Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Data Dictionary

Item Number 6601

Call confidentiality applies to FFIEC 031/041.

Data Description:

Includes the amount of all participations conveyed to both U.S. depository institutions and foreign banks by the reporting bank holding company or its consolidated subsidiaries in its acceptances that are outstanding.

Excludes any participations conveyed to non-OECD banks if the remaining maturity of such participations exceeds one year.

The amount reported in this item corresponds to the amount reported on Schedule HC-F, Part II, item 3428. However, if the reporting bank holding company risk-weights, in item Part I, item 6563, the portion of its customers' liability on acceptances outstanding conveyed to banks according to the guarantors (i.e., the banks that have acquired the conveyances), that amount conveyed is excluded from this item. In addition, if the holding company, in Part II, item 3429, risk-weights the portion of risk participations in bankers acceptance acquired that subsequently were conveyed to banks according to the guarantors (i.e., the banks that have acquired the conveyances), that amount is also excluded from this item.

The mnemonic prefixes for the risk weight columns represents the following:

   BHC0   = (Column A) 0%

   BHC2   = (Column B) 20%

   BHC5   = (Column C) 50%

   BHC9   = (Column D) 100%

For an detailed description of the broad categories of transactions that are assigned to each risk weight category (columns A through D) established by the Risk-Based Guidelines, see the Instructions for Preparation of Reporting Form FR Y-9C Schedule HC-I. If a bank holding company has not established the systems to determine the risk weight(s) applicable for a transaction, it has the option of risk-weighting that transaction at 100%.

NOTE:

Reported only by the top-tier bank holding companies with consolidated assets of $150 million or more.