[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 43 (Monday, March 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11194-11203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3122]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board 
Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
SUMMARY: Background.
    Notice is hereby given of the final approval of proposed 
information collections by the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System (Board) under OMB delegated authority, as per 5 CFR 
1320.16 (OMB Regulations on Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the 
Public). Board-approved collections of information are incorporated 
into the official OMB inventory of currently approved collections of 
information. Copies of the OMB 83-Is and supporting statements and 
approved collection of information instrument(s) are placed into OMB's 
public docket files. The Federal Reserve may not conduct or sponsor, 
and the respondent is not required to respond to, an information 
collection that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after 
October 1, 1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control 
number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Carpenter, Supervisory 
Financial Analyst (202-452-2205) or Wanda Dreslin, Supervisory 
Financial Analyst (202-452-3515) for information concerning the 
specific bank holding company reporting requirements. The following may 
also be contacted regarding the information collection:
    Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer Michelle Long--Division of 
Research and Statistics, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-3829)
    OMB Desk Officer Mark Menchik, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive Office 
Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, or e-mail to 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Final approval under OMB delegated authority the revision, without 
extension, of the following reports:

    1. Report title: Financial Statements for Bank Holding Companies.
    Agency form number: FR Y-9C, FR Y-9LP, and FR Y-9SP
    OMB control number: 7100-0128
    Frequency: Quarterly and semiannually.
    Reporters: Bank holding companies.
    Annual reporting hours: FR Y-9C: 116,279; FR Y-9LP: 18,639; FR Y-
9SP: 47,379.
    Estimated average hours per response: FR Y-9C: 37.95; FR Y-9LP: 
4.75; FR Y-9SP: 5.10.
    Number of respondents: FR Y-9C: 766; FR Y-9LP: 981; FR Y-9SP: 
4,645.
    General description of report: This information collection is 
mandatory (12 U.S.C. 1844(c)). Confidential treatment is not routinely 
given to the data in these reports. However, confidential treatment for 
the reporting information, in whole or in part, can be requested in 
accordance with the instructions to the form, pursuant to sections 
(b)(4), (b)(6)and (b)(8) of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 
Sec. Sec.  522(b)(4), (b)(6) and (b)(8)).
    Abstract: The FR Y-9C, FR Y-9LP, and FR Y-9SP are standardized

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financial statements for the consolidated bank holding company (BHC) 
and its parent. The FR Y-9 family of reports historically has been, and 
continues to be, the primary source of financial information on BHCs 
between on-site inspections. Financial information from these reports 
is used to detect emerging financial problems, to review performance 
and conduct pre-inspection analysis, to monitor and evaluate capital 
adequacy, to evaluate BHC mergers and acquisitions, and to analyze a 
BHC's overall financial condition to ensure safe and sound operations.
    The FR Y-9C consists of standardized financial statements similar 
to the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Reports) 
(FFIEC 031 & 041; OMB No. 7100-0036) filed by commercial banks. The FR 
Y-9C collects consolidated data from the BHC. The FR Y-9C is filed by 
top-tier BHCs with total consolidated assets of $150 million or more 
and lower-tier BHCs that have total consolidated assets of $1 billion 
or more. (Under certain circumstances defined in the General 
Instructions, BHCs under $150 million may be required to file the FR Y-
9C.) In addition, multibank holding companies with total consolidated 
assets of less than $150 million with debt outstanding to the general 
public or engaged in certain nonbank activities must file the FR Y-9C.
    The FR Y-9LP includes standardized financial statements filed 
quarterly on a parent company only basis from each BHC that files the 
FR Y-9C. In addition, for tiered BHCs, a separate FR Y-9LP must be 
filed for each lower tier BHC.
    The FR Y-9SP is a parent company only financial statement filed by 
smaller BHCs. Respondents include one-bank holding companies with total 
consolidated assets of less than $150 million and multibank holding 
companies with total consolidated assets of less than $150 million that 
meet certain other criteria. This form is a simplified or abbreviated 
version of the more extensive parent company only financial statement 
for large BHCs (FR Y-9LP). This report is designed to obtain basic 
balance sheet and income information for the parent company, 
information on intangible assets, and information on intercompany 
transactions.
Current actions: On November 2, 2005, the Federal Reserve issued for 
public comment proposed revisions to bank holding company reports (70 
FR 66423). The comment period expired on January 3, 2006. The proposed 
effective date for all of the revisions was March 31, 2006. The Federal 
Reserve received two comment letters. In addition, thirty comments were 
received by the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (banking 
agencies) on proposed revisions to the Call Reports that parallel some 
of the proposed revisions to the FR Y-9C, and were also taken into 
consideration.
    After considering all comments, the Federal Reserve approved 
several modifications to the initial set of proposed revisions and 
decided to phase-in the changes beginning March 31, 2006, through March 
31, 2007, to provide BHCs sufficient time to make system and processing 
changes. The Federal Reserve will move forward with reporting changes 
to the FR Y-9C and FR Y-9LP on March 31, 2006, to increase the asset-
size threshold for filing the FR Y-9C and FR Y-9LP from $150 million to 
$500 million and to revise other current filing criteria affecting the 
reporting of the FR Y-9C and FR Y-9LP. Other FR Y-9C revisions 
effective for March 31, 2006, include: (1) Adding a data item for loans 
for purchasing and carrying securities, (2) adding a data item for 
additional regulatory capital detail, (3) adding data items for further 
detail on credit derivatives, (4) removing the threshold for reporting 
of life insurance assets, (5) revising the scope of securitizations to 
be included in Schedule HC-S, (6) removing the FR Y-9C filing 
requirement for lower-tier BHCs with total assets of $1 billion or 
more; (7) deleting or imposing a reporting threshold on a number of 
data items; and (8) making revisions to the reporting instructions. The 
Federal Reserve will delay the implementation for providing additional 
detail on certain balance sheet data items, mortgage banking 
activities, and credit derivatives to September 30, 2006, and other 
data items providing additional detail on income statement data items 
and certain loans to March 31, 2007. In addition, revised officer 
signature requirements for the FR Y-9C and FR Y-9LP will take effect 
September 30, 2006. Finally, the Federal Reserve will implement 
revisions to the FR Y-9SP on June 30, 2006, to: (1) increase the asset-
size threshold for filing the FR Y-9SP from under $150 million to under 
$500 million; (2) revise other current filing criteria affecting the 
reporting of the FR Y-9SP; and (3) add two new data items to collect 
information on total off-balance-sheet activities and total debt and 
equity securities. Revised officer signature requirements for the FR Y-
9SP will take effect December 31, 2006.
    A summary of final revisions and the Federal Reserve's response to 
the comments are presented below.

FR Y-9C Revisions Effective as of the March 31, 2006, Reporting Date

Filing Criteria

    The Federal Reserve will increase the asset-size threshold of the 
FR Y-9C from $150 million to $500 million. BHCs with consolidated 
assets of less than $500 million generally will file the parent-only FR 
Y-9SP. The Federal Reserve will also revise the other criteria used in 
determining whether a BHC is subject to consolidated FR Y-9C reporting 
requirements. However, the Federal Reserve will retain the current 
policy that allows a Reserve Bank to require a BHC to file consolidated 
financial reports if the Reserve Bank determines that such action is 
warranted for supervisory reasons.
    Specifically, the Federal Reserve will require BHCs with 
consolidated assets of less than $500 million to continue to comply 
with the FR Y-9C reporting requirements if the holding company (1) is 
engaged in significant nonbanking activities either directly or through 
a nonbank subsidiary; (2) conducts significant off-balance-sheet 
activities, including securitizations or managing or administering 
assets for third parties, either directly or through a nonbank 
subsidiary; or (3) has a material amount of debt or equity securities 
(other than trust preferred securities) outstanding that are registered 
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).\1\ While the 
incidence of BHCs with consolidated assets of less than $500 million 
meeting any of these criteria is expected to be infrequent, any such 
holding company will be notified and given a reasonable timetable for 
meeting the consolidated capital and reporting requirements.
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    \1\ Responsibility for determination whether such activities are 
significant or material for any given BHC would rest with the 
supervisory function at each Federal Reserve district bank. If a 
Reserve Bank finds that a BHC meet any of these criteria, the 
Reserve Bank would be responsible for notifying the BHC and 
establishing the time frame for meeting the capital adequacy 
guidelines and FR Y-9C reporting requirements.
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    In addition, the Federal Reserve separately approved amendments to 
the capital adequacy guidelines to explicitly provide that BHCs not 
subject to the capital guidelines may voluntarily comply with the 
guidelines. BHCs electing to comply with the guidelines will be 
required to file the complete consolidated FR Y-9C, and generally would 
not be permitted to revert back to filing the FR Y-9SP report in any 
subsequent periods.

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Lower-tier Reporting Requirements

    The Federal Reserve proposed to eliminate the reporting exception 
requiring top-tier BHCs to submit an FR Y-9C for each lower-tier BHC 
with total consolidated assets of $1 billion or more, finding that 
information from such lower-tier institutions is no longer needed for 
supervisory or safety and soundness purposes. Such BHCs would continue 
to file the FR Y-9LP.
    Two commenters supported this change, but further requested 
exemption from submitting information on two schedules in the FR Y-9LP 
- Schedule PI-A, Cash Flow Statement and Schedule PC-B, Memoranda. The 
commenters believed that these schedules are of little supervisory 
value for the lower-tier BHCs, but create significant burden for the 
reporting institutions. They also sought clarification of requirements 
for lower-tier BHCs to continue to file the FR Y-9LP.
    All lower-tier BHCs of parent FR Y-9C filers are required to file 
the FR Y-9LP. Both the cash flow statement and the memoranda schedule 
provide cash flow and liquidity information that are considered 
critical for supervisory and safety and soundness purposes, 
particularly if the BHC is undergoing a period of financial stress. 
Such information would not be reflected in the top-tier BHC's parent-
only FR Y-9LP statement. Information collected on Schedules PI-A and 
PC-B are also an important input when monitoring the condition of these 
institutions between on-site examinations. Lack of this information 
could lead to more frequent on-site examinations, which would tend to 
increase overall regulatory burden. For these reasons the Federal 
Reserve will retain the requirement that lower-tier BHCs of parent FR 
Y-9C filers submit the entire FR Y-9LP.

Impact of Derivatives on Income

    In Schedule HI, Income Statement, the Federal Reserve is 
eliminating Memoranda data items 10.a through 10.c, which collect data 
on the Impact on income of derivatives held for purposes other than 
trading.

Bankers Acceptances

    The Federal Reserve will eliminate the following data items for 
reporting information on bankers acceptances: Schedule HC, data item 9, 
Customers' liability on acceptances outstanding; Schedule HC, data item 
18, Liability on acceptances executed and outstanding; Schedule HC-M, 
data item 10, a data item that provides an indication of whether the 
BHC has reduced the liabilities on acceptances executed and outstanding 
by the amount of any participations in bankers acceptances; and 
Schedule HC-L, data item 5, Participations in acceptances conveyed to 
others by the reporting bank holding company. BHCs will be instructed 
to include any acceptance assets and liabilities in Other assets and 
Other liabilities, respectively, on the balance sheet and to include in 
the Other category of Schedule HC-F, Other Assets, and Schedule HC-G, 
Other Liabilities.

Holdings of Asset-Backed Securities

    BHCs with domestic offices only and less than $1 billion in total 
assets will no longer submit a six-way breakdown of their holdings of 
asset-backed securities (not held for trading purposes) in Schedule HC-
B, Securities, data items 5.a through 5.f.\2\ Instead, these BHCs will 
submit only their total holdings of asset-backed securities in Schedule 
HC-B, data item 5. However, all BHCs with foreign offices and other 
BHCs with $1 billion or more in total assets will continue to submit 
the existing breakdown of their asset-backed securities, but this 
information will be collected in new Memorandum data items 5.a through 
5.f of Schedule HC-B. To determine whether a BHC must complete 
Memorandum data items 5.a through 5.f during 2006, the $1 billion asset 
size test is based on the total assets reported on the BHC's FR Y-9C 
balance sheet for June 30, 2005. Each year thereafter, this asset size 
test will be determined based on the total assets reported in the 
previous year's June 30 FR Y-9C report. Once a BHC surpasses the $1 
billion total asset threshold, it must continue to submit these 
memorandum data items regardless of subsequent changes in its total 
assets.
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    \2\ In Schedule HC-B, the asset-backed securities reported in 
data items 5.a through 5.f exclude mortgage-backed securities, which 
are reported separately in data items 4.a.(1) through 4.b.(3) of the 
schedule.
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Schedule HC-C-Loans and Lease Financing Receivables

    The Federal Reserve will revise Schedule HC-C, data item 9, All 
other loans, to break out a new data item 9.a, Loans for purchasing or 
carrying securities (secured and unsecured). Current data item 9 would 
be renumbered as 9.b. This data item will be defined the same as a 
comparable data item currently reported by banks on the Call Report.

Life Insurance Assets

    At present, BHCs include their holdings of life insurance assets 
(that is, the cash surrender value submitted to the BHC by the 
insurance carrier, less any applicable surrender charges not reflected 
by the carrier in this submitted value) in Schedule HC-F, data item 5, 
Other assets. If the carrying amount of a BHC's life insurance assets 
included in data item 5 exceed 25 percent of its Other assets, the BHC 
must disclose this carrying amount in data item 5.a. The Federal 
Reserve will revise Schedule HC-F, data item 5.a, by removing the 
disclosure threshold of 25 percent of Other assets. Existing data item 
5, Other assets, in Schedule HC-F will be renumbered as data item 6.

Credit Derivatives by Type and Remaining Maturity

    In data item 7 of Schedule HC-L, Derivatives and Off-Balance Sheet 
Items, BHCs currently submit the notional amounts of the credit 
derivatives on which they are the guarantor and on which they are the 
beneficiary as well as the gross positive and negative fair values of 
these credit derivatives. These existing data items will be revised so 
that BHCs with credit derivatives will submit a breakdown of these 
notional amounts by type of credit derivative - credit default swaps, 
total return swaps, credit options, and other credit derivatives - in 
data items 7.a.(1) through 7.a.(4) of Schedule HC-L, with those on 
which the BHC is the guarantor submitted in column A and those on which 
the BHC is the beneficiary in column B. BHCs will continue to 
separately submit the gross positive and negative fair values of credit 
derivatives on which they are the guarantor and the beneficiary without 
a breakdown by type of credit derivative (data items 7.b.(1) and 
7.b.(2), columns A and B).
    In addition, BHCs currently present a maturity distribution for six 
categories of derivative contracts that are subject to the risk-based 
capital standards in Schedule HC-R, Regulatory Capital, Memorandum data 
item 2. A new category will be added for credit derivatives that are 
subject to these standards. The remaining maturities of these credit 
derivatives will be submitted separately for those where the underlying 
reference asset is rated investment grade or, if not rated, is the 
equivalent of investment grade under the BHC's internal credit rating 
system (Memorandum data item 2.g.(1)) and those where the underlying 
reference asset is rated below investment grade (subinvestment grade) 
or, if not rated, is the equivalent of below investment grade under the 
BHC's internal credit rating system (Memorandum data item 2.g.(2)).

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Schedule HC-M-Memoranda

    The Federal Reserve will delete Schedule HC-M, data item 7, Total 
assets of unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies.

Schedule HC-R-Regulatory Capital

    The Federal Reserve will add a new memorandum data item 6, Market 
risk equivalent assets attributable to specific risk (included in 
Schedule HC-R, data item 58). The Federal Reserve's risk-based capital 
standards require all BHCs with significant market risk to measure 
their market risk exposure and hold sufficient capital to mitigate this 
exposure. In general, a BHC is subject to the market risk capital 
guidelines if its consolidated trading activity, defined as the sum of 
trading assets and liabilities submitted in its FR Y-9C for the 
previous quarter, equals: (1) 10 percent or more of the BHC's total 
assets as submitted in its FR Y-9C for the previous quarter or (2) $1 
billion or more.
    A BHC that is subject to the market risk guidelines must hold 
capital to support its exposure to general market risk and specific 
risk. General market risk means changes in the market value of covered 
positions resulting from broad market movements, such as changes in the 
general level of interest rates, equity prices, foreign exchange rates, 
or commodity prices. Covered positions include all positions in a BHCs 
trading account and foreign exchange and commodity positions, whether 
or not in the trading account. Specific risk means changes in the 
market value of specific positions due to factors other than broad 
market movements and includes event and default risk.

Scope of Securitizations to be Included in Schedule HC-S

    In column G of Schedule HC-S, Servicing, Securitization, and Asset 
Sale Activities, BHCs submit information on securitizations and on 
asset sales with recourse or other seller-provided credit enhancements 
involving loans and leases other than those covered in columns A 
through F. Although the scope of Schedule HC-S was intended to cover 
all of a BHC's securitizations and credit-enhanced asset sales, as 
currently structured column G does not capture transactions involving 
assets other than loans and leases. Therefore, the Federal Reserve will 
revise the scope of column G to encompass All Other Loans, All Leases, 
and All Other Assets. As a result, column G will begin to reflect 
securitization transactions involving such assets as securities.

Instructions

    In addition to modifying instructions to incorporate the proposed 
reporting changes, the Federal Reserve will revise the following 
reporting instructions.
    General Instructions - The Federal Reserve will modify the 
reporting instructions under Who Must Report, section C, Shifts in 
Reporting Status: A top-tier BHC that reaches $500 million or more in 
total consolidated assets as of June 30 of the preceding year should 
begin reporting on the FR Y-9C in March of the current year. If a BHC 
reaches $500 million or more in total consolidated assets due to a 
business combination, then the BHC will be instructed to begin 
reporting the FR Y-9C beginning with the first quarterly report date 
following the effective date of the business combination. In general, 
once a BHC reaches or exceeds $500 million in total assets and begins 
filing the FR Y-9C, it should file a complete FR Y-9C going forward. If 
a BHC's total assets should subsequently fall to less than $500 million 
for four consecutive quarters, then the BHC may revert to filing the FR 
Y-9SP.
    Schedule HC-B-Securities - The Federal Reserve will modify the 
reporting instructions for Schedule HC-B, memorandum data item 2, 
Remaining maturity of debt securities, to instruct BHCs to submit the 
remaining maturity of holdings of floating rate debt securities 
according to the amount of time remaining until the next repricing 
date. This instruction will be consistent with the current reporting 
treatment for a comparable data item in the Call Report. The 
instructions for this data item will also be expanded to define the 
terms fixed interest rate, floating rate, and next repricing date to 
make them consistent with the Call Report instructions.
    Schedule HC-K-Quarterly Averages - The Federal Reserve will modify 
Schedule HC-K, data item 11, Equity capital, to no longer exclude net 
unrealized losses on marketable equity securities, other net unrealized 
gains and losses on available-for-sale securities, and accumulated net 
gains (losses) on cash flow hedges when calculating average equity 
capital.
    Schedule HC-S-Servicing, Securitization, and Asset Sale Activities 
- BHCs submit the outstanding principal balance of assets serviced for 
others in Schedule HC-S, memorandum data item 2, Servicing, 
Securitization, and Asset Sale Activities. In memoranda data items 2.a 
and 2.b, the amounts of 1-4 family residential mortgages serviced with 
recourse and without recourse, respectively, are submitted. Memorandum 
data item 2.c covers all other financial assets serviced for others, 
but BHCs are required to submit the amount of such servicing only if 
the servicing volume is more than $10 million. The Federal Reserve will 
clarify the instructions by stating that servicing of home equity lines 
should be included in Memorandum data item 2.c. Memorandum data items 
2.a and 2.b should include servicing of closed-end loans secured by 
first or junior liens on 1-4 family residential properties only.

FR Y-9C Revisions Effective as of the September 30, 2006, Reporting 
Date

Officer Signature Requirements
    Several commenters to a comparable Call Report proposal expressed 
concern regarding the revision to the existing officer declaration to 
require that the reporting form be signed by each BHC's chief executive 
officer (or the person performing similar functions) and chief 
financial officer (or the person performing similar functions) rather 
than by an ``authorized officer.'' Under the proposal, the officer 
declaration was also to be revised to state that these officers are 
responsible for establishing and maintaining internal control over 
financial report submissions, including controls over regulatory 
reports. Commenters indicated that it would be difficult to obtain the 
required review and signatures of the chief executive officer and chief 
financial officer in the short timeframe allowed for completion and 
submission of the data.
    Several commenters also expressed concern that the banking agencies 
were trying to impose certification and internal control standards 
similar to those contained in the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for 
compliance with regulatory submission guidelines. However, statutory 
requirements already specify that regulatory reports must be signed by 
an authorized officer. These statutes further require that, in signing 
the regulatory reports, the officer address the correctness of the 
submitted information. The statutes also recognize that institutions 
are responsible for maintaining procedures to ensure the accuracy of 
this information.
    After considering the comments received, the Federal Reserve will 
revise the existing officer signature requirement so that the BHC 
reporting form must be signed only by the BHC's chief financial officer 
(or the individual performing an equivalent function) rather than by 
any authorized officer of the BHC. In signing the BHC reporting forms, 
the chief financial officer will attest that the reporting forms have 
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prepared in conformance with the instructions and are true and correct 
to the best of the officer's knowledge and belief. The introductory 
paragraph preceding the statements concerning the preparation of the 
BHC report that must be signed by the chief financial officer will note 
that each BHC's board of directors and senior management are 
responsible for establishing and maintaining an effective system of 
internal control, including controls over the BHC data submission. 
(This language concerning internal control does not appear in the 
statement to be signed by the chief financial officer.) Similar 
references to the responsibility of the board and senior management for 
the internal control system are contained in the banking agencies' 
March 2003 Interagency Policy Statement on the Internal Audit Function 
and Its Outsourcing. Internal control and its relationship to timely 
and accurate regulatory reports are also addressed in the Interagency 
Guidelines Establishing Standards for Safety and Soundness.
Amounts Payable and Receivable on Credit Derivatives
    BHCs with credit derivatives currently submit the notional amount 
and fair value of these instruments in Schedule HC-L, data item 7, 
Derivatives and Off-Balance Sheet Instruments. BS&R proposed to add new 
data items 7.c.(1) and (2) to Schedule HC-L to collect information on 
the maximum amounts that the reporting BHC can collect or must pay on 
the credit derivatives it has entered into. One commenter on comparable 
Call Report changes requested further clarification regarding what is 
meant by ``maximum'' in this context. This term will be clarified.
Secured Borrowings
    The Federal Reserve proposed to add two data items to Schedule HC-
M, Memoranda, in which BHCs will submit the amount of their Federal 
funds purchased (as submitted in Schedule HC, data item 14.a), and 
their Other borrowings (as submitted in Schedule HC-M, data item 14) 
that are secured. Two commenters specifically addressed comparable data 
items proposed to the Call Report. One did not object to these data 
items, but the other suggested that materiality thresholds be applied 
to the submission of these two data items. Various alternative 
materiality thresholds were evaluated with the conclusion that, for 
many institutions, such thresholds would effectively increase, rather 
than reduce, the burden associated with providing the requested 
information. Burden would effectively increase because these 
institutions would have to assess whether they exceed the reporting 
threshold as of each report date and would need to develop a system for 
capturing the information whenever the threshold is exceeded. Once the 
threshold is exceeded institutions would continue to submit the 
information until the volume of the submitted information declined and 
remained below a threshold for a sufficient period of time to indicate 
that the borrowings were no longer an integral part of the 
institution's operations. Therefore, the Federal Reserve does not 
support establishing a materiality threshold for these data items.
Closed-End 1-4 Family Residential Mortgage Banking Activities
    The Federal Reserve proposed adding a new Schedule HC-P (Call 
Report Schedule RC-P) that would contain a series of data items that 
are focused on closed-end 1-4 family residential mortgage banking 
activities. The schedule would include data items for the principal 
amount of retail originations during the quarter of mortgage loans for 
resale, wholesale originations and purchases during the quarter of 
mortgage loans for resale, and mortgage loans sold during the quarter. 
The schedule would also collect information on the carrying amount of 
mortgage loans held for sale at quarter-end. Data would be submitted 
separately for first lien and junior lien mortgages.\3\
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    \3\ An additional data item on noninterest income earned during 
the quarter from these mortgage banking activities will be added to 
Schedule HC-P effective March 31, 2007.
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    The Federal Reserve further proposed that Schedule HC-P would be 
completed by all BHCs with $1 billion or more in total assets or by any 
BHC that has a bank subsidiary that is required to submit this 
information by the bank subsidiary's primary regulator. One commenter 
to comparable changes proposed on the Call Report stated that this 
submission approach of requiring bank subsidiaries to submit this 
information by the bank's primary regulator could result in confusion 
and inconsistent treatment. This commenter recommended against leaving 
the submission decision up to a bank's regulator, suggesting instead 
that a reporting threshold by mortgage volume be established for banks 
with less than $1 billion in assets. This commenter also stated that 
data collection for this new schedule would be time consuming and some 
information may need to be compiled manually. Three other commenters to 
the Call Report changes urged the banking agencies to delay the 
implementation of the proposed information to provide more lead time to 
prepare for it. Another commenter requested clear instructional 
guidance for the information to be submitted in this new schedule. As 
discussed in the following paragraph, the agencies have established a 
mortgage volume threshold for submitting data on Schedule RC-P of the 
Call Report by banks with less than $1 billion in total assets. The 
effective date of the schedule has also been delayed from the proposed 
March 31, 2006, implementation date. The instructions will be refined 
from those included in the proposal.
    Call Report Schedule RC-P is to be completed by (1) all banks with 
$1 billion or more in total assets\4\ and (2) banks with less than $1 
billion in total assets whose closed-end 1-4 family residential 
mortgage banking activities exceed a specified level. More 
specifically, if either closed-end (first lien and junior lien) 1-4 
family residential mortgage loan originations and purchases for resale 
from all sources, loan sales, or quarter-end loans held for sale exceed 
$10 million for two consecutive quarters, a bank with less than $1 
billion in total assets must complete Schedule RC-P beginning the 
second quarter and continue to complete the schedule through the end of 
the calendar year. For example, for a bank with less than $1 billion in 
total assets, if the bank's closed-end 1-4 family residential mortgage 
loan originations plus purchases for resale from all sources exceeded 
$10 million during the quarter ended June 30, 2006, and the bank's 
sales of such loans exceeded $10 million during the quarter ended 
September 30, 2006, the bank would be required to complete Schedule RC-
P in its September 30 and December 31, 2006, Call Reports. The level of 
the bank's mortgage banking activities during the fourth quarter of 
2006 and the first quarter of 2007 would determine whether it would 
need to complete Schedule RC-P each quarter during 2007 beginning March 
31, 2007.
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    \4\ The $1 billion asset size test is generally based on the 
total assets reported on the Call Report balance sheet (Schedule RC, 
data item 12) as of June 30 of the preceding year. Banks with $1 
billion or more in total assets as of June 30, 2005, must complete 
Schedule RC-P beginning September 30, 2006.
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    Retail originations of closed-end 1-4 family residential mortgage 
loans for resale include those mortgage loans for which the origination 
and underwriting process was handled exclusively by the

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bank or a consolidated subsidiary of the bank. Therefore, retail 
originations would exclude those closed-end 1-4 family residential 
mortgage loans for which the origination and underwriting process was 
handled in whole or in part by another party, such as a correspondent 
or mortgage broker, even if the loan was closed in the name of the bank 
or a consolidated subsidiary of the bank. Such loans would be treated 
as wholesale originations or purchases, as would acquisitions of 
closed-end 1-4 family residential mortgage loans that were closed in 
the name of a party other than the bank or a consolidated subsidiary of 
the bank. Closed-end 1-4 family residential mortgage loans originated 
or purchased for the reporting bank's own loan portfolio should be 
excluded from amounts submitted as originations or purchases for resale 
in Schedule RC-P.
    Closed-end 1-4 family residential mortgage loans sold during the 
quarter include those transfers of loans originated or purchased for 
resale from retail or wholesale sources that have been accounted for as 
sales in accordance with FASB Statement No. 140, i.e., those transfers 
where the loans are no longer included in the bank's consolidated total 
assets. Sales of closed-end 1-4 family residential mortgage loans 
directly from the bank's loan portfolio during the quarter should also 
be submitted as loans sold.
    Closed-end 1-4 family residential mortgage loans held for sale at 
quarter-end should be submitted at the lower of cost or fair value 
consistent with their presentation in the Call Report balance sheet. 
Such loans would include any mortgage loans transferred at any time 
from the bank's loan portfolio to a held-for-sale account that have not 
been sold by quarter-end.
    The Federal Reserve will incorporate the same filing criteria and 
comparable instructional guidance for new Schedule HC-P.

FR Y-9C Revisions Effective as of the March 31, 2007 Report Date

Income from Annuity Sales, Investment Banking, Advisory, Brokerage, and 
Underwriting
    In the FR Y-9C income statement (Schedule HI), BHCs currently 
submit commissions and fees from sales of annuities (fixed, variable, 
and deferred) and related referral and management fees in one of three 
data items: income from sales of annuities by a bank subsidiary's trust 
department (or a consolidated trust company subsidiary) that are 
executed in a fiduciary capacity is submitted in Income from fiduciary 
activities (Schedule HI, data item 5.a); income from sales of annuities 
to BHC customers by a BHC's securities brokerage subsidiary is 
submitted in Investment banking, advisory, brokerage, and underwriting 
fees and commissions (Schedule HI, data item 5.d); and income from all 
other annuity sales is submitted in Income from other insurance 
activities (Schedule HI, data item 5.h.(2)). Existing data item 5.d 
also collects the amount of noninterest income from a variety of other 
activities.
    To better distinguish between BHCs' noninterest income from 
investment banking (dealer) activities and their sales (brokerage) 
activities, the Federal Reserve will revise the noninterest income 
section of the income statement effective March 31, 2006. A new data 
item will be added for Fees and commissions from annuity sales, which 
will include income from sales of annuities and related referral and 
management fees (other than income from sales by a bank subsidiary's 
trust department or a consolidated trust company subsidiary executed in 
a fiduciary capacity, which will continue to be submitted in Schedule 
HI, data item 5.a). Existing data item 5.d will be replaced by separate 
data items for Fees and commissions from securities brokerage and 
Investment banking, advisory, and underwriting fees and commissions. 
Securities brokerage income will include fees and commissions from 
sales of mutual funds and from purchases and sales of other securities 
and money market instruments for customers (including other banks) 
where the BHC is acting as agent. Other than moving annuity-related 
income to the new data item for such income, there will be no other 
changes to the existing data item 5.h.(2), Income from other insurance 
activities. The Federal Reserve will delay implementation of these 
changes until March 31, 2007, consistent with a delayed implementation 
for similar Call Report data items.
    One commenter to comparable Call Report changes, an insurance 
consultant, supported the proposed income statement changes relating to 
income from annuity sales, securities brokerage, and investment 
banking. However, this commenter also recommended that banks submit 
additional detail on income from annuity sales, a change that the 
banking agencies are not implementing for the Call Report. The Federal 
Reserve also does not see merit in adding this detail to the FR Y-9C.

Income from 1-4 Family Residential Mortgage Banking Activities

    The Federal Reserve proposed to collect data on noninterest income 
generated from 1-4 family residential mortgage banking activities on 
new Schedule HC-P. New data item 5 of Schedule HC-P, Noninterest income 
for the quarter from the sale, securitization, and servicing of closed-
end 1-4 family residential mortgage loans, would capture the portion of 
a BHC's Net servicing fees, Net securitization income, and Net gains 
(losses) on sales of loans and leases (current data items 5.f, 5.g, and 
5.i of Schedule HI) earned during the quarter that is attributable to 
1-4 family residential mortgage loans. A number of commenters' to 
comparable Call Report changes requested that the banking agencies 
delay the collection of this information from its proposed March 31, 
2006, effective date. The Federal Reserve will delay implementation of 
this new data item until March 31, 2007, consistent with a delayed 
implementation for similar Call Report changes.

Revenues from Credit Derivatives and Related Exposures

    In Schedule HI, Memorandum data item 9, BHCs that submitted average 
trading assets of $2 million or more for any quarter of the preceding 
calendar year currently provide a four-way breakdown of trading revenue 
by type of risk exposure: interest rate, foreign exchange, equity, and 
commodity. Although BHCs also trade credit derivatives and credit cash 
instruments, there is no specific existing category in which to submit 
the revenue from these trading activities. Accordingly, the Federal 
Reserve proposed to add a new risk exposure category to Memorandum data 
item 9 for credit derivatives.
    One commenter to a comparable Call Report change stated that adding 
credit derivatives to the breakdown of trading revenue by type of 
exposure may not be meaningful because credit derivative positions are 
often hedged with cash instruments. After considering this comment, the 
banking agencies have modified the Call Report proposal and will 
instead add a new risk exposure category for credit-related exposures 
effective March 31, 2007. In this new Call Report data item (Schedule 
RI, Memorandum data item 8.e), a bank will submit its net gains 
(losses) from trading cash instruments and derivative contracts that it 
manages as credit exposures. The Federal Reserve will add a similar 
data item to the FR Y-9C income statement (Schedule HI,

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Memorandum data item 9.e) effective March 31, 2007.
    The banking agencies are also adding new Memorandum data items 9.a 
and 9.b to Schedule RI, Income Statement, as of March 31, 2007, in 
which banks must submit the net gains (losses) recognized in earnings 
on credit derivatives that economically hedge credit exposures held 
outside the trading account, regardless of whether the credit 
derivative is designated as and qualifies as a hedging instrument under 
generally accepted accounting principles. Credit exposures outside the 
trading account include, for example, nontrading assets (such as 
available-for-sale securities or loans held for investment) and unused 
lines of credit. To address the commenter's concern about the use of 
credit derivatives for hedging, banks will submit such net gains 
(losses) on credit derivatives held for trading in Memorandum data item 
9.a and on credit derivatives held for purposes other than trading in 
Memorandum data item 9.b. Thus, those net gains (losses) on credit 
derivatives submitted in Schedule RI, Memorandum data item 9.a, will 
also have been included in the amount submitted in new Memorandum data 
item 8.e of Schedule RI. The Federal Reserve will make these same 
changes to the FR Y-9C income statement effective March 31, 2007.

Construction, Land Development, and Other Land Loans

    At present, BHCs submit the total amount of their Construction, 
land development, and other land loans in the loan schedule (Schedule 
HC-C, data item 1.a) and they also disclose the amount of these loans 
that are past due 30 days or more or in nonaccrual status (Schedule HC-
N, data item 1.a) and that have been charged off and recovered 
(Schedule HI-B, part I, data item 1.a). The Federal Reserve proposed to 
split the existing data item for Construction, land development, and 
other land loans in these three schedules into separate data items for 
1-4 family residential construction, land development, and other land 
loans and Other construction, land development, and other land loans. 
In addition, the Federal Reserve would similarly split the data item 
for Commitments to fund commercial real estate, construction, and land 
development loans secured by real estate in the off-balance sheet data 
items schedule (Schedule HC-L, data item 1.c.(1)) into two data items.
    A significant number of commenters expressed concern regarding 
comparable changes to the Call Report about the burden associated with 
distinguishing 1-4 family residential construction loans from other 
loans currently submitted in the existing construction loan category 
and making the system changes that would be required to provide this 
information, particularly in light of the relatively short timeframe 
banks would be provided to make these changes, i.e., by March 31, 2006, 
under the proposal. One other commenter, a nonbanking trade group, 
recommended that all residential construction loans, both 1-4 family 
and multifamily, be segregated from other construction loans and that 
banks separately submit data on 1-4 family and multifamily residential 
construction loans. Based on the comments received, the Federal Reserve 
will retain a two-way breakout of Construction, land development, and 
other land loans, but clarify the scope of the two new loan categories 
and implement the changes as of March 31, 2007.

Loans Secured by Nonfarm Nonresidential Properties

    BHCs currently submit the total amount of their loans Secured by 
nonfarm nonresidential properties in the loan schedule (Schedule HC-C, 
data item 1.e) along with the amounts of these loans that are past due 
30 days or more or in nonaccrual status (Schedule HC-N, data item 1.e) 
and the amounts that have been charged off and recovered (Schedule HI-
B, part I, data item 1.e). The Federal Reserve proposed to split the 
existing data item for loans Secured by nonfarm nonresidential 
properties in these three schedules into separate data items for loans 
secured by owner-occupied nonfarm nonresidential properties and loans 
secured by other nonfarm nonresidential properties.
    A significant number of commenters to comparable changes to the 
Call Report expressed concern about the burden of the nonfarm 
nonresidential real estate loan proposal similar to that discussed 
above with respect to construction loans. One commenter noted in 
particular the difficulties in determining how ``mixed-use'' properties 
should be categorized in the Call Report loan schedule. Commenters also 
expressed concern about the relatively short timeframe banks would be 
provided to make these changes, i.e., by March 31, 2006, under the 
proposal. Based on the comments, received, the Federal Reserve will 
modify the scope of the two new loan categories and implement the 
changes in March 31, 2007.
    The new category for Loans secured by other nonfarm nonresidential 
properties includes those nonfarm nonresidential real estate loans 
where the primary or a significant source of repayment is derived from 
rental income associated with the property (i.e., loans for which 50 
percent or more of the source of repayment comes from third party, 
nonaffiliated, rental income) or the proceeds of the sale, refinancing, 
or permanent financing of the property. Thus, the primary or a 
significant source of repayment for Loans secured by owner-occupied 
nonfarm nonresidential properties is the cash flow from the ongoing 
operations and activities conducted by the party, or an affiliate of 
the party, who owns the property, rather than from third party, 
nonaffiliated, rental income or the proceeds of the sale, refinancing, 
or permanent financing of the property. The determination as to whether 
a property is considered ``owner-occupied'' would be made upon 
acquisition (origination or purchase) of the loan. However, for 
purposes of determining whether existing nonfarm nonresidential real 
estate loans would be submitted as owner-occupied beginning March 31, 
2007, BHCs may consider the source of repayment either when the loan 
was acquired or based on the most recent available information. Once a 
BHC determines whether a loan should be submitted as owner-occupied or 
not, this determination need not be reviewed thereafter.

Retail and Commercial Leases

    BHCs currently submit a breakdown of their lease financing 
receivables between those from U.S. and non-U.S. addressees in Schedule 
HC-C, data items 10.a and 10.b. Addressee information on leases is also 
submitted in the past due and nonaccrual schedule (Schedule HC-N, data 
items 8.a and 8.b) and on the charge-offs and recoveries schedule 
(Schedule HI-B, part I, data items 8.a and 8.b). The Federal Reserve 
proposed replacing the existing addressee breakdown of leases with a 
breakdown between retail (consumer) leases and commercial leases in 
these three schedules effective March 31, 2006, but will delay 
implementation until March 31, 2007, consistent with a delayed 
implementation for similar Call Report data items.

FR Y-9LP Revisions Effective as of the March 31, 2006 Report Date

Filing Criteria
    The Federal Reserve will increase the asset-size threshold of the 
FR Y-9LP from $150 million to $500 million. The Federal Reserve will 
further modify the other criteria and include additional

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criteria that would be used in determining whether a BHC is subject to 
FR Y-9LP filing requirements.
    Specifically, the Federal Reserve will require BHCs with 
consolidated assets of less than $500 million to continue to comply 
with the FR Y-9LP reporting requirements, if the holding company (1) is 
engaged in significant nonbanking activities either directly or through 
a nonbank subsidiary; (2) conducts significant off-balance-sheet 
activities, including securitizations or managing or administering 
assets for third party, either directly or through a nonbank 
subsidiary; or (3) has a material amount debt or equity securities 
(other than trust preferred securities) outstanding that are registered 
with the SEC. While the incidence of BHCs with consolidated assets of 
less than $500 million meeting any of these criteria is expected to be 
infrequent, any such BHCs would be notified and given a reasonable 
timetable for meeting the consolidated capital and reporting 
requirements.
    These changes are consistent with the revisions to filing criteria 
to the FR Y-9C, as fully described above. These filing requirements 
would apply to all BHCs in multi-tiered organizations.

FR Y-9LP Revisions Effective as of the September 30, 2006 Report Date

Officer Signature Requirements
    Consistent with the revisions to the FR Y-9C officer signature 
requirement, as fully discussed above, the Federal Reserve will revise 
the existing FR Y-9LP officer signature requirement so that the BHC 
report must be signed only by the BHC's chief financial officer (or the 
individual performing an equivalent function) rather than by any 
authorized officer of the BHC. In signing the BHC reports, the chief 
financial officer will attest that the reports have been prepared in 
conformance with the instructions and are true and correct to the best 
of the officer's knowledge and belief. The introductory paragraph 
preceding the statements concerning the preparation of the BHC report 
that must be signed by the chief financial officer will note that each 
BHC's board of directors and senior management are responsible for 
establishing and maintaining an effective system of internal control, 
including controls over the BHC report. (This language concerning 
internal control does not appear in the statement to be signed by the 
chief financial officer.)
Instructions
    Instructions will be clarified in an attempt to achieve greater 
consistency in reporting by respondents.

FR Y-9SP Revisions Effective as of the June 30, 2006 Report Date

Filing Criteria
    The Federal Reserve will increase the asset-size threshold of the 
FR Y-9SP from companies with total consolidated assets of less than 
$150 million to companies with total consolidated assets of less than 
$500 million. The Federal Reserve will further modify the other 
criteria and include additional criteria that would be used in 
determining whether a BHC is subject to FR Y-9SP filing requirements.
    Specifically, the Federal Reserve will require BHCs with 
consolidated assets of less than $500 million to continue to comply 
with the FR Y-9C and FR Y-9LP reporting requirements, if the holding 
company (1) is engaged in significant nonbanking activities either 
directly or through a nonbank subsidiary; (2) conducts significant off-
balance-sheet activities, including securitizations or managing or 
administering assets for third party, either directly or through a 
nonbank subsidiary; or (3) has a material amount debt or equity 
securities (other than trust preferred securities) outstanding that are 
registered with the SEC.
    Although the incidence of BHCs with consolidated assets of less 
than $500 million meeting any of these criteria is not expected to be 
frequent, information is not currently available to identify BHCs 
meeting the second and third criteria. Therefore, the Federal Reserve 
will collect two new data items on Schedule SC-M, Memoranda, to 
identify total off-balance-sheet activities conducted either directly 
or through a nonbank subsidiary and to identify total debt and equity 
securities (other than trust preferred securities) outstanding that are 
registered with the SEC. BHCs meeting any of the criteria would be 
notified and given a reasonable timetable for meeting the consolidated 
capital and reporting requirements.

FR Y-9SP Revisions Effective as of the December 31, 2006 Report Date

Officer Signature Requirements
    Consistent with the revisions to the FR Y-9C officer signature 
requirement, as fully discussed above, the Federal Reserve will revise 
the existing FR Y-9SP officer signature requirement so that the BHC 
report must be signed only by the BHC's chief financial officer (or the 
individual performing an equivalent function) rather than by any 
authorized officer of the BHC. In signing the BHC reports, the chief 
financial officer will attest that the reports have been prepared in 
conformance with the instructions and are true and correct to the best 
of the officer's knowledge and belief. The introductory paragraph 
preceding the statements concerning the preparation of the BHC report 
that must be signed by the chief financial officer will note that each 
BHC's board of directors and senior management are responsible for 
establishing and maintaining an effective system of internal control, 
including controls over the BHC report. (This language concerning 
internal control does not appear in the statement to be signed by the 
chief financial officer.)
Instructions
    In addition to modifying instructions to incorporate the reporting 
changes, instructions will be revised and clarified in an attempt to 
achieve greater consistency in reporting by respondents.
    2. Report title: Financial Statements of U.S. Nonbank Subsidiaries 
of U.S. Bank Holding Companies.
    Agency form number: FR Y-11 and FR Y-11S.
    OMB control number: 7100-0244.
    Frequency: Quarterly and annually.
    Reporters: Bank holding companies
    Annual reporting hours: FR Y-11 (quarterly): 24,725; FR Y-11 
(annual): 1,769; FR Y-11S (annual): 1,195
    Estimated average hours per response: FR Y-11 (quarterly): 6.25; FR 
Y-11 (annual): 6.25; FR Y-11S (annual): 1.0
    Number of respondents: FR Y-11 (quarterly): 989; FR Y-11 (annual): 
283; FR Y-11S (annual): 1,195
    General description of report: This information collection is 
mandatory (12 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  1844(c)). Confidential treatment is not 
routinely given to the data in these reports. However, confidential 
treatment for the reporting information, in whole or in part, can be 
requested in accordance with the instructions to the form, pursuant to 
sections (b)(4), (b)(6)and (b)(8) of the Freedom of Information Act [5 
U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  522(b)(4), (b)(6) and (b)(8)].
    Abstract: The FR Y-11 reports collect financial information for 
individual U.S. nonbank subsidiaries of domestic bank holding companies 
(BHCs). BHCs file the FR Y-11 on a quarterly or annual basis according 
to filing criteria or file the FR Y-11S annually. The FR Y-11 data are 
used with other BHC data to assess the condition of BHCs that are 
heavily engaged in nonbanking activities and to monitor the volume,

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nature, and condition of their nonbanking operations.
    Current Actions: The Federal Reserve will raise the asset-size 
threshold for filing the quarterly FR Y-11 to make it consistent with 
the proposed filing threshold for reporting the Consolidated Financial 
Statements for Bank Holding Companies (FR Y-9C; OMB No. 7100-0128) and 
to further reduce reporting burden. The Federal Reserve also will (1) 
add one new equity capital component on the balance sheet for reporting 
partnership interests and (2) reclassify reporting of certain annuity 
sales revenue on the income statement. The Federal Reserve also will 
revise several balance sheet memoranda data items to capture 
securitization information on transactions involving assets other than 
loans. No revisions will be made to the content of the FR Y-11S; 
however, several respondents will shift to filing the FR Y-11S because 
of the proposed threshold revisions.

FR Y-11 Revisions Effective as of the March 31, 2006 Report Date

Filing Criteria
    The Federal Reserve will revise the reporting criteria for the 
quarterly FR Y-11 to be consistent with the proposed threshold for the 
FR Y-9C and reduce reporting burden. Specifically, a BHC must file the 
FR Y-11 quarterly for its subsidiary if the subsidiary is owned or 
controlled by a top-tier BHC that files the FR Y-9C\5\ and the 
subsidiary has (a) total assets of $1 billion or more, or (b) total 
off-balance-sheet activities of at least $5 billion, or (c) equity 
capital of at least 5 percent of the top-tier BHC's consolidated equity 
capital; or (d) operating revenue of at least 5 percent of the top-tier 
BHC's consolidated operating revenue.
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    \5\ The Federal Reserve is proposing to raise the asset-size 
threshold for purposes of consolidated FR Y-9C reporting, the Small 
Bank Holding Company Policy Statement and the Capital Guidelines 
from $150 million to $500 million. In addition, a limited number of 
holding companies with assets less than $500 million may be required 
to file the FR Y-9C because they meet certain conditions.
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    As currently required, a BHC must file the FR Y-11 for any nonbank 
subsidiary that satisfies the quarterly filing criteria for any quarter 
during the calendar year and must continue to report quarterly for the 
remainder of the calendar year even if the nonbank subsidiary no longer 
satisfies the requirements for quarterly reporting. The Federal Reserve 
will modify this reporting requirement to be more consistent with the 
FR Y-9C. The Federal Reserve will revise the reporting instructions for 
quarterly filers under Who Must Report to indicate that if a nonbank 
subsidiary meets the criteria for quarterly filing as of June 30 of the 
preceding year, its BHC should begin reporting the FR Y-11 quarterly 
for the nonbank subsidiary beginning in March of the current year and 
continue to report for the entire calendar year. In addition, if a 
nonbank subsidiary meets the quarterly filing criteria due to a 
business combination, then the BHC would report the FR Y-11 quarterly 
beginning with the first quarterly report date following the effective 
date of the business combination. If a nonbank subsidiary subsequently 
does not meet the quarterly filing criteria for four consecutive 
quarters, then the BHC would revert to annual filing.
Schedule BS-Balance Sheet
    The Federal Reserve will add a new data item, 18.e, General and 
limited partnership shares and interests, renumber current data item, 
18.e, Other equity capital components, as data item 18.f., and renumber 
current data item 18.f, Total equity capital, as data item 18.g. 
Currently, the instructions for data item 18, Equity capital, directs 
subsidiaries that are not corporate in form (that is, those that do not 
have capital structures consisting of capital stock and the other 
components of equity capital currently listed under data item 18) to 
submit their entire net worth in data item 18.f, Total equity. The 
reporting form and the instructions for data item 18.f, Total equity, 
state that data item 18.f must equal the sum of the components of data 
item 18. However, equity capital of those entities not in corporate 
form cannot appropriately be reported in any of the components of data 
item 18. This new data item and clarifications to the instructions for 
data item 18 will remove this inconsistency and improve the accuracy of 
the information reported. In addition, the Federal Reserve will clarify 
that Schedule IS-A, Changes in Equity Capital, data item 6, Other 
adjustments to equity capital, should include contributions and 
distributions to and from partners or limited liability company (LLC) 
shareholders when the company is a partnership or a LLC. Schedule IS-A, 
data item 6 is a component of Schedule IS-A, data item 7, Total equity 
at end of current period. Schedule IS-A, data item 7 must equal 
Schedule BS, data item 18.f, Total equity.
Schedule BS-M-Memoranda
    The Federal Reserve will expand the scope of data item 2.a. Number 
of loans in servicing portfolio, data item 2.b, Dollar amount of loans 
in servicing portfolio, and data item 3, Loans that have been 
securitized and sold without recourse with servicing rights retained, 
to include assets other than loans. The captions and instructions for 
these data items will be revised to include other assets.

FR Y-11 Revisions Effective as of the March 31, 2007 Report Date

Schedule IS-Income Statement
    The Federal Reserve will change the category of noninterest income 
in which nonbank subsidiaries submit income from certain sales of 
annuities from data item 5.a.(8), Insurance commissions and fees, to 
data item 5.a.(4), Investment banking, advisory, brokerage, and 
underwriting fees and commissions, to be consistent with the revision 
to the FR Y-9C. Currently, nonbank subsidiaries submit income from the 
sales of annuities and related commissions and fees in data item 
5.a.(8). Since annuities are deemed to be financial investment products 
rather than insurance, the Federal Reserve will revise the instructions 
for data item 5.a.(8) and data item 5.a.(4) by moving the reference to 
annuities in the former data item to the latter data item. This change 
will be delayed until March 31, 2007.
    3. Report title: Financial Statements of Foreign Subsidiaries of 
U.S. Banking Organizations.
    Agency form number: FR 2314 and FR 2314S.
    OMB control number: 7100-0073.
    Frequency: Quarterly and annually.
    Reporters: Foreign subsidiaries of U.S. state member banks, bank 
holding companies, and Edge or agreement corporations.
    Annual reporting hours: FR 2314 (quarterly): 4,800; FR 2314 
(annual): 950; FR 2314S (annual): 255
    Estimated average hours per response: FR 2314 (quarterly): 6.25; FR 
2314 (annual): 6.25; FR 2314S (annual): 1.0
    Number of respondents: FR 2314 (quarterly): 192; FR 2314 (annual): 
152; FR 2314S (annual): 255
    General description of report: This information collection is 
mandatory (12 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  324, 602, 625, and 1844). Confidential 
treatment is not routinely given to the data in these reports. However, 
confidential treatment for the reporting information, in whole or in 
part, can be requested in accordance with the instructions to the form, 
pursuant to sections (b)(4), (b)(6) and (b)(8) of the Freedom of 
Information Act [5 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  522(b)(4) (b)(6) and (b)(8)].
    Abstract: The FR 2314 reports collect financial information for 
direct or indirect foreign subsidiaries of U.S. state member banks 
(SMBs), Edge and agreement corporations, and BHCs.

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Parent organizations (SMBs, Edge and agreement corporations, or BHCs) 
file the FR 2314 on a quarterly or annual basis according to filing 
criteria or file the FR 2314S annually. The FR 2314 data are used to 
identify current and potential problems at the foreign subsidiaries of 
U.S. parent companies, to monitor the activities of U.S. banking 
organizations in specific countries, and to develop a better 
understanding of activities within the industry, in general, and of 
individual institutions, in particular.
    Current Actions: The Federal Reserve will raise the asset-size 
threshold for filing the quarterly FR 2314 to make it consistent with 
the proposed filing threshold for reporting the Consolidated Financial 
Statements for Bank Holding Companies (FR Y-9C; OMB No. 7100-0128) and 
to further reduce reporting burden. The Federal Reserve will also (1) 
add one new equity capital component on the balance sheet for reporting 
partnership interests and (2) reclassify reporting of certain annuity 
sales revenue on the income statement. The changes in the reporting 
thresholds will have no immediate effect on the FR 2314 panel because 
there are currently no quarterly filers owned by parent organizations 
with assets less than $500 million.

FR 2314 Revisions Effective as of the March 31, 2006 Report Date

Revisions to Filing Criteria
    The Federal Reserve will revise the reporting criteria for the 
quarterly FR 2314 to be consistent with the proposed threshold for the 
FR Y-9C and reduce reporting burden. Specifically, a BHC must file the 
FR 2314 quarterly for its subsidiary if the subsidiary is owned or 
controlled by a parent U.S. BHC that files the FR Y-9C or a state 
member bank or an Edge or agreement cooperation that has total 
consolidated assets equal to or greater than $500 million and the 
subsidiary has (a) total assets of $1 billion or more, or (b) total 
off-balance-sheet activities of at least $5 billion, or (c) equity 
capital of at least 5 percent of the top-tier organization's 
consolidated equity capital, or (d) operating revenue of at least 5 
percent of the top-tier organization's consolidated operating revenue.
    The criteria for filing the FR 2314 will be revised to maintain the 
consistency in the reporting criteria for nonbank subsidiary reports. 
Revising the quarterly reporting threshold for the FR 2314 filers will 
have no immediate effect on the panel because currently there are no 
quarterly filers owned by parent organizations with assets less than 
$500 million. However, the Federal Reserve believes that there may be a 
small number of additional FR 2314 reports filed for subsidiaries owned 
by a BHC that has assets under $500 million and that files the FR Y-9C 
because they meet certain conditions.
    As currently required, a parent organization must file the FR 2314 
for any nonbank subsidiary that satisfies the quarterly filing criteria 
for any quarter during the calendar year and must continue to report 
quarterly for the remainder of the calendar year even if the nonbank 
subsidiary no longer satisfies the requirements for quarterly 
reporting. The Federal Reserve will modify this reporting requirement 
to be more consistent with the FR Y-9C. The Federal Reserve will revise 
the reporting instructions for quarterly filers under Who Must Report 
to indicate that if a nonbank subsidiary meets the criteria for 
quarterly filing as of June 30 of the preceding year, its parent 
organization should begin reporting the FR 2314 quarterly for the 
nonbank subsidiary beginning in March of the current year and continue 
to report for the entire calendar year. In addition, if a nonbank 
subsidiary meets the quarterly filing criteria due to a business 
combination, then the parent organization would report the FR 2314 
quarterly beginning with the first quarterly report date following the 
effective date of the business combination. If a nonbank subsidiary 
subsequently does not meet the quarterly filing criteria for four 
consecutive quarters, then the parent organization would revert to 
annual filing.
Schedule BS-Balance Sheet
    The Federal Reserve will add a new data item, 18.e, General and 
limited partnership shares and interests, renumber current data item, 
18.e, Other equity capital components, as data item 18.f., and renumber 
current data item 18.f, Total equity capital, as data item 18.g. 
Currently, the instructions for data item 18, Equity capital, directs 
subsidiaries that are not corporate in form (that is, those that do not 
have capital structures consisting of capital stock and the other 
components of equity capital currently listed under data item 18) to 
submit their entire net worth in data item 18.f, Total equity. The 
reporting form and the instructions for data item 18.f, Total equity, 
state that data item 18.f must equal the sum of the components of data 
item 18. However, equity capital of those entities not in corporate 
form cannot appropriately be submitted in any of the components of data 
item 18. The new data item and clarifications to the instructions for 
data item 18 will remove this inconsistency and improve the accuracy of 
the information submitted. In addition, the Federal Reserve will 
clarify that Schedule IS-A, Changes in Equity Capital, data item 6, 
Other adjustments to equity capital, should include contributions and 
distributions to and from partners or limited liability company (LLC) 
shareholders when the company is a partnership or a LLC. Schedule IS-A, 
data item 6 is a component of Schedule IS-A, data item 7, Total equity 
at end of current period. Schedule IS-A, data item 7 must equal 
Schedule BS, data item 18.f, Total equity.

FR 2314 Revisions Effective as of the March 31, 2007 Report Date

Schedule IS-Income Statement
    The Federal Reserve will change the category of noninterest income 
in which nonbank subsidiaries submit income from certain sales of 
annuities from data item 5.a.(8), Insurance commissions and fees, to 
data item 5.a.(4), Investment banking, advisory, brokerage, and 
underwriting fees and commissions, to be consistent with the revision 
to the FR Y-9C. Currently, nonbank subsidiaries submit income from the 
sales of annuities and related commissions and fees in data item 
5.a.(8). Since annuities are deemed to be financial investment products 
rather than insurance, the Federal Reserve will revise the instructions 
for data item 5.a.(8) and data item 5.a.(4) by moving the reference to 
annuities in the former data item to the latter data item. This change 
will be delayed until March 31, 2007.

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, March 1, 2006.
Jennifer J. Johnson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. E6-3122 Filed 3-3-06; 8:45 am]
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