Shadow insurance is a regulatory loophole exploited by certain insurance groups to increase risk exposure, potentially destabilizing the financial system. In this paper, we evaluate the contribution of shadow insurance to systemic risk of the global financial sector using a sample of 215...

In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, the development of shadow banking has been seen as one of the determinants for the increase of system risk. While diversity within the shadow banking system has been largely overlooked, in this paper we focus on European Monetary Market Funds (MMFs)...

We empirically evaluate how accounting and financial variables affect the level of systemic risk in traditional and shadow banks, and in real estate finance services in China over the period 2006-2019. We also conduct some stability analysis by evaluating the impact of crisis sub-periods. We...