Financial Stability Review 2014

The first part of the FSR provides the traditional overview of financial stability conditions in the Belgian financial sector. The second part is devoted to thematic articles.

The two first articles relate to macroprudential policy in the banking sector and the structural banking reforms in Europe and Belgium. The third article presents the recent developments in the Belgian mortgage market and the prudential measures recently taken in Belgium while the fourth article deals with early warning indicators for real estate related risks. Another article makes a comparative analysis of Belgian banks’ regulatory credit risk parameters for corporate loans. The sixth article covers the Bank's oversight and supervision activities of financial market infrastructures in 2013. The last article focuses on the post-trade services environment in Europe.