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Private markets to face first UK stress test amid concerns over rapid growth

By Sofia Gerace ( December 4, 2025, 11:28 GMT | Insight) -- The UK's growing private markets ecosystem is to come under central bank scrutiny, with the Bank of England set to test how it would fare in a severe global crisis and any potential impact on UK financial stability. It plans a "system-wide exploratory scenario," due to report in 2027, on the back of rising concerns around market opacity, high leverage, weak underwriting standards and complex interconnections between private business financing and the banking system.The Bank of England is set to test for the first time how the private markets ecosystem would react to a severe global crisis and what potential impact that might have on UK financial stability....

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