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 ...

Private credit and the shadow banking system could be the next subprime crisis, lacking regulation and transparency as their size and risk-taking grow. The sector's explosive growth, now rivaling the ...

LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - 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 ...