[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59772-59773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28659]


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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 November 17, 1999.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (Maria Villanueva, Manager 
of Analytical Support, Consumer

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Regulation Group) 101 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105-
1579:
    1. Banque Nationale de Paris, and Paribas, both of Paris, France; 
to acquire Paribas Corporation, New York, New York, and thereby 
indirectly acquire Paribas Asset Management, Inc., New York, New York, 
and Paribas Futures, Inc., New York, New York, and thereby engage in 
underwriting and dealing to a limited extent in all types of equity 
securities and debt securities that a member bank may not underwrite or 
deal in, see First Security Corporation, 85 Fed Res. Bull. 207 (1999); 
in acting as investment or financial advisor to any person, pursuant to 
Sec.  224.28(b)(6) of Regulation Y; in providing securities brokerage 
services and incidental activities, as agent for the account of 
customers, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(7)(i) of Regulation Y; in buying 
and selling in the secondary market all types of securities on the 
order of customers as a riskless principal, pursuant to Sec.  
225.28(b)(7)(ii) of Regulation Y; in acting as agent in the private 
placement of all types of securities, including providing related 
advisory services, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(7)(iii) of Regulation Y; 
in providing to customers as agent transactional services, pursuant to 
Sec.  225.28(b)(7)(v) of Regulation Y; in engaging as principal in 
underwriting and dealing in governmental obligations and money market 
instruments, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(8)(i) of Regulation Y; in 
investing and trading in: foreign exchange, and forward contracts, 
options, futures, options on futures, swaps and similar contracts, 
whether traded on exchanges or not, based on any rate, price, financial 
asset, nonfinancial asset or group of assets, pursuant to Sec.  
225.28(b)(8)(ii) of Regulation Y; in making, acquiring, brokering or 
servicing loans or other extensions of credit for its own account or 
for the account of others, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(1) of Regulation 
Y; in engaging in asset management, servicing and collection of assets 
of a type that an insured depository institution may originate and own, 
pursuant to Sec.  225.25(b)(2)(vi) of Regulation Y; in acquiring debt 
that is in default at the time of acquisition, pursuant to Sec.  
225.28(b)(2)(vii) of Regulation Y; in acting as a futures commission 
merchant in the execution, clearance, or execution and clearance of 
futures contracts and options on futures contracts, pursuant to Sec.  
225.28(b)(7)(iv) of Regulation Y; in engaging as principal in certain 
forward contracts, options, futures, options on futures, swaps and 
similar contracts, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(8)(ii)(B) or (C) of 
Regulation Y; and in serving as the investment advisor to and the 
general partner of, and holding and placing equity interests in, 
certain investment funds which invest only in securities and other 
instruments which Notificant would be permitted to hold directly under 
the Bank Holding Company Act, including acting as a commodity pool 
operator for private investment funds organized as commodity pools, see 
Dresdner Bank AG, 84 Fed. Res. Bull. 361 (1998).

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, October 28, 
1999.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-28659 Filed 11-2-99; 8:45 am]
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