On the eve of the virtual meeting of the G20 'Finance', the Financial Stability Board (FSB), the financial watchdog of the world's 20 major economies, sent a letter, on Tuesday 14 April, to the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors on COVID-19’s impact on the markets, warning in particular about the vulnerabilities of non-bank finance.
The letter begins by highlighting the twin challenge that the global financial system will have to confront in the face of COVID-19: a significantly...