OECD WORK ON PENSION STATISTICS On-going data collection Working Party on Financial Statistics Paris, 6-7 October 2003 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Jean-Marc Salou OECD Financial Markets Division

Why pension funds statistics?  Pension funds are the main source of long-term savings;  Broad interaction with capital markets;  Use in macro-economic, financial and social policy;  OECD activities through the Working Party on Private Pension and through the International Network of Pension Regulators and Supervisors (INPRS).

Goal of the OECD pension project The Global Pension Statistics Project would develop a system of international pension statistics, collected from primary sources, using coherent statistical concepts, definitions and methodologies.

A tool for measuring private pensions with an international perspective  Get data internationally comparable;  Provide data together with information on their coverage (metadata);  Supply up-to date data. 4

Practical objectives  Evaluate pension data currently available and its related metadata;  Improve the harmonisation of concepts, definitions, and compliance in line with the taxonomy developed through the OECD Working Party on Private Pensions;  Collect and analyse the data.

 “ Autonomous ” pension funds: -Funds without legal personality (Portugal, Spain, Italy -fondi aperti-, Poland) -Funds with legal personality (rest of countries)  The governing body: -Trustee (UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada) -Board (foundations - Holland, Switzerland; mutuals - Germany, Austria, Hungary) -Fiduciary (USA) -Pension fund administrator (Portugal, Spain, Italy - fondi aperti) Pension fund taxonomy

The new OECD definition: private plans In all countries, but tax advantages are not universal. a) DB: Germany, Japan b) DC/DB: UK, USA, Canada c) DC: Italy, Spain Voluntary a) Sweden (mutual funds) b) Mexico, Hungary, Poland (pension funds) a) DB: Finland, Holand, Australia, Switzerland b) DC: Australia, Denmark, Iceland Mandatory Personal plans (employment link not needed) Occupational plans (employment link as a condition of membership)

Source: OECD. Occupational Personal Without identification of collateralisation With identification of collateralisation Funded plan Trust / Foundation Special corporate entities Private system Public system With irrevocable right Without irrevocable right NON-AUTONOMOUS PENSION FUND Legally segregated ? Unfunded plan PAYG YES NO Pension entity Insured pension plan Separate Accounts Pension fund managing co. Investment co. / Bank Non-insured pension plan Trust / Foundation Special corporate entities Pension entity Insured pension plan Separate Accounts Pension fund managing co. Investment co. / Bank Non-insured pension plan Securities Mutual funds Deposit Insurance policies AUTONOMOUS PENSION FUND Securities Mutual funds Deposit

Scope of the project

Variables  Assets  Liabilities  Income  Expenditure  Membership

Where Are We?   A common vocabulary: the Taxonomy and Glossary of pension terms;   Design of a a statistical questionnaire based on a data availability exercise;   Approval of the questionnaire by the Task Force on Pension Statistics and the Working Party on Private Pensions;   First round of the on-going data collection (2001 and 2002 data). 11

Moving forward   Preliminary results will be presented for the next Working Party on Private Pensions meeting in November;   Taxonomy and glossary to be revised;   Revisiting the methodology on the basis of the first round of data collection;   Presentation of a set of financial indicators in June

Issues to be address   Coherence with other datasets, - -Autonomous vs. non-autonomous pension funds, - -Funded vs. unfunded pension plans;   Coherence within the SNA framework (Taxonomy and Glossary);   Enhance data completeness;   Up-to-date data through the delivery of preliminary or estimates. 13

2001 Pension funds’ assets as % of GDP in Selected OECD countries (private occupational plans) Sources: National sources, Eurostat and EFRP preliminary data was compiled by the OECD Financial Markets Division, within the framework of its on-going Pension Statistics Project. Last update: 25/09/2003

2002 ASSETS’ BREAKDOWN BY TYPE OF INVESTMENT PRODUCTS BELGIUM PORTUGAL Source: OECD Global Pension Statistics Database.

GERMANY UNITED STATES Source: OECD Global Pension Statistics Database.

UNITED STATES - ASSETS’ BREAKDOWN BY TYPE OF INVESTMENT PRODUCTS 2001 vs (As a % of total) INVESTMENT PRODUCTS Loans0.17%0.22% Land and Buildings0.87%1.02% Cash and Deposits3.04%3.43% Bills and bonds issued by public administration4.05%4.59% Corporate bonds4.34%4.93% Unallocated insurance contracts4.94%5.38% Mutual funds (CIS)8.73%7.92% Shares24.91%21.04% Other investments48.94%51.48% Source: OECD Global Pension Statistics Database.