BoE stress test puts private credit, PE and insurers in the same systemic-risk frame
By IAN Editorial Desk
19 June 2026·2 min read
Primary source: bankofengland.co.uk
Participants have modelled about £370bn of private credit and £400bn of private equity capital.
The Bank of England has begun the scenario phase of its system-wide exploratory scenario for private markets, sending 46 participants a hypothetical five-year global recession to run their private credit and private equity books against. The scenario was published on 19 June.
Insurers enter the exercise as limited partners — institutional investors that supply capital to private equity and private…
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