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US/Europe - Longevity remains one of the most underestimated risks in retirement income planning, Allianz has warned.

The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development has encouraged the International Accounting Standards Board to review the definition of DB and DC plans as they relate to international accounting standards.

GLOBAL - The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development has encouraged the International Accounting Standards Board to review the definition of DB and DC plans as they relate to international accounting standards.

The UK should look at the Chilean retirement system's multi-fund structure as it develops the default fund set-up for NEST, Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development principal economist Pablo Antolin-Nicolas has said.

GLOBAL - Regulators should promote countercyclical funding policies, like providing better tax ceilings for over-funded schemes, in order to support the continuation of defined benefit plans, the OECD said.

Regulators should promote countercyclical funding policies, like providing better tax ceilings for over-funded schemes, in order to support the continuation of defined benefit plans, the OECD said.

GLOBAL - Pension fund assets are still below pre-crisis levels despite improvements, research by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has revealed.

NETHERLANDS - Dutch pension experts question whether the interbank swap yield curve is the best rate to discount liabilities against, Giovanni Legorano and Raquel Pichardo-Allison report.

The UK should look at the Chilean retirement system's multi-fund structure as it develops the default fund set-up for NEST, Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development principal economist Pablo Antolin-Nicolas says.

UK,CHILE - The UK should look at the Chilean retirement system's multi-fund structure as it develops the default fund set-up for NEST, Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development principal economist Pablo Antolin-Nicolas has said.