IMF Staff Country Reports

Belgium : Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision, Securities Regulation, Insurance Supervision and Regulation, and Securities Settlement Systems

Author/Editor:

International Monetary Fund

Publication Date:

March 1, 2006

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

This paper discusses key findings of the Financial System Stability Assessment (FSSA) and Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes (ROSC) on Banking Supervision, Securities Regulation, Insurance Supervision and Regulation, and Securities Settlement Systems for Belgium. The assessment reveals that overall, the financial system is generally sound, resilient to potential adverse shocks, and well supervised. Risks both on the international level and domestically appear well within the banks’ capacity to manage them and are well understood by the supervisor and overseer of the system.

Series:

Country Report No. 06/75

Subject:

Bank supervision Belgium Capital markets Financial Sector Assessment Program Financial soundness indicators Financial system stability assessment Insurance supervision Liquidity management Pension supervision Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes Securities regulations