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Wednesday newspaper round-up: UK banks, Tesla, KPMG
UK banks are leaving themselves open to “severe, unexpected losses”, by failing to properly measure how exposed they are to the $8tn private equity industry, the Bank of England has warned. In a speech on Tuesday, Rebecca Jackson, a senior executive at the central bank, said there was a “creeping sense of complacency” among lenders, who – despite a boom in loans and financing to the sector – had almost no ability to put together data “or even appreciate its crucial importance”.
23 Apr
US close: Stocks higher as traders thumb over Q1 earnings
Wall Street stocks closed higher on Tuesday as corporate earnings began to roll in from a number of the nation's biggest firms.