The Federal Reserve Board eagle logo links to home page

Bank Holding Company binder cover

Bank Holding Company Supervision Manual

Provides guidance for conducting inspections of bank holding companies and their nonbank subsidiaries. The supervisory objectives of the inspection program are to ascertain whether the financial strength of the bank holding company is being maintained on an ongoing basis and to determine the effects or consequences of transactions between a holding company or its nonbanking subsidiaries and its subsidiary banks.

Updated semiannually
Last update: January 2008

Entire manual (6.19 MB PDF)


Manual by Section

Supplements (152 KB PDF)

Section 1000   Foreword, Contents, Preface, Manual Use (88 KB PDF)

Section 2000   Supervisory Policy and Issues

2000-2010 (496 KB PDF)

2020-2060 (423 KB PDF)

2065-2090 (423 KB PDF)

2100-2122 (105 KB PDF)

2124-2127 (332 KB PDF)

2128-2129 (375 KB PDF)

2130-2260 (425 KB PDF)

Section 3000   Nonbanking Activities

3000-3070 (505 KB PDF)

3071-3150 (369 KB PDF)

3160-3240 (289 KB PDF)

3250-3560 (354 KB PDF)

3600-3700 (218 KB PDF)

3900-3950 (427 KB PDF)

Section 4000   Financial Analysis

4000-4060 (668 KB PDF)

4070-4090 (197 KB PDF)

Section 5000   BHC Inspection Program

5000-5010 (386 KB PDF)

5020-5060 (175 KB PDF)

Section 6000   Alphabetical Subject Index (181 KB PDF)