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

Upcoming events

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L'intelligence artificielle dans la pratique : éclairage et témoignages de chefs d'entreprise de notre région

Le Forum financier du Hainaut a le plaisir de vous inviter à sa prochaine conférence :

Brussels
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The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in the European & Belgian Banking Industry

The Belgian Financial Forum, together with the Social Partners of the banking sector, cordially invites you to an event focusing on the transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the European & Belgian banking industry and its workforce. This event will bring together key industry experts to explore how AI is reshaping the banking landscape and to discuss the implications for employees in the sector.

Kortrijk
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Is Duitsland de zieke man van Europa?

“Is Duitsland weer de zieke man van Europa? Slaapwandelend naar stagnatie en verlies aan internationale concurrentiekracht. Hoe gaat het nu verder?”

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Distributieve statistieken voor het vermogen van de Belgische huishoudens in het kader van de nationale financiële rekeningen

Since the beginning of this year, the ECB and the NBB have been publishing data on the distribution of household wealth: the distributional wealth accounts (DWA). These experimental statistics are based on the macro data from the National Accounts and on the micro data from the Household Finance and Consumption Survey.

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Environmental and climate-related risks within the FMI landscape

In 2023, the NBB has asked a sample of financial market infrastructures, custodians, payment transaction processors and critical service providers to complete a questionnaire on climate-related risks. The answers showed that the institutions are aware of climate-related risks and that these risks are adequately embedded in the governance framework. However, ...

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The impact of the sanctions against Russia and Russian countermeasures

Euroclear Bank played and continues to play an important role in the implementation of international sanctions against Russia. A large share of the assets affected by these sanctions were safeguarded and, following the imposition of the sanctions, effectively frozen or immobilised in the accounts of Euroclear Bank.

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Introduction to the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) aims to enhance the digital resilience of the European financial sector by addressing ICT risks through comprehensive governance, incident management, resilience testing, third-party risk management, and awareness initiatives. Effective from January 2025, DORA targets a wide range of financial entities, ensuring harmonized and stringent ICT security measures across the EU.

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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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