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to the Belgian Financial Forum's website.

We are a meeting place for the financial and related sectors, government, academia, and business.

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Investing with Positive Impact for People and Planet: still relevant in today’s geopolitical and economic context?

The Belgian Financial Forum, together with Impact Finance Belgium cordially invites you to an event focusing on investing with positive impact.

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Investing in Art: Returns, Risks, and Market Dynamics Over Six Decades

This study analyses the financial performance of art investments over six decades using nearly three million auction transactions. While art underperformed most alternative investments (wine, classic cars) and traditional assets (stocks, bonds), its negative correlation with financial markets offers portfolio diversification benefits. Key price determinants include authenticity, medium, provenance, and auction house reputation.

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Empowering Europe: boosting strategic autonomy through the digital euro

Introductory statement by Piero Cipollone, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament (Brussels, 8 April 2025).

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175 years of the National Bank of Belgium

The National Bank of Belgium (NBB) came into being 175 years ago. Indeed, it was on 5 May 1850 that Leopold I signed the law establishing the National Bank.

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Budgettair beleid en de terugkeer van de de gouden financieringsregel

De gouden financieringsregel stelt dat publieke investeringsprojecten mogen gefinancierd worden met leningen.  De regel is van pertinent belang tegen de achtergrond van het huidige publieke debat.  We geven aan waarom het verhogen van publieke investeringen niet haaks hoeft te staan op het handhaven van budgettaire orthodoxie.

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The Forum pursues the following objectives:

  • To exchange, in the broad sense, knowledge about economic and financial issues
  • To provide a meeting place for the financial sector and related sectors, public authorities, academic circles and businesses.
  • To encourage debates and exchange of views on economic and financial themes;
  • Various different formats are proposed, like conferences, colloquia, panel debates, etc.

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