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Assets in the pension funds of OECD countries reached $19.13trn at the end of 2010, up from $19.07trn (£11.65trn) at the end of 2007, an OECD report shows.

GLOBAL - Assets in the pension funds of OECD countries reached $19.13trn at the end of 2010, up from $19.07trn at the end of 2007, a new OECD report shows.

Emerging market debt funds saw outflows in March but concerns over the strength of the developed world pushed investors back, as Lynn Strongin Dodds reports.

A new IMF paper triggered by some European countries' response to pension policy calls for new fiscal indicators that give more weight to the long-term cost of pensions. Raquel Pichardo-Allison reports

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development today recommends the UK government further increases the state pension age to combat rising costs.

UK - The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) today recommends the UK government further increases the state pension age (SPA) to combat rising costs.

GLOBAL - Linking retirement age to a mortality index would remove some political risk around increasing the length of time employees work, said Mercer's chief retirement strategist Bruce Rigby.

Dutch regulations are "killing" pension funds by using a discount rate that forces them to de-risk, said Anton van Nunen, director of Van Nunen & Partners.

EUROPE - Pension supervisors and regulators looking to take a risk-based approach to monitoring pension schemes now have a toolbox of best practices thanks to a new report by the OECD and IOPS.