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Table 1 FSB’s narrow definition of shadow banking and example of classified entity type

From: Shadow banking: a bibliometric and content analysis

Economic functions

Definition

Typical entities

Economic-function: 1

Management of collective investment vehicles with features that make them susceptible to runs

MMFs, fixed-income funds, mixed funds, credit hedge funds, real estate funds

Economic-function: 2

A loan provision that is dependent on short-term funding

Finance companies, leasing/factoring companies, consumer credit companies

Economic-function: 3

Intermediation of market activities that is dependent on short-term funding or secured funding of client assets

Broker-dealers, securities finance companies

Economic-function: 4

Facilitation of credit creation

Credit insurance companies, financial guarantors, monoline

Economic-function: 5

Securitization-based credit intermediation and funding of financial entities

Securitization vehicles, structured finance vehicles, asset-backed securities

  1. Source: FSB (2020)