Bank of England's stress test of banks needs refining - report

FILE PHOTO: Workers emerge from Bank underground station with the Bank of England (L) and Royal Exchange building (R) in the City of London financial district, London, Britain, January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo - Copyright Toby Melville(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 24/04/2019 - 10:34•Updated 11/05/2024 - 02:50

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LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England's stress tests of lenders meet their objectives of checking if lenders can withstand extreme market shocks but the health checks could be refined, the BoE's Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) said on Wednesday.

The BoE has conducted regular stress tests of top lenders like HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds and RBS since the financial crisis a decade ago when Britain had to bail out undercapitalised banks.

"The stress-testing framework is still maturing. And from that vantage point we saw some opportunities for refinement, a view also confirmed in our external outreach," the IEO said in a report.

(Reporting by Huw Jones, Editing by Iain Withers)

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