Shadow Bank Monitoring

Download or read book Shadow Bank Monitoring written by Tobias Adrian and published by . This book was released on 2013-11-17 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides a framework for monitoring the shadow banking system, which consists of a web of specialized financial institutions that conduct credit, maturity, and liquidity transformation without direct, explicit access to public backstops. The lack of such access to sources of government liquidity and credit backstops makes shadow banks inherently fragile. Shadow banking activities are often intertwined with core regulated institutions such as bank holding companies, security brokers and dealers, and insurance companies. These interconnections of shadow banks with other financial institutions create sources of systemic risk for the broader financial system. The authors describe elements of monitoring risks in the shadow banking system, including recent efforts by the Financial Stability Board. Figures and tables. This is a print on demand report.