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  • Lundi 20/12/2021
    Maria Demertzis

    Report of the intervention of Maria Demertzis, Deputy Director of Bruegel, during the Belgian Financial Forum webinar on “The road towards a ‘new’ financial system?” of 12 October 2021, written by Frank Lierman, Chairman of the Editorial Board of the Revue bancaire et financière. This report is further based on two opinion articles by Maria Demertzis, published by Bruegel in the course of 2021.

  • Lundi 20/12/2021
    Frank Kindt

    For years, PMV has had a special if not unique position in the investment landscape. When it was founded in 2001, PMV was entrusted with a societal role alongside its financial task. PMV is particularly pleased to note that today, social impact is also increasingly being pursued by private financiers, thus creating a major leverage effect.

  • Lundi 20/12/2021
    Frank Lierman

    The economics and finance magazine ‘Revue bancaire et financière/Bank- en Financiewezen’ celebrates its 85th anniversary and the first lustrum of the digital version. To mark this occasion, the review’s editorial board invited Belgian academics, researchers and policy makers to write an article on “The impact of COVID-19 on the Belgian economy and finance sector”. The result is a special printed edition containing 22 contributions, divided into 5 subtopics. This article summarizes the key-findings and messages.

  • Mardi 9/11/2021
    Wunsch / Maes / de Larosière / Thygesen

    This article contains the speeches from the Symposium for the publication of the book “Robert Triffin: A life”, on October 11, 2021 in Brussels.

  • Mardi 9/11/2021
    Van Craeynest

    As they go through a remarkably rapid recovery out of the Covid-crisis, companies are already hitting new barriers to growth, most importantly issues concerning the delivery of inputs and labour market tightness. Especially the latter requires an urgent and structural policy response. Meanwhile the major transitions in our society related to sustainability, digitalization and population ageing offer significant opportunities for companies. To capture these opportunities our capacity to innovate will play a crucial role.

  • Mardi 9/11/2021
    Dejonckheere

    Report by Frank Lierman, president of the Editorial Committee of Bank- en Financiewezen, of Koen Dejonckheere’s presentation during the Belgian Financial Forum Webinar of 5 October 2021.

     

    Verslag door Frank Lierman, voorzitter redactiecomité van bank- en Financiewezen, van de presentatie van Koen Dejonckheere tijdens het Webinar van Belgisch Financieel Forum op 5 oktober 2021.

  • Mardi 9/11/2021
    National Bank of Belgium / FSMA

    This article summarises the main findings of the most recent joint update report on asset management and Non-bank financial intermediation (NBFI) by the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) and National Bank of Belgium (NBB), published on 6 May 2021. It is the third update of the joint NBB-FSMA report on Asset management and NBFI, formerly referred to as shadow banking, which was submitted to the Minister of Finance and the High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) , and subsequently published, in September 2017.

  • Lundi 11/10/2021
    de Larosière

    This is the speech given by Mr. Jacques de Larosière during the VILLA VIGNONI Euro-Workshop on 16 September 2021

  • Lundi 11/10/2021
    National Bank of Belgium

    Since the outbreak and global spread of COVID-19, central banks and governments worldwide have provided massive stimulus to the economy. Looking ahead, however, the question rises whether monetary policy by central banks and fiscal policy by governments will be able to respond with the same vigour and effectiveness to future crises, given structurally low interest rates and higher government debt. This article takes a closer look at the different options to build back fiscal buffers. Do countries need forceful consolidation, can countries grow out of debt or should central banks simply cancel the debts? The analysis is two-fold. The first part empirically assesses the potential of some traditional avenues to bring public debt dynamics in Belgium under control. The second part is more conceptual, critically evaluating the rather heterodox proposal of cancelling government debt on the central bank balance sheet.

  • Lundi 11/10/2021
    Geert Jennes

    Though the EU is simultaneously a free trade area, a single market and (for most of its Member States) a currency union, it is still characterized by poor economic integration and significant cultural differences between its Member States. These features argue against the Next Generation EU budget that became a reality last year. This budget implies a significant increase in net fiscal transfers between EU member states, to be financed by joint debt issuance. Given the poor economic integration of the EU, federal fiscal modesty is in order, unless one wants to adopt the Belgian model, with permanent fiscal solidarity between north and south and little prospect of economic convergence.

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