OECD

GLOBAL - Private pension funds have not been using benchmarks that measure them against their long-term goal of providing income replacement, a preliminary report by the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) found.

GLOBAL - Employers will play a critical role in addressing the rising costs of pension and healthcare benefits, a report by the World Economic Forum reveals.

GLOBAL - The average assets to gross domestic product ratio for OECD pension funds dropped from 75.5% of GDP in 2007 to 63.4% in 2008, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

The Pension Protection Fund and similar lifeboat funds are "dangerous black holes", the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says.

Emma Dunkley asks OECD's Edward Whitehouse about the implications of the financial crisis on pension schemes worldwide, and how governments are coping with the change

Emma Dunkley speaks to Edward Whitehouse, head of pension-policy analysis in the social policy division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) about how pension funds around the world have coped with the economic crisis

Colin Melvin explores the origins of the global economic downturn and looks at how increased corporate and bank responsibilty will be important factors going forward

Keren Holland discusses how the Danish pension system is dealing with the current crisis and is planning for the future