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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

''EU still unsure what 'shadow banking' really is''

From EU Observer

"The EU is considering new rules on so-called shadow banking - unregulated investment funds and mortgage institutions - but it still has to define exactly what type of financial activities it covers.

"Shadow banking is a parallel banking system for which we do have to create effective regulation and supervision, otherwise the financial markets may well transfer part of their activities and products to this unregulated market and increase the risk of new crises," financial markets commissioner Michel Barnier said Monday (19 March)."

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