'Pioneering exercise': New Bank of England Governor to oversee climate stress-test

Andrew Bailey will take over at helm of UK's central bank in March, replacing Mark Carney who has been instrumental in pushing for climate risk transparency
The Bank of England has this week laid out further details of its plan to 'stress test' the resilience of large British banks and insurers against the risks posed by climate change and the net zero transition,...
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