# **Table A4. Activities:** **<u>Selected Responses</u>**

||**ALL**|**ADV**|**EMDEs**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**A. Conditions Under Which Banks Can Engage in Securities Activities**|**% Yes**|**% Yes**|**% Yes**|
|A full range of these activities can be conducted directly in banks.|50<br>(49)|78<br>(54)|39<br>(47)|
|A full range of these activities are offered but all or some of these activities must<br>be conducted in subsidiaries, or in another part of a common holding company or<br>parent.|30<br>(25)|11<br>(38)|37<br>(20)|
|Less than the full range of activities can be conducted in banks, or subsidiaries, or<br>in anotherpart of a common holdingcompanyorparent.|13<br>(17)|11<br>(5)|14<br>(21)|
|None of Such activities can be done in either banks or subsidiaries, or in another<br>part of a common holdingcompanyorparent.|7<br>(9)|0<br>(3)|10<br>(12)|
|**B.**<br>**Conditions Under Which Banks Can Engage in Insurance Activities**|**% Yes**|**% Yes**|**% Yes**|
|A full range of these activities can be conducted directly in banks.|5<br>(1)|11<br>(5)|3<br>(0)|
|A full range of these activities are offered but all or some of these activities must<br>be conducted in subsidiaries, or in another part of a common holding company or<br>parent.|50<br>(16)|56<br>(22)|48<br>(14)|
|Less than the full range of activities can be conducted in banks, or subsidiaries, or<br>in anotherpart of a common holdingcompanyorparent.|28<br>(44)|25<br>(65)|29<br>(37)|
|None of such activities can be done in either banks or subsidiaries, or in another<br>part of a common holding company or parent|17<br>(38)|8<br>(8)|20<br>(49)|
|**C. Conditions Under Which Banks Can Engage in Real Estate**<br>**Activities**|**% Yes**|**% Yes**|**% Yes**|
|A full range of these activities can be conducted directly in banks.|16<br>(12)|22<br>(30)|13<br>(6)|
|A full range of these activities are offered but all or some of these activities must<br>be conducted in subsidiaries, or in another part of a common holding company or<br>parent.|23<br>(14)|33<br>(14)|19<br>(14)|
|Less than the full range of activities can be conducted in banks, or subsidiaries, or<br>in another part of a common holding company or parent.|21<br>(17)|17<br>(24)|23<br>(15)|
|None of such activities can be done in either banks or subsidiaries, or in another<br>part of a common holding company or parent.|40<br>(57)|28<br>(32)|45<br>(65)|
|**D. Can Banks Own Voting Shares in Nonfinancial Firms**|**% Yes**|**% Yes**|**% Yes**|
|A bank may own 100% of the equity in any nonfinancial firm.|24<br>(7)|25<br>(11)|23<br>(6)|
|A bank may own 100% of the equity in a nonfinancial firm but ownership is<br>limited based upon a bank's equity capital.|34<br>(49)|32<br>(62)|35<br>(44)|
|A bank can only acquire less than 100%.|39<br>(34)|43<br>(27)|38<br>(36)|
|A bank may not have any equity investment in a nonfinancial firm.|3<br>(11)|0<br>(0)|3<br>(15)|
|**E.**<br>**Type Of Financial Conglomerate Structures Involving Banks That**<br>**Are Allowed**|**% Yes**|**% Yes**|**% Yes**|
|Conglomerates whose parent is a bank.|60|50|64|
|Conglomerates whose parent is a non-bank financial institution (e.g. insurance<br>company or securities firm).|22|26|20|
|Conglomerates whose parent is a non-financial institution (e.g. non-operating<br>financial holdingcompany).|44|59|37|

Source: Calculations based on the 2011–12 Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey, which reflects values as of 2010. Values in parentheses refer to the 2007 Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey, which captures data as of 2005. ADV: advanced economies, EMDEs: emerging and developing economies (Table 1 provides the complete list of countries).

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