Cross-border trade in financial services is underdeveloped within the EU, and it meets numerous obstacles between non-EU countries and EU members like the US or Switzerland. International trade organizations like WTO have not achieved much progress in the area of financial services. With Brexit,...

Programme: Panel 1: Scars or scratches: how damaging is the fall-out from the crisis for the real economy and the natural rate of interest? Panel 2: The financial sector and prudential policies in the new normal. Panel 3: Monetary policy beyond normalisation: objectives and instruments.

This one-day conference in Brussels on 9 December 2016 is a part of the BFF’s 80th anniversary celebrations. The conference will feature a keynote session by Jan Smets, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium, and will cover the following areas: Session I: The Threats and Opportunities of...

Session themes: Session 1: Provision of liquidity and Lender of Last Resort operations: effectiveness, governance, cross-border and cross currency issues Session 2: Cross-border bank resolution Session 3: Deposit guarantee schemes: How to re-establish clients’ confidence Session 4: Limits of...