How exposed is the UK financial services sector to 'shadow banking' & does the Govt. (or the Treasury specifically) appreciate the risk of volatility & failure across private equity & private credit provision would pose for the regulated mainstream of finance?

A Lords committee thinks the UK is being too complacent about the intertwining (via loans) of the regulated & unregulated sectors.

If so, its contagion in finance that may soon be the problem?

#banking #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/09/treasury-concerns-shadow-banking-sector-peers

TIL that major US banks silently got billions in bailouts over the last few months, AND a self-imposed short squeeze by JP Morgan, which

is on the hook to deliver more than 5,900 tons of silver it doesn’t have. Tradeable silver is relatively scarce right now, government data shows.

and

A big problem [ed: for JP Morgan] is that there’s not enough actual silver available for trading to get JP Morgan out of the squeeze it got into through unbridled greed. The more silver prices rise the more JP Morgan gets hurt.

yup sure sounds like the US economic pieces are doing just fine right now!

https://www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/ny-fed-unlimited-cash-infusions-bank-crisis/

#politics #bank #banking #JPMorgan #ShortSqueeze #short #shorts #investing #USPoli