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FED ER AL RESERVE BANK
O F NEW YORK

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No. 6 9 6 8 1
Ju ly 3, 1972
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BANK HOLDING COMPANIES
P ro p erty M anagem ent Services Not a Perm issible Activity

To A ll Bank Holding Companies, and O thers Concerned,
in the Second Federal Reserve D istrict:

Follow ing is the te x t of a statem en t issued Ju n e 30 by the B oard of Gov­
ernors of the F ederal R eserve S y ste m :




T h e B o a rd of G o v ern o rs of th e F e d e ra l R e serv e S y stem to d ay an n o u n c ed th a t
it does n o t co n sid er p ro p e rty m a n ag e m en t services a p erm issib le ac tiv ity fo r b an k
ho ld in g com panies.
T h e decision w ith d re w a p ro p o sal of S ep te m b er 14, 1971 to a d d th e p erfo rm an ce
of p ro p e rty m an ag e m en t services to th e list of activ ities co n sid ered to be closely
rela ted to b an k in g o r m a n a g in g o r co n tro llin g banks. T h e B o a rd acted a fte r
co n sid erin g com m ents received on its p ro p o sal, in clu d in g th e re c o rd o f a public
h e a rin g held J a n u a ry 26, 1972.
T h e B o a rd ’s actio n did n o t lim it th e a u th o rity p re se n tly co n fe rred by sta tu te
o r reg u la tio n on b an k s an d b a n k h o ld in g com panies to en g ag e in som e lim ited
k in d s of p ro p e rty m anag em en t. A cco rd in g ly , b an k h o ld in g com panies a n d th e ir
su b sid iaries m ay co n tin u e to en g ag e in p ro p e rty m an ag e m en t w ith resp ect t o :
1. P ro p e rtie s held in a fid u ciary c a p a c ity ;
2.

P ro p e rtie s ow ned by th e b an k h o ld in g co m p an y o r its su b sid iaries fo r co n ­
d u ctin g its o w n b an k a n d rela ted o p e r a tio n s ;

3.

P ro p e rtie s ac q u ired by th e h o ld in g co m p an y o r a su b sid iary as a re su lt
a d efa u lt o n a loan.

A lfred

H a y es,

President.

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