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Record Nr.

UNINA9910971809803321

Titolo

Belgium : : Financial System Stability Assessment

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2013

ISBN

9781484342671

1484342674

9781484372531

1484372530

9781484349656

1484349652

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (104 p.)

Collana

IMF Staff Country Reports

Disciplina

332.152

Soggetti

Monetary policy - Belgium

Actuarial Studies

Banking

Bankruptcy

Banks and Banking

Banks and banking

Banks

Commercial banks

Debt

Depository Institutions

Finance

Finance: General

Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation

Financial institutions

Financial Instruments

Financial risk management

Financial sector policy and analysis

Industries: Financial Services

Institutional Investors

Insurance & actuarial studies

Insurance Companies

Insurance companies

Insurance

Liquidation

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages



Non-bank Financial Institutions

Pension Funds

Solvency

Stress testing

Belgium Economic conditions

Belgium

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; TABLES; 1. Belgium: FSAP Update-High Priority Recommendations; CONTENTS; GLOSSARY; INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND; A. Macroeconomic and Financial Sector Developments; B. Household and Corporate Sector Developments; C. Implementation of 2006 FSAP Recommendations; SOUNDNESS OF THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND POTENTIAL RISKS; A. Financial Crisis and Policy Response; B. Vulnerabilities Analysis; BOXES; 1. Outward Spillovers from Belgium Financial Sector; 2. Network Analysis of Spillover Risk for the Belgian Banking System; C. Bank Stress Testing; D. Insurance Stress Testing

FINANCIAL STABILITY FRAMEWORK A. Banking Supervision; 3. The Impact of the Banking Union on Belgium; B. Insurance Supervision; C. Conglomerates Supervision; D. Securities Markets and Regulation; E. Soundness and Oversight of Market Infrastructures; F. Crisis Management and Safety Nets; G. Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT); FIGURES; 1. Structural Features of the Financial Sector; 2. Economic Developments; 3. Nonfinancial Sector Developments; 4. Financial Market Indicators; 5. Banking Sector Developments; 6. International Exposures of Belgian Banks, 2007-12

7. Insurance Financial Soundness Indicators 8. Macroeconomic Assumptions Under Different Stress Test Scenarios; 9. Solvency Stress Test Results-CET1 Hurdle Rate; 10. Liquidity Indicators and Stress Test Results; 2. Baseline-Selected Economic Indicators, 2009-17; 3. Structure of the Financial Sector; 4. Financial Sector State Support (2012); 5. Financial Soundness Indicators for the Banking Sector; APPENDICES; I. Belgian Covered Bonds and Financial Stability Considerations; II. Main Recommendations of the 2006 FSAP; III. Crisis Intervention and Restructuring Measures; IV. Risk Assessment Matrix

V. Overview of Stress Tests for Banks ANNEX; I. Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes-Summary Assessments; BASEL CORE PRINCIPLES FOR EFFECTIVE BANKING SUPERVISION; A. Background; B. NBB Approach to Supervision; C. Assessment Challenges; D. Preconditions for Effective Supervision; E. Main Findings; F. Authorities' Response to the Assessment; INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE SUPERVISORS (IAIS) INSURANCE CORE PRINCIPLES; A. Background; B. Preconditions for Effective Securities Regulation; C. Main Findings; D. Authorities' Response to the Assessment

Sommario/riassunto

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.