Talk:Shadow banking system

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Dubious: worldwide derivatives debt: $1.4 quadrillion in March 2009

I cannot verify those figures except with a blog post which points to a BIC site which doesn't at all back up these assertions.

The *notional* value of derivatives may be somewhere near that, but it's certainly not debt - and not all of it is in shadow banking.

This passage is misleading, doesn't add to this topic, and should either be edited to point to what notional value means (described well in Wikipedia) or simply be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rajeck (talk • contribs) 07:29, 27 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I took it out. Meaningless without discussion of notional value vs. actual risk anyway.Farcaster (talk) 02:17, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Introduction needs additional definitions of terms

I marked the introduction as "technical" because some crucial terms are not defined. I also don't understand how the use of the word "system" is justified. It sounds as if the phrase "shadow banking system" is a newly coined _metaphor_ not a "thing", and you could either talk about the origin and meaning of _the phrase_ or talk about the institutions and relationships referred to, but the two are not the same thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.105.29.229 (talk) 10:06, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've tried to rewrite to explain the terms and significance. I've removed the banner. Let me know what else you would like clarified and I'll take care of it.Farcaster (talk) 04:24, 6 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

etymology

Where does the name "Shadow" come from?