The Bank of England today announced the results of the first concurrent stress testing exercise of the UK banking system. Alongside the stress test publication, the Bank of England also published its Financial Stability Report, which sets out the Financial Policy Committee’s (FPC) assessment of the outlook for the stability and resilience of the financial sector, and the Systemic Risk Survey, which quantifies and tracks market participants’ perceptions of systemic risks. Following on from the EU-wide stress test, the 2014 UK stress test of the eight major UK banks and building societies was designed specifically to ... (full story)