From problems to solutions: policy measures to address constraints in long-term investment

28 May 2013, OECD Conference Centre, Paris

The High-Level Roundtable on Institutional Investors and Long-Term Investment "From problems to solutions: policy measures to address constraints in long-term investment" was organised under the aegis of the G20 Russian Presidency and the OECD. The meeting was held on 28 May 2013 in Paris, back-to-back with the OECD Forum 2013 (28-29 May 2013) and the OECD-Euromoney Infrastructure Summit (29 May 2013).

In the context of G20-OECD work on long-term financing the objective of this high-level meeting was to:

• discuss policy measures and initiatives to address the constraints to long-term investment identified by the OECD and the G20 under the Russian presidency
• discuss the draft High-Level Principles of Long-Term Investment Financing by Institutional Investors requested by the G20 for the G20 Leaders' Summit in Saint Petersburg in September 2013

Participants included selected senior representatives of pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds and asset managers as well as high-level officials and experts from ministries of finance, central banks and international organisations.

>> Summary record (pdf)

>> Background documents:

• The Role of Banks, Equity Markets and Institutional Investors in Long-Term Financing for Growth and Development - Report for G20 Leaders
• Session 1: The effect of solvency regulations and accounting standards on long-term investing: Implications for insurers and pension funds
• Session 1: Long-term investment, the cost of capital and the dividend and buyback puzzle
• Session 2: Who Cares? Corporate Governance in Today's Equity Markets
• Session 3: G20/OECD policy note on pension fund financing for green infrastructure and initiatives
  

MEETING DOCUMENTS

>> Agenda (pdf)
>> Speakers' biographies (pdf)
>> Information Note (pdf)

OECD Project on Institutional Investors and Long-Term Investment

G20-OECD work on long-term financing

Report to G20 on the role of banks, equity markets and institutional investors in long-term financing for growth and development (pdf)