IMF warns of rising threats to global financial system
* Threats to world financial system are rising, fund cautions * ‘Stretched’ valuations reminiscent of period before crisis Threats to the global financial system are rising, with the price of risky assets surging in a manner reminiscent of the years before the global financial crisis, the International Monetary Fund warned. Downside risks to world financial stability have increased “somewhat” over the past six months, the IMF said Wednesday in the latest edition of its Global