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COVID-19: Addressing Challenges from a Business and Legal Perspective

March 31, 2020 by Baker McKenzie 2 Mins Read

Belgian government agencies directly responsible for Belgian FIs and the European Central Bank announced a series of measures to ensure that financial institutions under their direct supervision continue to finance the real economy to mitigate the economic effects of COVID-19.

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Brexit: European Central Bank Calls on Banks to Step Up No-Deal Preparations

August 28, 2019 by Mark Simpson, Caitlin McErlane, Philip Annett and Richard Powell 5 Mins Read

Despite August being the height of the holiday season, central bankers at the ECB have found the time to issue a newsletter calling on banks supervised under the Single Supervisory Mechanism to step up their Brexit preparations.