Ardian Fullani, the governor of the Bank of Albania, on Tuesday said central banks should play a more prominent role in stress test exercises as part of their broader macroprudential remit.

At the 24th conference of Banking Supervisors from Central and Eastern Europe, Fullani said: "Stress tests are necessary and they should be more frequent, real and transparent, and shared with supervisory authorities of other countries. Equally indispensable are integrity, professionalism and independence