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12 CFR PART 225

[Regulation Y; Docket No. R-0958]

Bank Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control (Regulation Y); Amendments to Restrictions in the Board's Section 20 Orders

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Final Conditions to Board Orders.

SUMMARY: The Board is modifying the prudential limitations established in its decisions under the Bank Holding Company Act and section 20 of the Glass-Steagall Act permitting a nonbank subsidiary of a bank holding company to underwrite and deal in securities. The Board is eliminating those restrictions that have proven to be unduly burdensome or unnecessary in light of other laws or regulations, and consolidating the remaining restrictions in a series of eight operating standards. The Board has concluded that the narrower set of restrictions will be fully consistent with safety and soundness and should improve operating efficiencies at section 20 subsidiaries and increase options for their customers.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 31, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Baer, Managing Senior Counsel (202) 452-3236, Thomas Corsi, Senior Attorney (202) 452-3275, Legal Division; Michael J. Schoenfeld, Senior Supervisory Financial Analyst (202) 452-2781, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation; for the hearing impaired only, Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD), Diane Jenkins (202) 452-3544.

Summary and final conditions (124 KB PDF)

1997 Banking and consumer regulatory policy


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