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Mutuality Issues and Resources

ABA supports the mutual and mutual holding company options through active participation with the banking agencies to achieve more flexible and tailored rulemaking and supervisory guidance for mutual charters.

ABA Resources | Professional Development | Legislative / Regulatory Information
Letters | Mutual Institutions Council

ABA Resources

• ABA Convention – Chicago 2009 - Mutual Activities
  
  • View ABA Mutual Institutions Council Meeting Agenda - October 2009
  • View Richard A. Schaberg's October 25th Powerpoint Presentation 
  
  
• Thrift Charter Memo July 2009
  
•  Audio Recording of Administration's Regulatory Reform Conference Call for Mutuals  Friday, June 26, 2009
  
• Support the Continuation of the Federal Mutual Charters July 2009 (DOC)
   
• Today's Mutual Community Banks Updated 04/2009
   
• 2009 ABA Mutual Community Bank Conference
  
  • Materials & Presentations
  • Photos from the Conference
     
• The Home for Mutual Banks (PDF)
   
• Corporate Governance for Mutuals 11/2007
  
  • Appendix A - Court Decisions
  • Appendix B - State Governance Requirements
  • Appendix C - Section 310, Appendix A of the OTS Examination Manual
  • Appendix D - Sample Audit Committee Charter
  • Appendix E - Sample Nomination Committee Charter
  • Appendix F - FDIC FIL 105, 2005 - "Corporate Codes of Conduct"
  • Appendix G  Sample Code of Ethics
  • Appendix H - Sample Conflicts of Interest
  • Appendix I - FDIC Appexndix B to 12 CFR Part 364, "Interagency Guidelines Establishing Information Security Standards
  • Appendix J - Sample Confidentiality Policy
  • Appendix K - State Data Breach Enactments
     
• ABAWorks on Mutuals - Accounting for Combinations of Mutual Entities: Using the Purchase Method 3/2008
   
• Data Breach Legislation Chart 9/12/2007 
• Credit Union Conversion Issues Presentation 2/22/2004 
• White Paper: Accounting for Business Combinations of Mutual Savings Banks 2/12/2002

Professional Development

• ABA Annual Convention
  • Glimpse at Scheduled Events for Mutuals at ABA Annual Convention
• Mutual Community Bank Conference
• ABA Government Relations Summit
• Complete list of Professional Development offerings

Legislative / Regulatory Information

ABA and 4 State Trade Associations -- North Carolina Bankers Assn, Ohio Bankers League, Pennsylvania Bankers Association and Wisconsin Bankers Assn -- File Brief of Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant Spencer Bank

• Brief of Amici Curiae 5/27/2008
• Motion for Leave to File Brief as Amici Curiae 5/272008

Mutual Exchange Newsletter

• Mutual Exchange, Special Edition, July 27, 2009
• Mutual Exchange, Vol. 1, No. 3, July 21, 2009
• Mutual Exchange Special Edition, June 2009
• Mutual Exchange Special Edition, May 2009
• Mutual Exchange Special Edition, April 2009
• Mutual Exchange, March 2009
• Mutual Exchange, January 2009

Letters
FASB Issues

• Memo on Compensation Considerations for Mutual Institutions 8/11/2005
• Memo to MAC on Status of FASB Business Combination Project 3/3/2004
• Memo Opposing Senate Bill No. 363 3/3/2004
• Letter to FASB on Mutual Accounting Procedures 3/24/2004
• Letter to FASB on Mutual Savings Banks 3/11/2004
• Letter to FASB on Loan Participations 6/14/2003
• Letter to NCUA on Amendments to Conversion Regulations 12/1/2003

Mutual Institutions Council

ABA's Mutual Institutions Council  addresses issues of particular interest to mutually-chartered financial institutions and provides a forum for the discussion and development of legislative and regulatory recommendations and actions.

• Mission Statements

Questions? Please contact Bob Davis, Executive Vice President, Mortgage Markets, Financial Management and Public Policy; Dawn Causey, General Counsel, or Alex Maroulis-Cronmiller, Vice President, Council & Committee Management.