UK watchdog calls for more stress testing

The UK’s chief financial watchdog, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), has called for more stress and scenario testing to ensure firms have robust strategies in place to address a raft of potential risks to their businesses this year.

The FSA said weak markets, lower growth, allegations of malpractice and a series of operational and legal issues are posing a significant managerial challenge for banks, asset managers and insurance companies.

The watchdog said these factors and others “highlight the need for firms to assure themselves that they are capable of withstanding a combination of losses”.

“The prospect of revenues remaining depressed during 2003 increases the risk of further losses across these sectors,” said FSA

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