Belgium: Financial System Stability Assessment

May 17, 2013

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Belgium: Financial System Stability Assessment, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2013) accessed September 20, 2024

Summary

This financial stability assessment provides an update on the significant regulatory and supervisory developments in the banking and insurance sectors of Belgium since 2006. The Belgian financial system is relatively large with solid capital buffers on aggregate, and the 2008 global financial crisis has had a major impact on the Belgian financial sector. The links between banks and the Belgian sovereign have intensified owing to the crisis, with total exposure of the banking sector to the federal government at 10 percent of banking sector assets in mid-2012.

Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Financial institutions, Financial sector policy and analysis, Insurance, Insurance companies, Solvency, Stress testing

Keywords: Banking sector, Banking system, Capital ratio, Central and Eastern Europe, Central bank, Commercial banks, CR, Credit risk, Europe, Financial system, Global, Hurdle rate, Insurance, Insurance companies, Interest rate, ISCR, Risk assessment, Solvency, Stress testing

Publication Details

Pages:

103
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2013/124
Stock No:

1BELEA2013002
ISBN:

9781484362877
ISSN:

1934-7685

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