Regulation Y -- Bank Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control

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Regulation Y -- Bank Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control

September 24, 1996
Circular No. 10876

-- Proposed Revision of Regulation Y
-- Interpretation Regarding Investment Adviser Activities

To All Bank Holding Companies, and Others Concerned, in the Second Federal Reserve District:

Proposed Revision -- Comments due October 31, 1996 Following is the text of a statement issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:

The Federal Reserve Board has requested comment on proposed revisions to Regulation Y that are intended to improve the competitiveness of bank holding companies by eliminating unnecessary regulatory burden and operating restrictions, and by streamlining the application and notice process.

Comment is requested by October 31, 1996.

The proposed revisions include:

a streamlined and expedited review process for bank and nonbanking proposals by well-run bank holding companies;
reorganizing and expanding the regulatory list of nonbanking activities and removing a number of restrictions on those activities that are outmoded, have been superseded by Board order or are unnecessary restrictions that would not apply to insured banks that conduct the same activity;
amendments to the tying restrictions, including removal of the regulatory extensions of those restrictions to bank holding companies and their nonbank subsidiaries; and
other changes to eliminate unnecessary regulatory burden and to streamline and modernize Regulation Y, including changes to the provisions implementing the Change in Bank Control Act and section 914 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989.

The text of the Board's proposal, as printed in the Federal Register of September 6 is available. Comments thereon should be submitted by October 31, 1996, and sent to the Board as specified in the notice, or to our Banking Applications Department.

Investment Adviser Activities -- Amendment effective September 30, 1996

The following statement was also issued by the Board of Governors:

The Federal Reserve Board has announced adoption of a final amendment to the Board's interpretive rule regarding investment adviser activities contained in Regulation Y (12 C.F.R. 225.125). The final rule is effective September 30, 1996.

The amendment permits a bank holding company (and its bank and nonbank subsidiaries) to purchase, in a fiduciary capacity, securities of an investment company advised by the bank holding company if the purchase is specifically authorized by the terms of the instrument creating the fiduciary relationship, by court order, or by the law of the jurisdiction under which the trust is administered.

The text of the amended interpretation to Regulation Y, as published in the Federal Register of August 30 is available. Questions on this matter may be directed to Jay B. Bernstein, Bank Supervision Officer.

William J. McDonough
President

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