Traditionally, insurers and pension funds have not generally been seen as being a significant potential source of systemic risk. The insurance and pension fund sectors are mostly regarded as relatively stable segments of the financial system. They are not seen as interlinked to the same extent as banks are, for example, in interbank markets and payment systems.
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