[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 157 (Thursday, August 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43532-43533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21456]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking 
Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible 
Nonbanking Activities

    The companies listed in this notice have given notice under section 
4 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1843) (BHC Act) and 
Regulation Y, (12 CFR Part 225) to engage de novo, or to acquire or 
control voting securities or assets of a company that engages either 
directly or through a subsidiary or other company, in a nonbanking 
activity that is listed in Sec.  225.28 of Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28) 
or that the Board has determined by Order to be closely related to 
banking and permissible for bank holding companies. Unless otherwise 
noted, these activities will be conducted throughout the United States.
    Each notice is available for inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 
indicated. The notice also will be available for inspection at the 
offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their 
views in writing on the question whether the proposal complies with the 
standards of section 4 of the BHC Act.
    Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding the applications must be 
received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of 
Governors not later than August 28, 1997.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior 
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto, Canada (``CIBC''), 
to acquire through its wholly owned subsidiary, CIBC Wood Gundy 
Securities Corp. (``CIBC Wood Gundy''), New York, New York, all the 
outstanding shares of Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc., New York, New York, 
and its subsidiaries, including Oppenheimer & Co., Inc., New York, New 
York, and thereby engage worldwide in certain nonbanking activities. 
CIBC proposes to engage in underwriting and dealing to a limited extent 
in all types of equity and debt securities that a state member bank may 
not underwrite and deal in (``bank-ineligible securities''), except 
ownership interests in open-end investment companies, see Canadian 
Imperial Bank of Commerce, 76 Fed. Res. Bull. 158 (1990) and J.P. 
Morgan & Co., Inc., 75 Fed. Res. Bull. 192 (1989); in making loans or 
other extensions of credit, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(1) of the 
Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28(b)(1)); in activities related to 
extending credit, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(2) of the Board's 
Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28(b)(2)); in providing financial and 
investment advisory services, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(6) of the 
Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28(b)(6)); in providing securities 
brokerage, riskless principal, private placement, futures commission 
merchant, and other agency transactional services, pursuant to section 
Sec.  225.28(b)(7) of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28(b)(7)); 
and in underwriting and dealing in government obligations and money 
market instruments (``bank-eligible securities''), providing investing 
and trading services, and buying and selling bullion and related 
activities, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(8) of the Board's Regulation Y 
(12 CFR 225.28(b)(8)).
    In addition, CIBC proposes to establish and control numerous 
domestic and foreign private investment limited partnerships 
(``Partnerships''). CIBC Wood Gundy, its affiliates, or its 
subsidiaries would serve as general partner, or would participate with 
unaffiliated investment advisers in joint ventures that would serve as 
general partner, to the Partnerships. CIBC Wood Gundy, its affiliates, 
and its subsidiaries, either directly or through joint venture 
arrangements, also would provide administrative and investment advisory 
services to the Partnerships. To serve as general partner, CIBC Wood

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Gundy, its affiliates, or its subsidiaries would register with the 
Commodities Futures Trading Commission as a commodity pool operator. 
See, e.g., The Bessemer Group, Inc., 82 Fed. Res. Bull. 569 (1995); 
Meridian Bancorp, Inc., 80 Fed. Res. Bull. 736 (1994). Limited 
partnership interests would be privately placed with accredited 
investors, as that term is defined in Regulation D of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission (17 CFR 230.501). CIBC has stated that all 
investments of the Partnerships would be made in accordance with the 
limitations in the Bank Holding Company Act and the Board's decisions 
and interpretations thereunder.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (Philip Jackson, Applications 
Officer) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1413:
    1. Bank of Montreal, Montreal, Canada; Bankmont Financial Corp., 
Chicago, Illinois; Harris Bankcorp, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; and Harris 
Bankmont, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; to acquire Cash Station, Inc., 
Chicago, Illinois, and thereby engage in certain data processing 
activities, consisting of electronic funds transfer services, pursuant 
to Sec.  225.28(b)(14) of the Board's Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, August 8, 
1997.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Deputy Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 97-21456 Filed 8-13-97; 8:45 am]
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