The OECD and Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) jointly organized the 2018 Tokyo Roundtable on Insurance and Retirement Savings in Asia on 25-26 April 2018 at the ADBI in Tokyo, Japan, in co-operation with the Japanese government.
The Tokyo Roundtable invited government officials and experts from public authorities, and informed the participants about policy analysis being developed by the OECD and discuss key issues of the Asian market with input from the JFSA. Participants will share experiences and good practices for the sound development of insurance and private pensions markets.

Topics included:

Dealing with demographic change in the insurance and private pension sectors

Advances in technology: how fintech and cyber risk are being addressed

Growing climate change risk and how it manifests for insurance markets

How to improve retirement savings

OECD’s website on 2018 Roundtable on Insurance And Retirement Savings in Asia
ADB’s website on 2018 Roundtable on Insurance and Retirement Savings
(You can download here, agenda and information note)

During this roundtable, Mack shared the updates on the APFF work to promote insurers and pension funds’ support on sustainable, resilient and inclusive growth of the Asia Pacific region, and shared perspectives from life insurers as institutional investors in contributing to support sustainable infrastructure.