Barclays CEO Warns Equities Misprice Risk as Middle East Conflict Deepens Global Peril
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Updated · The Banker · May 20
Barclays CEO Warns Equities Misprice Risk as Middle East Conflict Deepens Global Peril
1 articles · Updated · The Banker · May 20
CS Venkatakrishnan said equity markets are underestimating economic risk, warning the global outlook is more perilous than it was a year ago.
Barclays’ chief executive pointed to two main pressures: the Middle East conflict and growing stress in parts of the private credit market.
Debt capital markets and broader credit markets are already pricing those dangers more carefully, he said, making equities look notably less discerning by comparison.
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