“A scorecard for bank performance: the Belgian Banking Industry.” Prof. Dr. André Thibeault, Corneel Defrancq and Jessie Vantieghem Vlerick Centre for Financial Services Point of Contact:
[email protected] (+32 9 210 9860) Table of Contents THE KPMG – VLERICK PRIME FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP .................................................................... 1 Acknowledgment .................................................................................................................................... 3 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. 5 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 7 Structure of the report ............................................................................................................................ 7 Chapter 1: Industry overview ................................................................................................................. 9 Contribution to the Belgian economy ............................................................................................... 10 Trends over time ........................................................................................................................... 10 Savings ratio of households .............................................................................................................. 14 Banking sector’s