[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 29646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13855]


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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, including the 
companies listed below, 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 June 15, 1999.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Lois Berthaume, Vice President) 
104 Marietta Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-2713:
    1. BankFirst Corporation, Knoxville, Tennessee; to retain BankFirst 
Trust Company, Knoxville, Tennessee, and thereby engage in trust 
company activities, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(5) of Regulation Y.
    B. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Manager 
of Analytical Support, Consumer Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, 
San Francisco, California 94105-1579:
    1. The Sumitomo Bank, Limited, Osaka, Japan; to retain an existing 
indirect interest in Daiwa SB Investments (USA) Ltd., New York, New 
York, and thereby engage in financial and investment advisory 
activities, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(6) of Regulation Y.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 26, 1999.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-13855 Filed 6-1-99; 8:45 am]
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