Capital; Leverage and Risk-Based Capital Guidelines; Capital Adequacy Guidelines; Capital Maintenance: Nonfinancial Equity Investments — 2001-02-14 [01-3131]

The OCC, Board, and FDIC (collectively, the agencies) are requesting comment on a proposed rule that would establish special minimum regulatory capital requirements for equity investments in nonfinancial companies. The proposed capital treatment would apply symmetrically to equity investments of banks and bank holding companies. As described in detail below, the proposal would apply a series of marginal capital charges on covered equity investments that increase with the level of a banking organization's overall exposure to equity investments relative to the organization's Tier 1 capital. The proposal replaces the capital proposal issued for public comment by the Board in March 2000 (Docket No.