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| − | '''Financial Holding Companies''' ('''FHCs''') were created with passage of the | + | '''Financial Holding Companies''' ('''FHCs''') were created with passage of the Financial Modernization Act, which also repealed parts of the [[Glass-Steagall Act]] regulating Bank Holding Companies. In signing, President [[Bill Clinton]] remarked Glass-Steagall was "no longer appropriate."<ref>[http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/ls241.aspx STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AT THE SIGNING OF THE FINANCIAL MODERNIZATION BILL,] 11/12/1999, [[U.S. Department of the Treasury]] Press Center.</ref><ref>[http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/economic-intelligence/2012/08/27/repeal-of-glass-steagall-caused-the-financial-crisis Repeal of Glass-Steagall Caused the Financial Crisis,] By James Rickards, USNews, August 27, 2012.</ref> |
The formal repeal of Glass-Steagall was recognition of changes that had already taken place, such as the [[Federal Reserve]]s' revision of Regulation Y, making it easier for Bank Holding Companies with a satisfactory [[Community Reinvestment Act]] (CRA) rating to receive quicker approval for new acquisitions and engage in other activities.<ref>[http://www.frbsf.org/publications/community/investments/cra97-3/regy.html Regulation Y Revised - Changes to the Federal Reserve Application Process,] Community Investments, Volume 9; No. 3; Summer 1997, By Mike Johnson, Applications Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.</ref> | The formal repeal of Glass-Steagall was recognition of changes that had already taken place, such as the [[Federal Reserve]]s' revision of Regulation Y, making it easier for Bank Holding Companies with a satisfactory [[Community Reinvestment Act]] (CRA) rating to receive quicker approval for new acquisitions and engage in other activities.<ref>[http://www.frbsf.org/publications/community/investments/cra97-3/regy.html Regulation Y Revised - Changes to the Federal Reserve Application Process,] Community Investments, Volume 9; No. 3; Summer 1997, By Mike Johnson, Applications Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 05:12, March 7, 2013
Financial Holding Companies (FHCs) were created with passage of the Financial Modernization Act, which also repealed parts of the Glass-Steagall Act regulating Bank Holding Companies. In signing, President Bill Clinton remarked Glass-Steagall was "no longer appropriate."[1][2]
The formal repeal of Glass-Steagall was recognition of changes that had already taken place, such as the Federal Reserves' revision of Regulation Y, making it easier for Bank Holding Companies with a satisfactory Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rating to receive quicker approval for new acquisitions and engage in other activities.[3]
The Glass-Steagall Act regulated Bank Holding Companies (BHCs) and was passed during the Great Depression. The new law let commercial and investment banks to merge with insurance companies into newly created financial holding companies, and allowed for proprietary trading on their own behalf. FHCs could be encumbered with the bad debts and risky investments non-banks held and BHCs specifically had to stay away from under Glass-Steagall. The result was "too big to fail" behemoths like Citigroup.
Notes
- ↑ STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON AT THE SIGNING OF THE FINANCIAL MODERNIZATION BILL, 11/12/1999, U.S. Department of the Treasury Press Center.
- ↑ Repeal of Glass-Steagall Caused the Financial Crisis, By James Rickards, USNews, August 27, 2012.
- ↑ Regulation Y Revised - Changes to the Federal Reserve Application Process, Community Investments, Volume 9; No. 3; Summer 1997, By Mike Johnson, Applications Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.