On October 1, 2014, the International Monetary Fund published a Global Financial Stability Report which includes a chapter on shadow banking. The report looks at the risks and advantages involved in shadow banking as well as key policy concerns and issues arising relating to systemic risk.

The report is available at: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/gfsr/2014/02/pdf/c2.pdf.

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