All these arduous and assiduous regulatory efforts are conducive to maintaining a level platform to ensure fair play in the financial sector. Apart from being a regulator, AMCM is also vested with the responsibility of facilitating and nurturing the development of our financial industry.
*  *  *  Summary In January, the ECB decided to expand its asset purchase programme to include government bonds after it became clear that there was a need for more monetary stimulus. Asset purchases are unconventional, but not unorthodox, and they have been part of the ECB’s toolkit from the start.