Reuters reports global regulators are planning more stringent capital requirements for banks with exposure to “shadow banks,” including hedge funds.

Read: Fed beefs up bank capital requirements

“Policymakers worry that as mainstream banks become more tightly regulated, risks will shift to other financial businesses that handle credit but have been less regulated than the banks. The Basel Committee of banking supervisors from the world’s top financial centers said on Friday that more clarity and consistency is needed on its existing rule for how banks set aside capital to cover exposure to equity funds,” says the report.

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