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A report issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shows that so-called "shadow banks" still hold more obligations than regular banks, representing a continuing threat to the financial system.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has launched a public consultation on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) detailing the criteria for identifying shadow banking entities. Entities that ...

Signs of the subprime mortgage crisis were obvious long before the 2008 meltdown. A few observers recognized the danger and shared their concerns, but most dismissed the threats, arguing that a deep, ...

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and acts like a duck, then it is a duck—or so the saying goes. But what about an institution that looks like a bank and acts like a bank? Often it is not a ...

Of the most commonly used terms to categorize financial institutions, it is a toss-up as to whether the term "hedge fund" or the term "shadow banking" is the more misleading. The classic hedge fund is ...

The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned nearly 50 entities connected with so-called “shadow banking” networks that help Iran’s military evade U.S. sanctions and to ...