Shadow Banking Grows While Lending Trails

(Reuters) Banks gave less cross-border credit globally in the second quarter of this year while the shadow banking sector, which includes hedge funds, continued to grow, new data published on Thursday showed. The Bank for International Settlements’ data shows the continued trend of cautious banks retreating to national boundaries since the financial crash, while private equity funds and others win more credit and clout.

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