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Research and industry programmes

Institutional Funds Consortium programmes follow how pension and reserve systems are governed: international principles for pension regulation and supervision, regional regimes such as IORP II, and national systems whose design decides who bears investment and longevity risk. The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) holds no role in any of them.

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01Contents

Research and industry programmes in five parts.

In this dossier5 parts
  1. 01LevelsThree levels of work
  2. 02Programme levelsWhat each level examines
  3. 03How a programme opensWith an owner’s question
  4. 04StatusEvery programme shows where it stands
  5. 05SourcesWhere this page’s references lead
02Levels

Three levels of work.

03Programme levels

What each level examines.

LevelQuestionsEvidence owners
GlobalPrinciples for pension regulation and supervision; nonbank leverage; long-horizon climate scenariosOECD, IOPS, FSB, NGFS
RegionalOwn-risk assessment and stress testing of occupational funds; cross-border fund rulesRegional supervisors
NationalSystem design, funding rules, investment in domestic infrastructure, member outcomesPension regulators, ministries, public reserve funds
04Process

How the process runs.

Process explorer · Process

Research and industry programmes: Programme through eight gates

11 steps4 stages8 gates

Process

Research and industry programmes: Programme through eight gates

The Global Risks Forum (GRF) records eight yearly gates, each a programme decision; a gate not passed stops its work, and the competent authority decides outside.

  1. 01 Q1 · Planning

    1. 01G0 · Annual programme authorisedGate · The Global Risks ForumGRF authorises the annual mandate. It never sets a national agenda.
    2. 03Route the candidate mission to standardsStep · Nexus StandardsNexus Standards routes each candidate mission to the standards and profiles that apply.

  2. 02 Q2 · Readiness and build

    1. 04G1 · Missions admittedGate · The Global Risks ForumGRF admits missions with reasons recorded. It cannot admit a mission without an accountable owner.
    2. 05G2 · Data and resources qualifiedGate · The Global Risks ForumReadiness preparation closes when data, people and resources are qualified.
    3. 06G3 · Build accepted for exerciseGate · The Global Risks ForumGRF records whether the build is accepted for exercise. A gate not passed stops the work it governs.

  3. 03 Q3 · Action Week

    1. 07G4 · Controlled live operation authorisedGate · The Global Risks ForumGRF authorises controlled live operation for Action Week.
    2. 08G5 · Evidence sealed and stand-down recordedGate · The Global Risks ForumThe evidence is sealed with its provenance and the stand-down is recorded.

  4. 04 Q4 · Reporting and renewal

    1. 02Competent authority decides and actsActor · The competent authorityThe competent authority decides and acts under its own rules. The programme informs it and never decides for it.
    2. 09Scientific and editorial reviewStep · Reviewers and the publisherQualified, conflict-managed reviewers and the publisher decide what is accepted. Institutions cannot decide a scientific conclusion.
    3. 10G6 · Publication authorisedGate · The Global Risks ForumGRF authorises publication of results that have passed scientific and editorial review. It cannot publish personal data.
    4. 11G7 · Renewal reviewedGate · The Global Risks ForumGRF reviews renewal and sets the next cycle’s mandate.

The programme year · The Global Risks Forum · Decision rightsDesigned programme process, not a record of operation. No cycle has run and every programme is at service level R0. A gate is a programme decision, never a public-authority approval, certification or deployment authorisation.

05How a programme opens

With an owner’s question.

Work starts when a pension supervisor, public reserve fund, ministry or national consortium asks a question it owns, such as how domestic infrastructure investment would interact with a fund’s liquidity needs in a stress. See country readiness contexts.

06Status

Every programme shows where it stands.

A programme is shown as exploring, forming, constituted, active, paused or archived, according to its record. A plan is never presented as an activity.

07Sources

Where this page’s references lead.

The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.

08Pages

Pages in Research and industry programmes.

Page

Global industry questions

Page

Regional exposures

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Country readiness contexts

09Questions

Questions and answers.

How does a country take part?
Through its national programme. Country enquiries go to the Consortium Secretariat at the contact form or a regional desk.
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