On 6 January 2020, the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) published a study on the financing of defined benefit pension schemes administered by insurance companies.

In its judgment of 15 June 2009, the President of the Brussels Commercial Court held in summary proceedings that the foreclosure of a pledge (pand/gage) on the bank accounts of a company under judicial composition could be considered as an abuse of a right when it may jeopardise the continuity of the company.

On 25 July 2018, the ECJ handed down its judgment in a case arising from the European Commission's 2013 decision on the "Spanish tax lease system" (Case C-128/16 P, Commission v Spain and others).

From a tax point of view, an acquisition of own shares can be interesting especially when economic or financial reasons to do so also exist.

The COVID-19 crisis has emphasised the importance of having performant insolvency proceedings. As of now, new measures are in force which aim to optimise the judicial reorganisation procedure.

On 13 October 2011, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted further amendments to the EU sanctions measures against Syria – this time imposing an asset freeze on the Commercial Bank of Syria – in Council Decision 2011/684/CFSP.

The Laws of 30 and 31 July 2013 increasing the protection of purchasers of financial products and services and broadening the competences of the financial regulator were published in the Belgian Official Journal on 30 August 2013

In recent times, there has been a surge in the number of investment firms and credit institutions operating exclusively online through websites or apps.

The Situation: Belgium's Law of October 22, 2017, modifies the REIT Regime by broadening the scope of REIT activities and relaxing the country's existing regulatory framework for REITs.

The term ‘sustainability' has outgrown its status of being a mere buzzword. Climate change has given the starting signal of a relay race in which the United Nations...

Amongst the (many) uncertainties linked to Brexit, its potential restrictive impact on data transfers between the European Economic Area (EEA) and the UK was an important one for all businesses with cross-border activities.

Six banks have announced that they will work together to assess whether creating central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is worth it.

On 24 September 2015, the Brussels Court of Appeal reduced the fines that the Financial Services and Markets Authority had imposed on Ageas, the successor in title of Fortis Bank, and on two of its former top executives...

On 30 September 2015, the European Commission (the "Commission") presented its action plan (the "Action Plan") to establish a capital markets union ("CMU").