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Notice
I. Statutory and Regulatory Background
The Federal Home Loan Bank Act
(Bank Act) confers upon insured
depository institutions that meet the
statutory definition of a ‘‘Community
Financial Institution’’ (CFI) certain
advantages over non-CFI insured
depository institutions in qualifying for
Federal Home Loan Bank (Bank)
membership, and in the purposes for
which they may receive long-term
advances and the collateral they may
pledge to secure advances.1 Section
2(10)(A) of the Bank Act and § 1263.1 of
FHFA’s regulations define a CFI as any
Bank member the deposits of which are
insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation and that has
average total assets below a statutory
cap.2 The Bank Act was amended in
2008 to set the statutory cap at $1
billion and to require the Director of
FHFA to adjust the cap annually to
reflect the percentage increase in the
CPI–U, as published by the DOL, for the
prior year.3 For 2013, FHFA set the CFI
asset cap at $1,095,000,000, which
reflected a 1.8 percent increase over
2012, based upon the increase in the
CPI–U between 2011 and 2012.4
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Dated: January 7, 2014.
Cliff Rader,
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[FR Doc. 2014–00214 Filed 1–9–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560–50–P
FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE
AGENCY
[No. 2014–N–01]
Notice of Annual Adjustment of the
Cap on Average Total Assets That
Defines Community Financial
Institutions
Federal Housing Finance
Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Federal Housing Finance
Agency (FHFA) has adjusted the cap on
average total assets that defines a
‘‘Community Financial Institution’’
based on the annual percentage increase
in the Consumer Price Index for all
urban consumers (CPI–U) as published
by the Department of Labor (DOL).
These changes took effect on January 1,
2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nathan D. Wallingford, Division of
Federal Home Loan Bank Regulation,
(202) 649–3630, Nathan.Wallingford@
fhfa.gov, or Eric M. Raudenbush,
Assistant General Counsel, (202) 649–
3084, Eric.Raudenbush@fhfa.gov, (not
toll-free numbers), Federal Housing
Finance Agency, Constitution Center,
400 Seventh Street SW., Washington,
DC 20024.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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II. The CFI Asset Cap for 2014
As of January 1, 2014, FHFA has
increased the CFI asset cap from
$1,095,000,000 to $1,108,000,000,
which reflects a 1.2 percent increase in
the unadjusted CPI–U from November
2012 to November 2013. The new
amount was obtained by rounding to the
nearest million, as has been the practice
for all prior adjustments. Consistent
with the practice of other Federal
agencies, FHFA bases the annual
adjustment to the CFI asset cap on the
percentage increase in the CPI–U from
November of the year prior to the
preceding calendar year to November of
the preceding calendar year, because the
November figures represent the most
recent available data as of January 1st of
the current calendar year.
In calculating the CFI asset cap, FHFA
uses CPI–U data that have not been
seasonally adjusted (i.e., the data have
not been adjusted to remove the
estimated effect of price changes that
normally occur at the same time and in
about the same magnitude every year).
The DOL encourages use of unadjusted
CPI–U data in applying ‘‘escalation’’
provisions such as that governing the
CFI asset cap, because the factors that
are used to seasonally adjust the data
1 See
12 U.S.C. 1424(a), 1430(a).
12 U.S.C. 1422(10)(A); 12 CFR 1263.1.
3 See 12 U.S.C. 1422(10); 12 CFR 1263.1 (defining
the term CFI asset cap).
4 See 78 FR 19262 (Mar. 29, 2013).
2 See
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are amended annually, and seasonally
adjusted data that are published earlier
are subject to revision for up to five
years following their original release.
Unadjusted data are not routinely
subject to revision, and previously
published unadjusted data are only
corrected when significant calculation
errors are discovered.
Dated: January 3, 2014.
Edward J. DeMarco,
Acting Director, Federal Housing Finance
Agency.
[FR Doc. 2014–00193 Filed 1–9–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8070–01–P
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Announcement of Board
Approval Under Delegated Authority
and Submission to OMB
Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System
SUMMARY: Background. Notice is hereby
given of the final approval of a proposed
information collection 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
Paperwork Reduction Act Submission,
supporting statements and approved
collection of information instruments
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:
Federal Reserve Board Clearance
Officer—Cynthia Ayouch—Office of the
Chief Data Officer, Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System,
Washington, DC 20551 (202–452–3829)
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
(TDD) users may contact (202–263–
4869), Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551.
OMB Desk Officer—Shagufta
Ahmed—Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room 10235,
725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC
20503.
Final approval under OMB delegated
authority of the revision, without
extension, of the following reports:
AGENCY:
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1. Report title: Financial Statements
for Holding Companies.1
Agency form number: FR Y–9C.
OMB control number: 7100–0128.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Reporters: Bank holding companies
(BHCs), savings and loan holding
companies (SLHCs), and securities
holding companies (SHCs) (collectively,
‘‘holding companies’’ (HCs)).
Estimated average hours per response:
Non-advanced approaches HCs: 48.84
hours, and advanced approaches HCs:
50.09.
Estimated annual reporting hours:
222,770 hours.
Number of respondents: 1,140.
General description of report: This
information collection is mandatory for
BHCs (12 U.S.C. 1844(c)(1)(A)).
Additionally, 12 U.S.C. 1467a(b)(2)(A)
and 1850a(c)(1)(A), respectively,
authorize the Federal Reserve to require
that SLHCs and supervised SHCs file
the FR Y–9C with the Federal Reserve.
Confidential treatment is not routinely
given to the financial data in this report.
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), or
(b)(8) of FOIA (5 U.S.C. 522(b)(4), (b)(6),
and (b)(8)).
Abstract: The FR Y–9C consists of
standardized financial statements
similar to the Federal Financial
Institutions Examination Council
(FFIEC) Consolidated Reports of
Condition and Income (Call Reports)
(FFIEC 031 & 041; OMB No. 7100–0036)
filed by commercial banks and savings
associations. The FR Y–9C collects
consolidated data from HCs. The FR Y–
9C is filed by top-tier HCs (under certain
circumstances, a lower-tier HC may act
as the top tier of the organization for
purposes of regulatory reporting) with
total consolidated assets of $500 million
or more. (Under certain circumstances
defined in the General Instructions,
BHCs under $500 million may be
required to file the FR Y–9C.) The
Federal Reserve proposed revisions to
the FR Y–9C consistent with the
regulatory capital rules approved by the
Board on July 2, 2013 (revised
regulatory capital rules).2
1 This family of reports also contains the
following mandatory reports, which are not being
revised: the Parent Company Only Financial
Statements for Large Bank Holding Companies (FR
Y–9LP), the Financial Statements for Employee
Stock Ownership Plan Bank Holding Companies
(FR Y–9ES), and the Supplement to the
Consolidated Financial Statements for Bank
Holding Companies (FR Y–9CS).
2 On July 2, 2013, the Board approved the revised
regulatory capital rules that were proposed on
August 30, 2012. On July 9, 2013 the OCC approved
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Current Actions: On August 12, 2013,
the Federal Reserve published a notice
in the Federal Register (78 FR 48871,
August 12, 2013) requesting public
comment for 60 days on the revision to
the FR Y–9C (the proposal). The
comment period for this notice expired
on October 11, 2013.
The Federal Reserve received two
comment letters regarding proposed
revisions to the FR Y–9C from one
banking organization and one bankers’
association. In addition, the Federal
Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC), and Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (the
agencies) collectively received three
comment letters, including the two
comment letters mentioned above, on
proposed revisions to the Consolidated
Reports of Condition and Income (Call
Reports) (FFIEC 031 & 041; OMB No.
7100–0036), which parallel proposed
revisions to the FR Y–9C and were taken
into consideration in finalizing the
proposal.3 The commenters asked for
clarification on the applicability and
effective dates of the proposed reporting
requirements and for additional
clarifications and instructions on certain
line items.4
Detailed Discussion of Public
Comments
1. Proposed FR Y–9C, Schedule HC–R
Under the proposal, in March 2014,
the existing and proposed regulatory
capital components and ratios portion of
Schedule HC–R would be designated
Parts I.A and I.B, respectively.
the revised regulatory capital rules and the FDIC
issued an interim final rule to approve the revised
regulatory capital rules. See 78 FR 62018 (October
11, 2013) (Board and OCC); 78 FR 55340
(September 10, 2013) (FDIC). See also 77 FR 52888,
52909, 52958 (August 30, 2012).
3 The Federal Reserve expects to publish at a later
date a request for comment to revise the riskweighted assets portion of the FR Y–9C, Schedule
HC–R, Part II and add Part II to the FR Y–9SP,
Schedule SC–R, consistent with the standardized
approach for calculating risk-weighted assets under
the revised regulatory capital rules. The revisions
to the risk-weighted assets portion of the respective
regulatory capital schedules would become
effective in the first applicable reporting period in
2015. Therefore, for report dates in 2014, all HC–
R respondents will continue to report risk-weighted
assets in the portion of Schedule HC–R that
contains existing data items 34 through 62 and
Memoranda items 1 and 2 of current Schedule HC–
R, but this portion of the schedule would be
designated Part II and the data items would retain
their existing numbers.
4 In addition, one other commenter on the
proposal urged the Federal Reserve to revise the
regulatory capital treatment of the allowance for
loan and lease losses (ALLL) if the Financial
Accounting Standards Board (FASB) changes the
accounting standards applicable to ALLL. The
Federal Reserve notes that this comment suggests a
substantive change to the revised regulatory capital
rules and is outside the scope of the proposed
changes to the FR Y–9C and the FR Y–9SP.
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Advanced approaches HCs would be
required to file Part I.B in March 2014,
which includes the reporting revisions
consistent with the revised regulatory
capital rules. All other HCs, except
SLHCs, would file Part I.A, which
includes existing data items 1 through
33 of current Schedule HC–R, for the
reporting periods in 2014. In March
2015, Part I.A would be removed and
Part I.B would be designated Part I; all
HCs that are subject to FRY–9C filing
requirements would then submit
Schedule HC–R, Part I.
As proposed, Part I.B, Regulatory
Capital Components and Ratios, would
be divided into the following sections:
(A) common equity tier 1 capital; (B)
common equity tier 1 capital:
adjustments and deductions; (C)
additional tier 1 capital; (D) tier 2
capital; (E) total assets for the leverage
ratio; (F) capital ratios; and (G) capital
buffer. A brief description of each of
these sections and the corresponding
line items is provided below. The
Federal Reserve did not receive any
comments on the overall structure of the
proposed Schedule HC–R, Part I.B and
thus the Federal Reserve is proceeding
with the overall structure of Part I.B, as
proposed.
The Federal Reserve received several
questions regarding the effective dates
of the proposed FR Y–9C and certain
items that apply to advanced
approaches institutions only. One
commenter asked when an HC subject to
the Supervision and Regulation Letter
(SR) 01–1 exemption must report the FR
Y–9C, including the proposed Schedule
HC–R. The Federal Reserve is clarifying
in the reporting instructions that,
consistent with the revised regulatory
capital rules, these institutions are not
subject to the consolidated regulatory
capital requirements until July 21,
2015.5 Thus, these institutions will be
required to file the FR Y–9C, including
the proposed Schedule HC–R, in the
first reporting period following that
date, which is the September 30, 2015,
reporting date.
The same commenter asked when an
HC is required to complete items that
apply to advanced approaches HCs if
the institution becomes subject to the
advanced approaches rule but has not
begun its parallel run period. The
Federal Reserve is clarifying in the
general instructions for the proposed
Schedule HC–R that an institution must
begin reporting certain advanced
approaches-related items at the end of
the quarter after the quarter in which
the institution triggers one of the
threshold criteria for applying the
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advanced approaches rule or elects to
use the advanced approaches rule (an
opt-in institution). An institution will
be deemed to have elected to use the
advanced approaches rule on the date
that the Federal Reserve receives from
the institution a board-approved
implementation plan pursuant to
section 121(b)(2) of the revised
regulatory capital rules. After that date,
the institution may no longer apply the
accumulated other comprehensive
income (AOCI) opt-out election,
consistent with section 22(b)(2) of the
revised regulatory capital rules, and it
becomes immediately subject to the
supplementary leverage ratio in section
10(c)(4) and associated transition
provisions. The institutions will be
required to report all other advancedapproaches related items (i.e., items
30.b, 32.b, 34.b, 35.b, 40.b, column B in
items 41 through 44, and item 46.b) only
after it completes its parallel run period,
consistent with the proposal.
The Federal Reserve received several
questions regarding the reporting
treatment for items subject to transition
provisions in the proposed Schedule
HC–R, Part I.B. Specifically,
commenters asked for clarification on
reporting transition amounts of items
subject to regulatory capital adjustments
and deductions and reporting
disallowed amounts during the
transition period. As described below in
section 1.B below, transition amounts
are to be reported in the Schedule HC–
R line item applicable to the particular
regulatory capital adjustment or
deduction, while the otherwise
disallowed portion of each of those
items is either risk-weighted or
deducted from additional tier 1 capital,
depending on the item.
Commenters also asked for
clarification of the reporting of the riskweighted portion of an item subject to
deduction in Schedule HC–R. The
Federal Reserve is clarifying the
instructions for Part I.B of Schedule
HC–R that the risk-weighted portion of
such items as proposed must be
reported in the line item appropriate to
the item subject to deduction in
Schedule HC–R, Part II, Risk-Weighted
Assets. In addition, the Federal Reserve
is clarifying that even though certain
deductions may be net of associated
deferred tax liabilities (DTLs), the riskweighted portion of those items may not
be reduced by the associated DTLs.
For example, for HCs subject to the
revised regulatory capital rules on
January 1, 2014, the appropriate line
item for reporting the risk-weighted
portion of mortgage servicing assets
(MSAs) that are not deducted from
common equity tier 1 capital, for report
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dates in 2014, is Schedule HC–R, Part II,
item 42, ‘‘All other assets.’’ The riskweighted asset portion of MSAs may not
be reduced by any associated DTLs.
Also, the Federal Reserve proposed that
line items in Part II be renumbered in
2015 because, as indicated in the
proposal, the risk-weighted assets
portion of Schedule HC–R would be
revised to incorporate the standardized
approach for calculating risk-weighted
assets under the revised regulatory
capital rules. Line item references in
Schedule HC–R, Part II will be updated,
as appropriate, in the instructions for
2015 after the revisions to the riskweighted assets portion of the schedule
are finalized.
Two commenters asked whether the
proposed deduction of equity
investments in financial subsidiaries in
Schedule HC–R, Part I.B, line 10(b),
should apply to HCs. The Federal
Reserve is clarifying the instructions to
note that, consistent with the current
regulatory capital rules and reporting
requirements, the requirement to deduct
equity investments in financial
subsidiaries does not apply at the
consolidated HC level.
One commenter asked about
deductions from common equity tier 1
capital and additional tier 1 that must
be made to calculate total assets for the
leverage ratio. The Federal Reserve is
specifying in the reporting instructions
the deductions that must be made to
calculate total assets for the leverage
ratio, as described in section 1.E below.
One commenter asked the Federal
Reserve to confirm the effective dates
for reporting the capital conservation
buffer and the supplementary leverage
ratio. The Federal Reserve is confirming
that the capital conservation buffer (and
any other applicable buffer for advanced
approaches institutions) must be
reported for report dates after January 1,
2016. Advanced approaches HCs must
report the supplementary leverage ratio
for report dates after January 1, 2015
(see section 1.F below for further
details). The Federal Reserve also is
shading out the corresponding cells in
the reporting form for Schedule HC–R,
Part I.B, to show that institutions should
not report these items until they become
effective.
A brief description of the proposed
revisions and the comments received on
specific line items in Schedule HC–R,
Part I.B, is provided below.
A. Proposed Schedule HC–R, Part I.B,
Items 1–5: Common Equity Tier 1
Capital
Under the proposal, line items 1
through 5 will collect information
regarding the new regulatory capital
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component, common equity tier 1
capital. The Federal Reserve did not
receive any comments on these line
items and thus the Federal Reserve is
retaining the proposed line items
without modification.
B. Schedule HC–R, Part I.B, Items 6–19:
Common Equity Tier 1 Capital:
Adjustments and Deductions
Proposed line items 6 through 19
reflect adjustments and deductions to
common equity tier 1 capital, as
described in section 22 of the revised
regulatory capital rules. The Federal
Reserve received a number of questions
on reporting items subject to transition
provisions. Specifically, questions
related to items 7 through 10 asked
where the transition amounts of the
adjustments and deductions covered by
these specific items are to be reported.
The instructions for proposed Schedule
HC–R, Part I.B, explain that during the
transition period as proposed,
institutions must report the transition
amounts of these adjustments and
deductions, rather than their fully
phased-in amounts, in items 7 through
10. Institutions will not be required to
report fully phased-in amounts in items
7 through 10 until the transition period
ends.
For example, during the transition
period, an institution must report in
item 7 the appropriate transition
amount of intangible assets (other than
goodwill and MSAs), net of associated
DTLs, as described in the instructions
for that line item. The institution must
also risk weight the non-deducted
portion of that item at 100 percent and
report it in Schedule HC–R, Part II, item
42, ‘‘All other assets.’’ As another
example, during the transition period,
an institution must report in item 8 the
appropriate transition amount of
deferred tax assets (DTAs) that arise
from net operating loss and tax credit
carryforwards, net of any related
valuation allowances and net of DTLs,
calculated as a percentage of the
adjustment applied to common equity
tier 1 capital. The institution must then
report during the transition period the
remaining balance of DTAs that arise
from net operating loss and tax credit
carryforwards, net of any related
valuation allowances and net of DTLs,
in Schedule HC–R, Part I.B, item 24,
‘‘Additional tier 1 capital deductions.’’
A commenter also asked about risk
weighting the non-deducted portion of
the threshold items (that is, significant
investments in the capital of
unconsolidated financial institutions in
the form of common stock, net of
associated DTLs; MSAs net of associated
DTLs; and DTAs arising from temporary
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differences that could not be realized
through net operating loss carrybacks,
net of related valuation allowances and
net of DTLs). The instructions for
proposed Schedule HC–R, Part I.B, will
explain that during the transition period
the non-deducted portion of these
threshold items must be risk weighted at
100 percent in accordance with section
300 of the revised regulatory capital
rules and reported in Schedule HC–R,
Part II, ‘‘All other assets.’’ For report
dates after January 1, 2018, the nondeducted portion of the threshold items
must be risk-weighted at 250 percent in
accordance with section 22 of the
revised regulatory capital rules and
reported in the appropriate asset
category in Schedule HC–R, Part II.
C. Schedule HC–R, Part I.B, Items 20
Through 25: Additional Tier 1 Capital,
and Item 26: Tier 1 Capital
Proposed line items 20 through 25
pertain to the reporting of additional tier
1 capital elements under section 20 of
the revised regulatory capital rules,
along with related adjustments for nonqualifying capital instruments subject to
phase-out. The Federal Reserve did not
receive any comments on these line
items and thus the Federal Reserve is
retaining the proposed line items
without modification.
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D. Schedule HC–R, Part I.B, Items 27
Through 34: Tier 2 Capital, and Item
35: Total Capital
Proposed line items 27 through 34
pertain to the reporting of tier 2 capital
elements under section 20 of the revised
regulatory capital rules, along with
related adjustments for non-qualifying
capital instruments subject to phase-out.
The Federal Reserve did not receive any
comments on these line items and thus
the Federal Reserve is retaining the
proposed line items without
modification.
E. Schedule HC–R, Part I.B, Items 36
Through 39: Total Assets for the
Leverage Ratio
Under the proposal, institutions will
report data for the calculation of the
leverage ratio in items 36 through 39.
One commenter asked the Federal
Reserve to confirm the deductions from
common equity tier 1 capital and
additional tier 1 capital that must be
made to calculate total assets for the
leverage ratio. Specifically, the
commenter asked whether the
deductions made in Schedule HC–R,
Part I.B, items 13 through 15, also must
be made for purposes of the leverage
ratio. The Federal Reserve is clarifying
the reporting instructions for proposed
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38, to address the commenter’s
question. The Federal Reserve confirms
that the amounts deducted from
common equity tier 1 and additional tier
1 capital in Schedule HC–R, Part I.B,
that items 6, 7, 8, 10.b, 11, 13 through
17, and 24 must be included in
Schedule HC–R, Part I.B, item 37. In
addition, any other amounts that are
deducted from common equity tier 1
and additional tier 1 capital, such as
deductions related to AOCIadjustments, must be included in
Schedule HC–R, Part I.B, item 38.
F. Schedule HC–R, Part I.B, Item 40:
Total Risk-Weighted Assets and Items
41 Through 45: Capital Ratios
Under the proposal, institutions will
report data for the calculation of riskweighted assets and capital ratios in
items 41 through 45. The Federal
Reserve received one question on this
section of the proposal. Specifically, a
commenter asked the Federal Reserve to
confirm the effective date of reporting
the supplementary leverage ratio in item
45. The Federal Reserve is modifying
the Schedule HC–R, Part I.B, reporting
form and instructions for proposed item
45 to clarify that this item must be
reported for report dates after January 1,
2015.
Under the proposal, for report dates in
2014, HCs that are advanced approaches
institutions will continue applying the
general risk-based capital rules to
calculate their total risk-weighted assets,
which will continue to be reported in
current item 62 of the risk-weighted
assets portion of Schedule HC–R (to be
designated Part II of the schedule in
March 2014). This total risk-weighted
assets amount will then also be reported
in item 40.a of Part I.B of Schedule HC–
R for report dates in 2014 and will serve
as the denominator for the risk-based
capital ratios reported in Schedule HC–
R, Part I.B, items 41 through 44, column
A. Effective March 31, 2015, HCs will be
required to apply the standardized
approach, described in subpart D of the
revised regulatory capital rules, to
calculate and report their risk-weighted
assets in item 40.a and the risk-based
capital ratios in items 41 through 44,
column A, of the regulatory capital
components and ratios portion of
Schedule HC–R.
Advanced approaches HCs will report
items 40 through 45 on proposed
Schedule HC–R, Part I.B, as follows.
• For report dates in 2014, these
institutions will continue applying the
general risk-based capital rules to report
their total risk-weighted assets in item
40.a, which will serve as the
denominator of the ratios reported in
items 41 through 44, column A.
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• Starting on March 31, 2015, these
institutions will apply the standardized
approach, described in subpart D of the
revised regulatory capital rules, to
calculate and report their risk-weighted
assets in item 40.a and the regulatory
capital ratios in items 41 through 44,
column A.
• After they conduct a satisfactory
parallel run, these institutions will
report their total risk-weighted assets
(item 40.b) and regulatory capital ratios
(items 41 through 44, column B) using
the advanced approaches rule.
• In addition, starting on March 31,
2015, these institutions will report a
supplementary leverage ratio in item 45,
as described in section 10 of the revised
regulatory capital rules.
The Federal Reserve did not receive
any comments on the proposed
reporting of the regulatory capital ratios
by advanced approaches institutions
and thus the Federal Reserve is
retaining this section of the proposal
without modification.
G. Schedule HC–R, Part I.B, Items 46
Through 48: Capital Buffer
Under the proposal, an institution’s
capital conservation buffer and related
information will be reported in items 46
through 48. The Federal Reserve
received a question asking to confirm
the effective date for reporting items 46
through 48. The Federal Reserve is
modifying the Schedule HC–R, Part I.B,
reporting form and instructions for
proposed items 46 through 48 to clarify
that these items become effective for
report dates after January 1, 2016. Until
March 31, 2016, the corresponding cells
in the draft reporting form for Schedule
HC–R, Part I.B, will be shaded out.
2. Report Title: Parent Company Only
Financial Statements for Small Holding
Companies.
Agency form number: FR Y–9SP.
OMB control number: 7100–0128.
Frequency: Semiannually, as of the
last calendar day of June and December.
Reporters: BHCs, SLHCs and SHCs
with total consolidated assets of less
than $500 million (small BHCs, small
SLHCs and small SHCs).
Estimated annual reporting hours:
49,443.
Estimated average hours per response:
BHCs: 5.40 hours, SLHCs: 14.20 hours;
One-time implementation: 500 hours.
Number of respondents: 4,094.
General description of report: This
information collection is mandatory for
BHCs [12 U.S.C. 1844(c)(1)(A).]
Additionally, 12 U.S.C. 1467a(b)(2)(A)
and 1850a(c)(1)(A), respectively,
authorize the Federal Reserve to require
that SLHCs and supervised SHCs file
the FR Y–9SP with the Federal Reserve.
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Confidential treatment is not routinely
given to the financial data in this report.
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), or
(b)(8) of the Freedom of Information Act
(5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4), (b)(6), and (b)(8)).
Abstract: The FR Y–9SP is a parent
company only financial statement filed
by HCs with total consolidated assets of
less than $500 million. This form is a
simplified or abbreviated version of the
more extensive parent company only
financial statement for large HCs (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. The Federal Reserve
proposed several revisions to the FR Y–
9SP consistent with the regulatory
capital rules approved by the Board on
July 2, 2013 (revised regulatory capital
rules).6
Current Actions: On August 12, 2013,
the Federal Reserve published a notice
in the Federal Register (78 FR 48871)
requesting public comment for 60 days
on the revision to the FR Y–9SP. The
comment period for this notice expired
on October 11, 2013.
The Federal Reserve did not receive
any comments specific to the proposed
Schedule SC–R on the FR Y–9SP. The
Federal Reserve is making
corresponding changes to the Schedule
SC–R reporting form and instructions
consistent with the Schedule HC–R
changes described above.
In addition, the Federal Reserve is
modifying the name of the proposed
‘‘Schedule SC–R, Regulatory Capital
Components and Ratios’’ to ‘‘Schedule
SC–R, Regulatory Capital, Part I.
Regulatory Capital Components and
Ratios.’’ This modification will be
consistent with the Federal Reserve’s
intent to propose additions to the
proposed Schedule SC–R, which will
collect information on risk-weighted
assets for the regulatory capital ratios
and be designated as Part II.
6 On July 2, 2013, the Board approved the revised
regulatory capital rules that were proposed on
August 30, 2012. On July 9, 2013 the OCC approved
the revised regulatory capital rules and the FDIC
issued an interim final rule to approve the revised
regulatory capital rules. See 78 FR 62018 (October
11, 2013) (Board and OCC); 78 FR 55340
(September 10, 2013) (FDIC). See also 77 FR 52888,
52909, 52958 (August 30, 2012).
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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, January 7, 2014.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2014–00227 Filed 1–9–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210–01–P
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Change in Bank Control Notices;
Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or
Bank Holding Company
The notificants listed below have
applied under the Change in Bank
Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and
§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12
CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank
or bank holding company. The factors
that are considered in acting on the
notices are set forth in paragraph 7 of
the Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).
The notices are available for
immediate inspection at the Federal
Reserve Bank indicated. The notices
also will be available for inspection at
the offices of the Board of Governors.
Interested persons may express their
views in writing to the Reserve Bank
indicated for that notice or to the offices
of the Board of Governors. Comments
must be received not later than January
24, 2014.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
(Chapelle Davis, Assistant Vice
President) 1000 Peachtree Street NE.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30309:
1. John McLanahan, Jr., Athens,
Georgia; The McLanahan Children’s
Irrevocable Trust, Athens, Georgia;
Margaret Staton, Atlanta, Georgia;
Clarence McLanahan, II, Athens,
Georgia; Dorothy Farley, Atlanta,
Georgia; John McLanahan, III, Athens,
Georgia; and Barrett McLanahan,
Athens, Georgia; to acquire voting
shares of First American Bancorp, and
thereby indirectly acquire voting shares
of First American Bank and Trust
Company, both in Athens, Georgia.
B. Federal Reserve Bank of
Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King,
Community Affairs Officer) 90
Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis,
Minnesota 55480–0291:
1. Mary Kathryn Fleming, Shorewood,
Wisconsin; to acquire voting shares of
Headwaters Bancorp, Inc., and thereby
indirectly acquire voting shares of
Headwaters State Bank, both in Land O’
Lakes, Wisconsin.
In addition, Jerry L. Olk, individually
and as trustee, Jerry L. Olk Revocable
Trust, both of Land O’Lakes, Wisconsin;
Thomas L. Olk, and Elise E. Olk, both
individually and as trustees, Thomas L.
& Elise E. Olk Revocable Trust, all of
Stevens Point, Wisconsin; Susan Joanne
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Olk, individually and as trustee, Susan
Joanne Olk Revocable Trust, both of San
Francisco, California; R. Joseph Olk
Irrevocable Trust, James Fogle, trustee;
Hillary Olk Dutcher, all of St. Louis,
Missouri; Nathaniel Wood Olk,
Chesterfield, Missouri; and Molly
Wellborn Olk, Boulder, Colorado; to
acquire or retain shares of Headwaters
Bancorp., Inc., Land O’ Lakes,
Wisconsin, and thereby become or
remain members of the Olk Family
Control Group, which controls 25
percent or more of the shares of
Headwaters Bancorp., Inc., Land O’
Lakes, Wisconsin.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, January 6, 2014.
Michael J. Lewandowski,
Associate Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2014–00190 Filed 1–9–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6210–01–P
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Formations of, Acquisitions by, and
Mergers of Bank Holding Companies
The companies listed in this notice
have applied to the Board for approval,
pursuant to the Bank Holding Company
Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)
(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part
225), and all other applicable statutes
and regulations to become a bank
holding company and/or to acquire the
assets or the ownership of, control of, or
the power to vote shares of a bank or
bank holding company and all of the
banks and nonbanking companies
owned by the bank holding company,
including the companies listed below.
The applications listed below, as well
as other related filings required by the
Board, are available for immediate
inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank
indicated. The applications will also be
available for inspection at the offices of
the Board of Governors. Interested
persons may express their views in
writing on the standards enumerated in
the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the
proposal also involves the acquisition of
a nonbanking company, the review also
includes whether the acquisition of the
nonbanking company complies with the
standards in section 4 of the BHC Act
(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise
noted, nonbanking activities will be
conducted throughout the United States.
Unless otherwise noted, comments
regarding each of these applications
must be received at the Reserve Bank
indicated or the offices of the Board of
Governors not later than February 3,
2014.
A. Federal Reserve Bank of New York
(Ivan Hurwitz, Vice President) 33
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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 a
proposed information collection 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 Paperwork Reduction Act Submission,
supporting statements and approved collection of information
instruments 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:
Federal Reserve Board Clearance Officer--Cynthia Ayouch--Office of
the Chief Data Officer, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-3829) Telecommunications Device
for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact (202-263-4869), Board of Governors
of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551.
OMB Desk Officer--Shagufta Ahmed--Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, New Executive
Office Building, Room 10235, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
Final approval under OMB delegated authority of the revision,
without extension, of the following reports:
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\1\ This family of reports also contains the following mandatory
reports, which are not being revised: the Parent Company Only
Financial Statements for Large Bank Holding Companies (FR Y-9LP),
the Financial Statements for Employee Stock Ownership Plan Bank
Holding Companies (FR Y-9ES), and the Supplement to the Consolidated
Financial Statements for Bank Holding Companies (FR Y-9CS).
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Agency form number: FR Y-9C.
OMB control number: 7100-0128.
Frequency: Quarterly.
Reporters: Bank holding companies (BHCs), savings and loan holding
companies (SLHCs), and securities holding companies (SHCs)
(collectively, ``holding companies'' (HCs)).
Estimated average hours per response: Non-advanced approaches HCs:
48.84 hours, and advanced approaches HCs: 50.09.
Estimated annual reporting hours: 222,770 hours.
Number of respondents: 1,140.
General description of report: This information collection is
mandatory for BHCs (12 U.S.C. 1844(c)(1)(A)). Additionally, 12 U.S.C.
1467a(b)(2)(A) and 1850a(c)(1)(A), respectively, authorize the Federal
Reserve to require that SLHCs and supervised SHCs file the FR Y-9C with
the Federal Reserve. Confidential treatment is not routinely given to
the financial data in this report. 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), or (b)(8) of FOIA (5 U.S.C. 522(b)(4), (b)(6), and
(b)(8)).
Abstract: The FR Y-9C consists of standardized financial statements
similar to the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
(FFIEC) Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Reports)
(FFIEC 031 & 041; OMB No. 7100-0036) filed by commercial banks and
savings associations. The FR Y-9C collects consolidated data from HCs.
The FR Y-9C is filed by top-tier HCs (under certain circumstances, a
lower-tier HC may act as the top tier of the organization for purposes
of regulatory reporting) with total consolidated assets of $500 million
or more. (Under certain circumstances defined in the General
Instructions, BHCs under $500 million may be required to file the FR Y-
9C.) The Federal Reserve proposed revisions to the FR Y-9C consistent
with the regulatory capital rules approved by the Board on July 2, 2013
(revised regulatory capital rules).\2\
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\2\ On July 2, 2013, the Board approved the revised regulatory
capital rules that were proposed on August 30, 2012. On July 9, 2013
the OCC approved the revised regulatory capital rules and the FDIC
issued an interim final rule to approve the revised regulatory
capital rules. See 78 FR 62018 (October 11, 2013) (Board and OCC);
78 FR 55340 (September 10, 2013) (FDIC). See also 77 FR 52888,
52909, 52958 (August 30, 2012).
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Current Actions: On August 12, 2013, the Federal Reserve published
a notice in the Federal Register (78 FR 48871, August 12, 2013)
requesting public comment for 60 days on the revision to the FR Y-9C
(the proposal). The comment period for this notice expired on October
11, 2013.
The Federal Reserve received two comment letters regarding proposed
revisions to the FR Y-9C from one banking organization and one bankers'
association. In addition, the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC) (the agencies) collectively received three comment
letters, including the two comment letters mentioned above, on proposed
revisions to the Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call
Reports) (FFIEC 031 & 041; OMB No. 7100-0036), which parallel proposed
revisions to the FR Y-9C and were taken into consideration in
finalizing the proposal.\3\ The commenters asked for clarification on
the applicability and effective dates of the proposed reporting
requirements and for additional clarifications and instructions on
certain line items.\4\
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\3\ The Federal Reserve expects to publish at a later date a
request for comment to revise the risk-weighted assets portion of
the FR Y-9C, Schedule HC-R, Part II and add Part II to the FR Y-9SP,
Schedule SC-R, consistent with the standardized approach for
calculating risk-weighted assets under the revised regulatory
capital rules. The revisions to the risk-weighted assets portion of
the respective regulatory capital schedules would become effective
in the first applicable reporting period in 2015. Therefore, for
report dates in 2014, all HC-R respondents will continue to report
risk-weighted assets in the portion of Schedule HC-R that contains
existing data items 34 through 62 and Memoranda items 1 and 2 of
current Schedule HC-R, but this portion of the schedule would be
designated Part II and the data items would retain their existing
numbers.
\4\ In addition, one other commenter on the proposal urged the
Federal Reserve to revise the regulatory capital treatment of the
allowance for loan and lease losses (ALLL) if the Financial
Accounting Standards Board (FASB) changes the accounting standards
applicable to ALLL. The Federal Reserve notes that this comment
suggests a substantive change to the revised regulatory capital
rules and is outside the scope of the proposed changes to the FR Y-
9C and the FR Y-9SP.
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Detailed Discussion of Public Comments
1. Proposed FR Y-9C, Schedule HC-R
Under the proposal, in March 2014, the existing and proposed
regulatory capital components and ratios portion of Schedule HC-R would
be designated Parts I.A and I.B, respectively. Advanced approaches HCs
would be required to file Part I.B in March 2014, which includes the
reporting revisions consistent with the revised regulatory capital
rules. All other HCs, except SLHCs, would file Part I.A, which includes
existing data items 1 through 33 of current Schedule HC-R, for the
reporting periods in 2014. In March 2015, Part I.A would be removed and
Part I.B would be designated Part I; all HCs that are subject to FRY-9C
filing requirements would then submit Schedule HC-R, Part I.
As proposed, Part I.B, Regulatory Capital Components and Ratios,
would be divided into the following sections: (A) common equity tier 1
capital; (B) common equity tier 1 capital: adjustments and deductions;
(C) additional tier 1 capital; (D) tier 2 capital; (E) total assets for
the leverage ratio; (F) capital ratios; and (G) capital buffer. A brief
description of each of these sections and the corresponding line items
is provided below. The Federal Reserve did not receive any comments on
the overall structure of the proposed Schedule HC-R, Part I.B and thus
the Federal Reserve is proceeding with the overall structure of Part
I.B, as proposed.
The Federal Reserve received several questions regarding the
effective dates of the proposed FR Y-9C and certain items that apply to
advanced approaches institutions only. One commenter asked when an HC
subject to the Supervision and Regulation Letter (SR) 01-1 exemption
must report the FR Y-9C, including the proposed Schedule HC-R. The
Federal Reserve is clarifying in the reporting instructions that,
consistent with the revised regulatory capital rules, these
institutions are not subject to the consolidated regulatory capital
requirements until July 21, 2015.\5\ Thus, these institutions will be
required to file the FR Y-9C, including the proposed Schedule HC-R, in
the first reporting period following that date, which is the September
30, 2015, reporting date.
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The same commenter asked when an HC is required to complete items
that apply to advanced approaches HCs if the institution becomes
subject to the advanced approaches rule but has not begun its parallel
run period. The Federal Reserve is clarifying in the general
instructions for the proposed Schedule HC-R that an institution must
begin reporting certain advanced approaches-related items at the end of
the quarter after the quarter in which the institution triggers one of
the threshold criteria for applying the
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advanced approaches rule or elects to use the advanced approaches rule
(an opt-in institution). An institution will be deemed to have elected
to use the advanced approaches rule on the date that the Federal
Reserve receives from the institution a board-approved implementation
plan pursuant to section 121(b)(2) of the revised regulatory capital
rules. After that date, the institution may no longer apply the
accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) opt-out election,
consistent with section 22(b)(2) of the revised regulatory capital
rules, and it becomes immediately subject to the supplementary leverage
ratio in section 10(c)(4) and associated transition provisions. The
institutions will be required to report all other advanced-approaches
related items (i.e., items 30.b, 32.b, 34.b, 35.b, 40.b, column B in
items 41 through 44, and item 46.b) only after it completes its
parallel run period, consistent with the proposal.
The Federal Reserve received several questions regarding the
reporting treatment for items subject to transition provisions in the
proposed Schedule HC-R, Part I.B. Specifically, commenters asked for
clarification on reporting transition amounts of items subject to
regulatory capital adjustments and deductions and reporting disallowed
amounts during the transition period. As described below in section 1.B
below, transition amounts are to be reported in the Schedule HC-R line
item applicable to the particular regulatory capital adjustment or
deduction, while the otherwise disallowed portion of each of those
items is either risk-weighted or deducted from additional tier 1
capital, depending on the item.
Commenters also asked for clarification of the reporting of the
risk-weighted portion of an item subject to deduction in Schedule HC-R.
The Federal Reserve is clarifying the instructions for Part I.B of
Schedule HC-R that the risk-weighted portion of such items as proposed
must be reported in the line item appropriate to the item subject to
deduction in Schedule HC-R, Part II, Risk-Weighted Assets. In addition,
the Federal Reserve is clarifying that even though certain deductions
may be net of associated deferred tax liabilities (DTLs), the risk-
weighted portion of those items may not be reduced by the associated
DTLs.
For example, for HCs subject to the revised regulatory capital
rules on January 1, 2014, the appropriate line item for reporting the
risk-weighted portion of mortgage servicing assets (MSAs) that are not
deducted from common equity tier 1 capital, for report dates in 2014,
is Schedule HC-R, Part II, item 42, ``All other assets.'' The risk-
weighted asset portion of MSAs may not be reduced by any associated
DTLs. Also, the Federal Reserve proposed that line items in Part II be
renumbered in 2015 because, as indicated in the proposal, the risk-
weighted assets portion of Schedule HC-R would be revised to
incorporate the standardized approach for calculating risk-weighted
assets under the revised regulatory capital rules. Line item references
in Schedule HC-R, Part II will be updated, as appropriate, in the
instructions for 2015 after the revisions to the risk-weighted assets
portion of the schedule are finalized.
Two commenters asked whether the proposed deduction of equity
investments in financial subsidiaries in Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, line
10(b), should apply to HCs. The Federal Reserve is clarifying the
instructions to note that, consistent with the current regulatory
capital rules and reporting requirements, the requirement to deduct
equity investments in financial subsidiaries does not apply at the
consolidated HC level.
One commenter asked about deductions from common equity tier 1
capital and additional tier 1 that must be made to calculate total
assets for the leverage ratio. The Federal Reserve is specifying in the
reporting instructions the deductions that must be made to calculate
total assets for the leverage ratio, as described in section 1.E below.
One commenter asked the Federal Reserve to confirm the effective
dates for reporting the capital conservation buffer and the
supplementary leverage ratio. The Federal Reserve is confirming that
the capital conservation buffer (and any other applicable buffer for
advanced approaches institutions) must be reported for report dates
after January 1, 2016. Advanced approaches HCs must report the
supplementary leverage ratio for report dates after January 1, 2015
(see section 1.F below for further details). The Federal Reserve also
is shading out the corresponding cells in the reporting form for
Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, to show that institutions should not report
these items until they become effective.
A brief description of the proposed revisions and the comments
received on specific line items in Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, is provided
below.
A. Proposed Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, Items 1-5: Common Equity Tier 1
Capital
Under the proposal, line items 1 through 5 will collect information
regarding the new regulatory capital component, common equity tier 1
capital. The Federal Reserve did not receive any comments on these line
items and thus the Federal Reserve is retaining the proposed line items
without modification.
B. Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, Items 6-19: Common Equity Tier 1 Capital:
Adjustments and Deductions
Proposed line items 6 through 19 reflect adjustments and deductions
to common equity tier 1 capital, as described in section 22 of the
revised regulatory capital rules. The Federal Reserve received a number
of questions on reporting items subject to transition provisions.
Specifically, questions related to items 7 through 10 asked where the
transition amounts of the adjustments and deductions covered by these
specific items are to be reported. The instructions for proposed
Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, explain that during the transition period as
proposed, institutions must report the transition amounts of these
adjustments and deductions, rather than their fully phased-in amounts,
in items 7 through 10. Institutions will not be required to report
fully phased-in amounts in items 7 through 10 until the transition
period ends.
For example, during the transition period, an institution must
report in item 7 the appropriate transition amount of intangible assets
(other than goodwill and MSAs), net of associated DTLs, as described in
the instructions for that line item. The institution must also risk
weight the non-deducted portion of that item at 100 percent and report
it in Schedule HC-R, Part II, item 42, ``All other assets.'' As another
example, during the transition period, an institution must report in
item 8 the appropriate transition amount of deferred tax assets (DTAs)
that arise from net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards, net of
any related valuation allowances and net of DTLs, calculated as a
percentage of the adjustment applied to common equity tier 1 capital.
The institution must then report during the transition period the
remaining balance of DTAs that arise from net operating loss and tax
credit carryforwards, net of any related valuation allowances and net
of DTLs, in Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, item 24, ``Additional tier 1
capital deductions.''
A commenter also asked about risk weighting the non-deducted
portion of the threshold items (that is, significant investments in the
capital of unconsolidated financial institutions in the form of common
stock, net of associated DTLs; MSAs net of associated DTLs; and DTAs
arising from temporary
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differences that could not be realized through net operating loss
carrybacks, net of related valuation allowances and net of DTLs). The
instructions for proposed Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, will explain that
during the transition period the non-deducted portion of these
threshold items must be risk weighted at 100 percent in accordance with
section 300 of the revised regulatory capital rules and reported in
Schedule HC-R, Part II, ``All other assets.'' For report dates after
January 1, 2018, the non-deducted portion of the threshold items must
be risk-weighted at 250 percent in accordance with section 22 of the
revised regulatory capital rules and reported in the appropriate asset
category in Schedule HC-R, Part II.
C. Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, Items 20 Through 25: Additional Tier 1
Capital, and Item 26: Tier 1 Capital
Proposed line items 20 through 25 pertain to the reporting of
additional tier 1 capital elements under section 20 of the revised
regulatory capital rules, along with related adjustments for non-
qualifying capital instruments subject to phase-out. The Federal
Reserve did not receive any comments on these line items and thus the
Federal Reserve is retaining the proposed line items without
modification.
D. Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, Items 27 Through 34: Tier 2 Capital, and
Item 35: Total Capital
Proposed line items 27 through 34 pertain to the reporting of tier
2 capital elements under section 20 of the revised regulatory capital
rules, along with related adjustments for non-qualifying capital
instruments subject to phase-out. The Federal Reserve did not receive
any comments on these line items and thus the Federal Reserve is
retaining the proposed line items without modification.
E. Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, Items 36 Through 39: Total Assets for the
Leverage Ratio
Under the proposal, institutions will report data for the
calculation of the leverage ratio in items 36 through 39. One commenter
asked the Federal Reserve to confirm the deductions from common equity
tier 1 capital and additional tier 1 capital that must be made to
calculate total assets for the leverage ratio. Specifically, the
commenter asked whether the deductions made in Schedule HC-R, Part I.B,
items 13 through 15, also must be made for purposes of the leverage
ratio. The Federal Reserve is clarifying the reporting instructions for
proposed Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, items 37 and 38, to address the
commenter's question. The Federal Reserve confirms that the amounts
deducted from common equity tier 1 and additional tier 1 capital in
Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, that items 6, 7, 8, 10.b, 11, 13 through 17,
and 24 must be included in Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, item 37. In
addition, any other amounts that are deducted from common equity tier 1
and additional tier 1 capital, such as deductions related to AOCI-
adjustments, must be included in Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, item 38.
F. Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, Item 40: Total Risk-Weighted Assets and
Items 41 Through 45: Capital Ratios
Under the proposal, institutions will report data for the
calculation of risk-weighted assets and capital ratios in items 41
through 45. The Federal Reserve received one question on this section
of the proposal. Specifically, a commenter asked the Federal Reserve to
confirm the effective date of reporting the supplementary leverage
ratio in item 45. The Federal Reserve is modifying the Schedule HC-R,
Part I.B, reporting form and instructions for proposed item 45 to
clarify that this item must be reported for report dates after January
1, 2015.
Under the proposal, for report dates in 2014, HCs that are advanced
approaches institutions will continue applying the general risk-based
capital rules to calculate their total risk-weighted assets, which will
continue to be reported in current item 62 of the risk-weighted assets
portion of Schedule HC-R (to be designated Part II of the schedule in
March 2014). This total risk-weighted assets amount will then also be
reported in item 40.a of Part I.B of Schedule HC-R for report dates in
2014 and will serve as the denominator for the risk-based capital
ratios reported in Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, items 41 through 44, column
A. Effective March 31, 2015, HCs will be required to apply the
standardized approach, described in subpart D of the revised regulatory
capital rules, to calculate and report their risk-weighted assets in
item 40.a and the risk-based capital ratios in items 41 through 44,
column A, of the regulatory capital components and ratios portion of
Schedule HC-R.
Advanced approaches HCs will report items 40 through 45 on proposed
Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, as follows.
For report dates in 2014, these institutions will continue
applying the general risk-based capital rules to report their total
risk-weighted assets in item 40.a, which will serve as the denominator
of the ratios reported in items 41 through 44, column A.
Starting on March 31, 2015, these institutions will apply
the standardized approach, described in subpart D of the revised
regulatory capital rules, to calculate and report their risk-weighted
assets in item 40.a and the regulatory capital ratios in items 41
through 44, column A.
After they conduct a satisfactory parallel run, these
institutions will report their total risk-weighted assets (item 40.b)
and regulatory capital ratios (items 41 through 44, column B) using the
advanced approaches rule.
In addition, starting on March 31, 2015, these
institutions will report a supplementary leverage ratio in item 45, as
described in section 10 of the revised regulatory capital rules.
The Federal Reserve did not receive any comments on the proposed
reporting of the regulatory capital ratios by advanced approaches
institutions and thus the Federal Reserve is retaining this section of
the proposal without modification.
G. Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, Items 46 Through 48: Capital Buffer
Under the proposal, an institution's capital conservation buffer
and related information will be reported in items 46 through 48. The
Federal Reserve received a question asking to confirm the effective
date for reporting items 46 through 48. The Federal Reserve is
modifying the Schedule HC-R, Part I.B, reporting form and instructions
for proposed items 46 through 48 to clarify that these items become
effective for report dates after January 1, 2016. Until March 31, 2016,
the corresponding cells in the draft reporting form for Schedule HC-R,
Part I.B, will be shaded out.
2. Report Title: Parent Company Only Financial Statements for Small
Holding Companies.
Agency form number: FR Y-9SP.
OMB control number: 7100-0128.
Frequency: Semiannually, as of the last calendar day of June and
December.
Reporters: BHCs, SLHCs and SHCs with total consolidated assets of
less than $500 million (small BHCs, small SLHCs and small SHCs).
Estimated annual reporting hours: 49,443.
Estimated average hours per response: BHCs: 5.40 hours, SLHCs:
14.20 hours; One-time implementation: 500 hours.
Number of respondents: 4,094.
General description of report: This information collection is
mandatory for BHCs [12 U.S.C. 1844(c)(1)(A).] Additionally, 12 U.S.C.
1467a(b)(2)(A) and 1850a(c)(1)(A), respectively, authorize the Federal
Reserve to require that SLHCs and supervised SHCs file the FR Y-9SP
with the Federal Reserve.
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Confidential treatment is not routinely given to the financial data in
this report. 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), or
(b)(8) of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4), (b)(6),
and (b)(8)).
Abstract: The FR Y-9SP is a parent company only financial statement
filed by HCs with total consolidated assets of less than $500 million.
This form is a simplified or abbreviated version of the more extensive
parent company only financial statement for large HCs (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. The Federal Reserve proposed
several revisions to the FR Y-9SP consistent with the regulatory
capital rules approved by the Board on July 2, 2013 (revised regulatory
capital rules).\6\
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\6\ On July 2, 2013, the Board approved the revised regulatory
capital rules that were proposed on August 30, 2012. On July 9, 2013
the OCC approved the revised regulatory capital rules and the FDIC
issued an interim final rule to approve the revised regulatory
capital rules. See 78 FR 62018 (October 11, 2013) (Board and OCC);
78 FR 55340 (September 10, 2013) (FDIC). See also 77 FR 52888,
52909, 52958 (August 30, 2012).
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Current Actions: On August 12, 2013, the Federal Reserve published
a notice in the Federal Register (78 FR 48871) requesting public
comment for 60 days on the revision to the FR Y-9SP. The comment period
for this notice expired on October 11, 2013.
The Federal Reserve did not receive any comments specific to the
proposed Schedule SC-R on the FR Y-9SP. The Federal Reserve is making
corresponding changes to the Schedule SC-R reporting form and
instructions consistent with the Schedule HC-R changes described above.
In addition, the Federal Reserve is modifying the name of the
proposed ``Schedule SC-R, Regulatory Capital Components and Ratios'' to
``Schedule SC-R, Regulatory Capital, Part I. Regulatory Capital
Components and Ratios.'' This modification will be consistent with the
Federal Reserve's intent to propose additions to the proposed Schedule
SC-R, which will collect information on risk-weighted assets for the
regulatory capital ratios and be designated as Part II.
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, January 7,
2014.
Robert deV. Frierson,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2014-00227 Filed 1-9-14; 8:45 am]
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