[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 100 (Friday, May 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 29769]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11963]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM


Notice of Proposals To Engage in or To Acquire Companies 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 19, 2014.
    A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (E. Ann Worthy, Vice President) 
2200 North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-2272:
    1. Diamond A Financial, L.P., Maedgen & White, L.P., Hilltop 
Holdings Inc., and PlainsCapital Corporation, all in Dallas, Texas; to 
acquire SWS Group, Inc., by merger with an intermediate tier, and 
indirectly acquire Southwest Securities, Federal Savings Bank, both in 
Dallas, Texas, and thereby engage in operating a savings association, 
pursuant to section 225.28(b)(4)(ii).

    Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, May 20, 2014.
Michael J. Lewandowski,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2014-11963 Filed 5-22-14; 8:45 am]
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