Funds turn to stress-testing in fast-forward and reverse
Buy-side risk survey: Covid-19 is changing the way investors think about stress tests
This is the seventh in a series of articles connected to our buy-side risk survey. Click here to read the rest of the series.
In February and March, a public health crisis that began in the Chinese city of Wuhan spilled over into the global financial markets, wiping out more than three years of stock market gains in a matter of weeks. As investors dashed for cash, cracks began to appear in the typically safe and liquid market for US Treasuries. Banks with fortress balance sheets saw their
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