Announcement of Financial Sector Liabilities, 32169-32170 [2019-14288]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 129 / Friday, July 5, 2019 / Notices Management Project, Contact: Quinn Carver 406–283–7695. Revision to FR Notice Published 08/25/2017; Officially Withdrawn per request of the submitting agency. Dated: July 1, 2019. Robert Tomiak, Director, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 2019–14323 Filed 7–3–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. and its continuation at the conclusion of the open meeting on July 11, 2019. PLACE: 1050 First Street NE, Washington, DC. STATUS: This meeting will be closed to the public. MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Compliance matters pursuant to 52 U.S.C. 30109. Information the premature disclosure of which would be likely to have a considerable adverse effect on the implementation of a proposed Commission action. Matters concerning participation in civil actions or proceedings or arbitration. CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: (202) 694–1220. TIME AND DATE: Laura E. Sinram, Acting Secretary and Clerk of the Commission. [FR Doc. 2019–14436 Filed 7–2–19; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 6715–01–P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM [Docket No. OP–1666] jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES Announcement of Financial Sector Liabilities Section 622 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, implemented by the Board’s Regulation XX, prohibits a merger or acquisition that would result in a financial company that controls more than 10 percent of the aggregate consolidated liabilities of all financial companies (‘‘aggregate financial sector liabilities’’). Specifically, an insured depository institution, a bank holding company, a savings and loan holding company, a foreign banking organization, any other company that controls an insured depository institution, and a nonbank financial VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Jul 03, 2019 Jkt 247001 company designated by the Financial Stability Oversight Council (each, a ‘‘financial company’’) is prohibited from merging or consolidating with, acquiring all or substantially all of the assets of, or acquiring control of, another company if the resulting company’s consolidated liabilities would exceed 10 percent of the aggregate financial sector liabilities.1 Pursuant to Regulation XX, the Federal Reserve will publish the aggregate financial sector liabilities by July 1 of each year. Aggregate financial sector liabilities equals the average of the year-end financial sector liabilities figure (as of December 31) of each of the preceding two calendar years. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean Healey, Lead Financial Institution Policy Analyst, (202) 912–4611; Matthew Suntag, Counsel, (202) 452– 3694; for the hearing impaired, TTY (202) 263–4869. Aggregate Financial Sector Liabilities Aggregate financial sector liabilities is equal to $20,664,262,842,000.2 This measure is in effect from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020. Calculation Methodology Aggregate financial sector liabilities equals the average of the year-end financial sector liabilities figure (as of December 31) of each of the preceding two calendar years. The year-end financial sector liabilities figure equals the sum of the total consolidated liabilities of all top-tier U.S. financial companies and the U.S. liabilities of all top-tier foreign financial companies, calculated using the applicable methodology for each financial company, as set forth in Regulation XX and summarized below. Consolidated liabilities of a U.S. financial company that was subject to consolidated risk-based capital rules as of December 31 of the year being measured, equal the difference between its risk-weighted assets (as adjusted upward to reflect amounts that are deducted from regulatory capital elements pursuant to the Federal banking agencies’ risk-based capital rules) and total regulatory capital, as calculated under the applicable riskbased capital rules. Companies in this category include (with certain exceptions listed below) bank holding companies, savings and loan holding companies, and insured depository U.S.C. 1852(a)(2), (b). number reflects the average of the financial sector liabilities figure for the year ending December 31, 2017 ($20,487,047,614,000) and the year ending December 31, 2018 ($20,841,478,070,000). PO 00000 1 12 2 This Frm 00051 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 32169 institutions. The Federal Reserve used information collected on the Consolidated Financial Statements for Holding Companies (FR Y–9C) and the Bank Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report) to calculate liabilities of these institutions. Consolidated liabilities of a U.S. financial company not subject to consolidated risk-based capital rules as of December 31 of the year being measured, equal liabilities calculated in accordance with applicable accounting standards. Companies in this category include nonbank financial companies supervised by the Board, bank holding companies and savings and loan holding companies subject to the Federal Reserve’s Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement, savings and loan holding companies substantially engaged in insurance underwriting or commercial activities, and U.S. companies that control insured depository institutions but are not bank holding companies or savings and loan holding companies. ‘‘Applicable accounting standards’’ is defined as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (‘‘GAAP’’), or such other accounting standard or method of estimation that the Board determines is appropriate.3 The Federal Reserve used information collected on the FR Y–9C, the Parent Company Only Financial Statements for Small Holding Companies (FR Y–9SP), and the Financial Company Report of Consolidated Liabilities (FR XX–1) to calculate liabilities of these institutions. Section 622 provides that the U.S. liabilities of a ‘‘foreign financial company’’ equal the risk-weighted assets and regulatory capital attributable to the company’s ‘‘U.S. operations.’’ Under Regulation XX, liabilities of a foreign banking organization’s U.S. operations are calculated using the risk3 A financial company may request to use an accounting standard or method of estimation other than GAAP if it does not calculate its total consolidated assets or liabilities under GAAP for any regulatory purpose (including compliance with applicable securities laws). 12 CFR 251.3(e). In previous years, the Board received and approved requests from eleven financial companies to use an accounting standard or method of estimation other than GAAP to calculate liabilities. Ten of the companies are insurance companies that report financial information under Statutory Accounting Principles (‘‘SAP’’), and one is a foreign company that controls a U.S. industrial loan company that reports financial information under International Financial Reporting Standards (‘‘IFRS’’). For the insurance companies, the Board approved a method of estimation that was based on line items from SAP-based reports, with adjustments to reflect certain differences in accounting treatment between GAAP and SAP. For the foreign company, the Board approved the use of IFRS. Such companies that continue to be subject to Regulation XX continue to use the previously approved methods. The Board did not receive any new requests this year. E:\FR\FM\05JYN1.SGM 05JYN1 32170 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 129 / Friday, July 5, 2019 / Notices weighted asset methodology for subsidiaries subject to the risk-based capital rule, plus the assets of all branches, agencies, and nonbank subsidiaries, calculated in accordance with applicable accounting standards. Liabilities attributable to the U.S. operations of a foreign financial company that is not a foreign banking organization are calculated in a similar manner to the method described for foreign banking organizations, but liabilities of a U.S. subsidiary not subject to the risk-based capital rule are calculated based on the U.S. subsidiary’s liabilities under applicable accounting standards. The Federal Reserve used information collected on the Capital and Asset Report for Foreign Banking Organizations (FR Y–7Q), the FR Y–9C, and the FR XX–1 to calculate liabilities of these institutions. By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, acting through the Director of Supervision and Regulation under delegated authority, June 27, 2019. Ann Misback, Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2019–14288 Filed 7–3–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P 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 August 1, 2019. A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (David L. Hubbard, Senior Manager) P.O. Box 442, St. Louis, Missouri 63166–2034. Comments can also be sent electronically to Comments.applications@stls.frb.org: 1. First Co Bancorp, Inc., Collinsville, Illinois; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of Columbia National Bank, Columbia, Illinois. B. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Kathryn Haney, Assistant Vice President) 1000 Peachtree Street NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30309. Comments can also be sent electronically to Applications.Comments@atl.frb.org: 1. Southern States Bancshares, Inc., Anniston, Alabama; to merge with East Alabama Financial Group, Inc., and thereby directly acquire Small Town Bank, both of Wedowee, Alabama. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, July 1, 2019. Yao-Chin Chao, Assistant Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. 2019–14356 Filed 7–3–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES 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. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:54 Jul 03, 2019 Jkt 247001 FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission). ACTION: Notice. 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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32169-32170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-14288]


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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

[Docket No. OP-1666]


Announcement of Financial Sector Liabilities

    Section 622 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act, implemented by the Board's Regulation XX, prohibits a 
merger or acquisition that would result in a financial company that 
controls more than 10 percent of the aggregate consolidated liabilities 
of all financial companies (``aggregate financial sector 
liabilities''). Specifically, an insured depository institution, a bank 
holding company, a savings and loan holding company, a foreign banking 
organization, any other company that controls an insured depository 
institution, and a nonbank financial company designated by the 
Financial Stability Oversight Council (each, a ``financial company'') 
is prohibited from merging or consolidating with, acquiring all or 
substantially all of the assets of, or acquiring control of, another 
company if the resulting company's consolidated liabilities would 
exceed 10 percent of the aggregate financial sector liabilities.\1\
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    \1\ 12 U.S.C. 1852(a)(2), (b).
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    Pursuant to Regulation XX, the Federal Reserve will publish the 
aggregate financial sector liabilities by July 1 of each year. 
Aggregate financial sector liabilities equals the average of the year-
end financial sector liabilities figure (as of December 31) of each of 
the preceding two calendar years.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean Healey, Lead Financial 
Institution Policy Analyst, (202) 912-4611; Matthew Suntag, Counsel, 
(202) 452-3694; for the hearing impaired, TTY (202) 263-4869.

Aggregate Financial Sector Liabilities

    Aggregate financial sector liabilities is equal to 
$20,664,262,842,000.\2\ This measure is in effect from July 1, 2019 
through June 30, 2020.
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    \2\ This number reflects the average of the financial sector 
liabilities figure for the year ending December 31, 2017 
($20,487,047,614,000) and the year ending December 31, 2018 
($20,841,478,070,000).
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Calculation Methodology

    Aggregate financial sector liabilities equals the average of the 
year-end financial sector liabilities figure (as of December 31) of 
each of the preceding two calendar years. The year-end financial sector 
liabilities figure equals the sum of the total consolidated liabilities 
of all top-tier U.S. financial companies and the U.S. liabilities of 
all top-tier foreign financial companies, calculated using the 
applicable methodology for each financial company, as set forth in 
Regulation XX and summarized below.
    Consolidated liabilities of a U.S. financial company that was 
subject to consolidated risk-based capital rules as of December 31 of 
the year being measured, equal the difference between its risk-weighted 
assets (as adjusted upward to reflect amounts that are deducted from 
regulatory capital elements pursuant to the Federal banking agencies' 
risk-based capital rules) and total regulatory capital, as calculated 
under the applicable risk-based capital rules. Companies in this 
category include (with certain exceptions listed below) bank holding 
companies, savings and loan holding companies, and insured depository 
institutions. The Federal Reserve used information collected on the 
Consolidated Financial Statements for Holding Companies (FR Y-9C) and 
the Bank Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income (Call Report) to 
calculate liabilities of these institutions.
    Consolidated liabilities of a U.S. financial company not subject to 
consolidated risk-based capital rules as of December 31 of the year 
being measured, equal liabilities calculated in accordance with 
applicable accounting standards. Companies in this category include 
nonbank financial companies supervised by the Board, bank holding 
companies and savings and loan holding companies subject to the Federal 
Reserve's Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement, savings and loan 
holding companies substantially engaged in insurance underwriting or 
commercial activities, and U.S. companies that control insured 
depository institutions but are not bank holding companies or savings 
and loan holding companies. ``Applicable accounting standards'' is 
defined as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (``GAAP''), or such 
other accounting standard or method of estimation that the Board 
determines is appropriate.\3\ The Federal Reserve used information 
collected on the FR Y-9C, the Parent Company Only Financial Statements 
for Small Holding Companies (FR Y-9SP), and the Financial Company 
Report of Consolidated Liabilities (FR XX-1) to calculate liabilities 
of these institutions.
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    \3\ A financial company may request to use an accounting 
standard or method of estimation other than GAAP if it does not 
calculate its total consolidated assets or liabilities under GAAP 
for any regulatory purpose (including compliance with applicable 
securities laws). 12 CFR 251.3(e). In previous years, the Board 
received and approved requests from eleven financial companies to 
use an accounting standard or method of estimation other than GAAP 
to calculate liabilities. Ten of the companies are insurance 
companies that report financial information under Statutory 
Accounting Principles (``SAP''), and one is a foreign company that 
controls a U.S. industrial loan company that reports financial 
information under International Financial Reporting Standards 
(``IFRS''). For the insurance companies, the Board approved a method 
of estimation that was based on line items from SAP-based reports, 
with adjustments to reflect certain differences in accounting 
treatment between GAAP and SAP. For the foreign company, the Board 
approved the use of IFRS. Such companies that continue to be subject 
to Regulation XX continue to use the previously approved methods. 
The Board did not receive any new requests this year.
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    Section 622 provides that the U.S. liabilities of a ``foreign 
financial company'' equal the risk-weighted assets and regulatory 
capital attributable to the company's ``U.S. operations.'' Under 
Regulation XX, liabilities of a foreign banking organization's U.S. 
operations are calculated using the risk-

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weighted asset methodology for subsidiaries subject to the risk-based 
capital rule, plus the assets of all branches, agencies, and nonbank 
subsidiaries, calculated in accordance with applicable accounting 
standards. Liabilities attributable to the U.S. operations of a foreign 
financial company that is not a foreign banking organization are 
calculated in a similar manner to the method described for foreign 
banking organizations, but liabilities of a U.S. subsidiary not subject 
to the risk-based capital rule are calculated based on the U.S. 
subsidiary's liabilities under applicable accounting standards. The 
Federal Reserve used information collected on the Capital and Asset 
Report for Foreign Banking Organizations (FR Y-7Q), the FR Y-9C, and 
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the FR XX-1 to calculate liabilities of these institutions.

    By order of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, acting through the Director of Supervision and Regulation 
under delegated authority, June 27, 2019.
Ann Misback,
Secretary of the Board.
[FR Doc. 2019-14288 Filed 7-3-19; 8:45 am]
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