“Since shadow banking involves working with unregulated lenders and institutions — it’s risky, especially if you don’t do your due diligence on who you’re partnering with.

The United States on Wednesday announced a new round of sanctions targeting Iran’s “shadow banking” network involved in the ...

The shadow banking system makes up 25 to 30 percent of the total financial system, according to the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a regulatory task force for the world's group of top 20 ...

Shadow-banking entities have rapidly increased their share of financial assets, including in the U.S. mortgage market, largely because regulators have ignored them and focused on traditional banks ...

“Shadow banking” now accounts for $250 trillion, or 49% of the world’s financial assets, according to the Financial Stability Board. Hedge funds manage 15 times as many assets combined as ...

Critics of the shadow banking sector are many and varied but, generally, their regulatory position is simple: if it looks, acts and sounds like a duck, regulate it like a duck.

Moody’s surprise downgrade of China’s credit outlook this week has reinforced concerns that the crisis in the country’s real estate market is spilling over into the wider economy.

“Shadow banking doesn’t include traditional banks. Instead, financial institutions such as hedge funds, private equity funds and non-bank mortgage lenders are examples of shadow banks,” he said.

The US applied more pressure on Iran with sanctions targeting companies that help the country sell oil through a “shadow ...