affiliate of the American Benefits Council (Council), serves as a private sector advisor to the U.S. government delegation to the OECD. Richard Hinz, senior advisor to the Council (and former Chairman of the WPPP when he served in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)), attended the meeting on our behalf.
Topics covered at the meeting include:
Incorporating Corporate Income Tax and The Effects of New Savings
Long Term Cost of Tax and Financial Incentives for Funded Private Pensions
Lending Activities in Private Pensions
Designing Funded Pension Arrangements Given the Level of Financial Literacy and Behavioral Biases
Literature Review of the Impact of tax Incentives and Other Policies on Retirement Savings
Policy Measures to Contain Costs of Running Funded Private Pension Plans
Defined Benefit Pension Arrangements, Solvency and Interest Rates
BENEFITS PASSPORT 2016-3: Highlights from Conference on Challenges for Global Pensions and Release of Publication on Status of Global Financial Markets
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Working Party on Private Pensions (WPPP) held its summer meeting this past June at the OECD headquarters in Paris, France. The American Benefits Institute (Institute), the education and research affiliate of the American Benefits Council (Council), serves as a private sector advisor to the U.S. government delegation to the OECD. Richard Hinz, Senior Advisor to the Council (and former Chairman of the OECD’s Working Party on Private Pensions when he served in the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)) attended the meeting on our behalf.
The latest edition of the Council’s Benefits Passport provides analysis of OECD’s recent work on private pension policies through its Committee on Insurance and Private Pensions and its sub-group – the Working Party on Private Pensions.
