The EU's supervisory authorities are planning to conduct a stress test to detect vulnerabilities in the financial system outside the banking sector, reports Financial Times.
The test reflects a growing concern about the rapid growth of less regulated players such as venture capital companies and hedge funds.
The European authorities are planning to investigate the effects on the wider financial system of a potential market crisis, which would also include pension funds and insurance companies.
FT writes that according to two people with insight into the planning, the stress test may be conducted next year.
