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  2. Bank holding company - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, a bank holding company, as provided by the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 ( 12 U.S.C. § 1841 et seq. ), is broadly defined as "any company that has control over a bank". [2] All bank holding companies in the US are required to register with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System .

  3. What is a bank holding company? Definition and examples

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    Bank holding companies are corporations that own controlling interests in one or more banks and manage their operations. Advantages of a bank holding company can include reduced overall risk and ...

  4. Bank Holding Company Act - Wikipedia

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    The Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. § 1841, et seq.) is a United States Act of Congress that regulates the actions of bank holding companies.. The original law (subsequently amended), specified that the Federal Reserve Board of Governors must approve the establishment of a bank holding company and that bank holding companies headquartered in one state are banned from acquiring a ...

  5. List of systemically important banks - Wikipedia

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    Strictly speaking, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) does not designate any banks or bank holding companies as systemically important, but the Dodd–Frank Act in its terms on the statute imposes heightened supervision standards (including being subject to the annual USA Stress Test) on any bank holding company with a larger than ...

  6. Morgan Stanley - Wikipedia

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    Morgan Stanley is a financial services corporation that, through its affiliates and subsidiaries, advises, and originates, trades, manages, and distributes capital for institutions, governments, and individuals. The company operates in three business segments: Institutional Securities, Wealth Management, and Investment Management.

  7. J.P. Morgan & Co. - Wikipedia

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    J.P. Morgan & Co. is an American financial institution specialized in investment banking, asset management and private banking founded by financier J. P. Morgan in 1871. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, the company is now a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase, one of the largest banking institutions in the world.

  8. Shadow banking system - Wikipedia

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    Financial market participants. The shadow banking system is a term for the collection of non-bank financial intermediaries (NBFIs) that legally provide services similar to traditional commercial banks but outside normal banking regulations. [1] [2] Examples of NBFIs include hedge funds, insurance firms, pawn shops, cashier's check issuers ...

  9. History of investment banking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Philadelphia financier Jay Cooke established the first modern American investment bank during the Civil War era. However, private banks had been providing investment banking functions since the beginning of the 19th century and many of these evolved into investment banks in the post-bellum era. [1]