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FRB
CHICAGO

NONTRADITIONAL BANKING ACTIVITIES:
A REGULA TORY PERSPECTIVE
Silas Keehn
President
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Vanderbilt University
April 8, 1987


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Bank loans as a percent of total borrowings
by nonf arm nonfinancial business
Percent
50

40

30

20

10

60


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62

64

66

68

70

72

74

76

78

80

82

84

86

Bank loans as a percent of total borrowings
by nonfinancial corporate business
Percent
40

30

20

10


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60

62

64

66

68

70

72

74

76

78

80

82

84

86

Commercial paper vs. C&I loans at large banks
Billion $

275
250
225
C&l loons

200
175
150
125
100
75
Commericol paper

50
25
0


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75

76

77

78

79

80

81

82

83

84

85

C&I loans at large banks as a percent
of total bank C&I loans
Percent
70

65

60

55


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75

76

77

78

79

80

81

82

83

84

85


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Early commercial banks and trust companies

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1927 - underwrote 37% of all new bond issues

•

1930 - underwrote 60% of all new bond issues


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Commercial banking legislation
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1933 - Glass-Steagall Act

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1956 - Bank Holding Company Act

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1970 - Amendments to the Bank Holding Company Act


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Positioning of firms in the 1970s

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J. P. Morgan

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Merrill Lynch

•

Sears

Major developments in the 1970s


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International orientation

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Overseas investment banking

•

Competition for deposit services

•

Deregulation of securities industry

Eurodollar market


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Regulation Q ceilings

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Limitations on capital outflows

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Favorable treatment of foreign deposits


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Deregulation of securities industry
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Eliminated inefficient brokers

•

Increased competition

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Created a more competitive securities industry


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Acquisitions in the early 1980s
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Prudential acquires Bache

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American Express acquires Shearson

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Sears acquires Dean Witter

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BankAmerica acquires Schwab


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Deregulation of the 1980s
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Phase-out of Regulation Q

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Reduction in reserve requirements

•

Expanded powers of thrifts

•

Bank holding companies gain new powers


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Banks listing in the Yellovv Pages

► Banks
Also see

Financial services
Investment firms
Stock brokers
Insurance companies
Credit unions
Savings & loans
Retailers

Noninterest income as a percent of
total income at large banks
Percent

12
10.1

10.2

1983

1984

10

8

6

4

2

0
1981


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1982

Domestic investment banking activities
of 10 largest U.S. banks

Value

Number of Deals

($ billions)

5.94

115

Tax-exempt bonds

22.50

2,471

Private placements

13.16

713

Mergers & Acquisitions


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Investment banking activities of
U.S. banks overseas

Eurobonds
Citicorp
BankAmerica
Chase Manhattan
Manufacturers Hanover

J. P. Morgan & Co.
Chemical NY Corp.
Security Pacific Corp.
Bankers Trust Co.

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X

9

10

First lnterst_ate Bancorp.
First Chicago

Eurocommercial
paper

International
Equities

X
X
X

X
X
X
X
7


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Loan sales
•

Unbundling

•

Originating and servicing loans

•

Funding loans


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Turning mortgages into securities

Financial institutions make
mortgage loans
S&L

Mortgages are bundled
and sold as securities
MORTGAGE-


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Major types of loan-backed securities
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Pass-through securities

•

Collateralized securities

•

Pay-through securities

Federal agency pass-throughs as a
percent of residential mortgages
Percent

35
30

25
20
15
10

5

0


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80

81

82

83

84

85

86 est.

Securitized consumer credit
Billion$

20

Auto loans

15

10

5
Credit
card
loans

oLl_

0

_ l _ : _ __ __L_

1985


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_ . . l _ ~ ~ ~ - _ L_

1986

_L

1987, projected

Commercial letter of credit


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1a . Importer orders goods
2. Exporter ships goods to importer

Exporter

l

Importer

......l
..
..
..
......

.......... 1b. Letter of credit ........
.......
....
....
·--......... ...-··........
....-

~-••••··

3. ExP,orter sends
draft and documents

---

4 . Bank accepts drafts and pays
exporter face value less discount

Bank
(Drawee>

--

5. Ban k forwards
doc uments

~

6. Importer pays bank


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Credit-related OBS activities
•

Loan commitments

•

Standby letters of credit

•

Note issuance facilities

•

Asset sales with recourse

Standby letter of credit


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Accoaa,t
Party

Beneficiary

◄

Bank
(Issues
SLOC)

Note issuance facilities
•

Medium-term arrangement between borrower and underwriter

•

Borrower issues short-term paper

•

Underwriter commits to purchase notes or provide standby credit

•

Underwriter keeps notes or places them with investors


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Hedging-related OBS activities
•

Options

•

Futures and forward contracts

•

Swaps

Example of interest rate swap


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10.5,:

Swap

Swap
Counterparty

◄

6-month LIBOR

Counterparty

C&I loans, standby letters of credit and
loan commitments at money center banks
Percent of assets
45
40

35
1978
30

1985

25

20
15
10
5

0
C&I loans


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C&I loan commitments

SLOCs

Share of the OBS market by bank size, 1985


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Over $25 billion
717.

Types of OBS activity by bank size, 1985
Percent share

100
.5-5$8
<.5$8

90

80

> 5$8

70
60
50

40
30
20
10

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~ Finance ~

I - - Hedging

~

Composition of regulatory taxes
on domestic loans 1980-1985
Burden of
reserve
requirements

Burden of
deposit insurance
premiums

Burden of
capital
requirements

Total

( - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - basis points - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - )

1980

44

4

13

61

1985 holding tax structure
and interest rates constant
at the 1 980 levels

22

8

21

51

1985 holding interest rates
constant at the 1 980 levels

22

8

15

45

1985 actual

11

8

7

26

1985 assuming 1987
tax structure

11

8

20

39


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The changing composition of
regulatory taxes
Burden of
reserve
requirements

Burden of
deposit insurance
premiums

Burden of
capital
requirements

( - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - percent - - - - - - - - - - - - )

1980

72

7

21

1985 holding tax structure
and interest rates constant
at the 1 980 levels

43

16

41

1985 holding interest rates
constant at the 1980 levels

49

17

33

1985 actual

42

31

27

1985 assuming 1987
tax structure

28

20

51


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Factors in issuance of guarantees
•

High regulatory taxes

•

Bank soundness


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Factors in loan sales
•

Originating and servicing loans

•

Diversification

•

Regulatory taxes


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Nonbank financial firms and OBS activities
•

GM, Ford, and Chrysler

•

Computer companies

•

Property and casualty insurers

Financial guarantees by property / casualty insurers
Millions
3000

S

0
Ratio


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2

Ratio

0

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Futures and options contracts on
financial instruments
Millions
60

50

40

30

20

10

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77

78

79

80

81

82

83

84


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Catalysts for financial innovation
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Technology

•

Competition