[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 61645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29540]


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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 26, 1999.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Betsy Buttrill White, Senior 
Vice President) 33 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10045-0001:
    1. Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt (Main) Federal Republic of Germany; 
to engage de novo through DB Advisors L.L.C. (DB Advisors), New York, 
New York, in acting as a commodity pool operator for private limited 
partnerships and/or trusts organized as commodity pools investing in 
assets (Assets) in which a bank holding company is permitted to invest, 
pursuant to Sec.  225.24(a)(3) of Regulation Y; in acting as investment 
advisor to the investment vehicles organized by Notificant to invest in 
the Assets, pursuant to Sec.  225.28(b)(6) of Regulation Y; and in 
providing administrative services, currently provided to open-end 
investment companies by Notificant, to closed-end investment companies. 
These activities will be conducted worldwide.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, November 5, 
1999.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 99-29540 Filed 11-10-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210-01-F