Attempts to Regulate Shadow Banking Sector in the World

Abstract

For several years, the expansion of the shadow banking sector in the world can be observed. Shadow banking institutions offer products which partly replace banking transactions and partly complete a banks’ offer. In practice, it is difficult to draw the line separating banks and shadow banking institutions. Shadow banks perform a lot of essential economic and social functions. Both positive and negative aspects of their functioning can be distinguished. Although shadow banking institutions operate like banks, they are not the subject of registration and prudential regulation as banks. The activity of shadow banks is associated with high risk and through linkages with banks they can destabilize the entire financial system of the country in the event of bankruptcy. It has become a prerequisite for the attempts to regulate the activity of shadow banks at the national and international level. In the article, the authors analyze the shadow banking sector in the world and the efforts which have already been taken to regulate the activities of these institutions.