{"entity":{"id":379,"slug":"bear-stearns-bank-plc","name":"Bear Stearns Bank Plc","type":"company","role":"Dublin-based investment manager for Liquid Funding Ltd., outside US regulatory authority","description":null,"imageUrl":null,"createdAt":"2026-04-08T17:42:41.269Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-19T09:19:32.272Z"},"electedOffice":null,"significance":{"score":8.8,"components":{"totalFindings":0,"connectionDegree":4.8,"recentFindings90d":0,"activeResearchJobs":0,"goblinAttributions":4,"recentSyntheses90d":0,"moneyFlowChainsTotal":0,"closedLoopMemberships":0,"moneyFlowHopsRecent90d":0},"computedAt":"2026-10-16T01:34:31.424Z"},"facts":[{"id":49024,"text":"Bear Stearns Ireland Limited (CRO number 308655), which was the holding company for Bear Stearns Bank Plc, is listed as 'Dissolved Postmerger' after 26 years in business, and its registered office is c/o J.P. Morgan at 200 Capital Dock, Dublin, D02 RK57.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2026-04-05","source":{"title":"Bear Stearns Ireland Limited — Business Barometer","url":"https://www.businessbarometer.ie/bear-stearns-ireland-limited-co-dublin-rk57-308655/","publication":"Business Barometer / CRO"}},{"id":49023,"text":"In 2011, the Irish Times reported that Bear Stearns Ireland Ltd faced a potential $151.5 million capital gains tax liability to the Irish Revenue Commissioners relating to a 2009 transaction involving Bear Stearns Global Asset Holdings Ltd, a Cayman Islands entity. The company filed an 'expression of doubt' over the tax treatment.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2011-05-16","source":{"title":"Bear Stearns may owe Revenue","url":"https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/bear-stearns-may-owe-revenue-1.572831","publication":"The Irish Times"}},{"id":49022,"text":"JPMorgan's acquisition of Bear Stearns cost the Dublin operation approximately 100 jobs, with average employment falling from 120 in 2007 to just 23 by 2009. The Irish entity became an issuer of JPMorgan Structured Products and 'acquired a portfolio of issued notes with their corresponding hedges and cash balances' from an affiliate.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2010-06-03","source":{"title":"JP Morgan takeover of Bear Stearns cost 100 jobs, accounts reveal","url":"https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/jp-morgan-takeover-of-bear-stearns-cost-100-jobs-accounts-reveal/26659228.html","publication":"Irish Independent"}},{"id":49021,"text":"On 27 March 2009, Bear Stearns Bank Plc changed its name to J.P. Morgan Bank Dublin Plc, per a NASDAQ Stockholm notice regarding nine listed instruments with the former short name prefix 'BEAR.'","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2009-03-27","source":{"title":"Fixed income: Information regarding change of company name (104/09)","url":"https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2009/06/02/145115/0/en/Fixed-income-Information-regarding-change-of-company-name-104-09.html","publication":"Globe Newswire / NASDAQ Stockholm"}},{"id":49018,"text":"In the year to November 2007, Bear Stearns Bank Plc's total assets surged 70% to $61.2 billion, with derivative contracts entered into with third parties almost doubling to $47.3 billion. However, assets under management slumped 65% to $2.6 billion due to the credit market freeze. The bank had approximately 140 staff in Ireland at this point.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2008-04-10","source":{"title":"Profits slump by 7pc at Irish unit of Bear Stearns","url":"https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/profits-slump-by-7pc-at-irish-unit-of-bear-stearns/26436453.html","publication":"Irish Independent"}},{"id":49020,"text":"The Federal Reserve's Maiden Lane LLC, created in March 2008 to absorb Bear Stearns' toxic assets, included collateral from Liquid Funding Ltd. Bear Stearns Bank Plc's managed portfolio thus constituted part of the assets that were ultimately backstopped by the $28.82 billion central bank loan — a publicly-funded rescue that indirectly benefited former Bear Stearns employee Jeffrey Epstein's interests.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2008-03-15","source":null},{"id":49017,"text":"At its peak in November 2006, Bear Stearns Bank Plc and its Irish holding company (Bear Stearns Ireland Ltd) generated pre-tax profits of $30 million, managed assets under management of $7.5 billion, employed 105 Irish-based staff with a payroll cost of $13.2 million, and held $387 million in shareholders' funds — more than JPMorgan eventually paid for the entire Bear Stearns parent company.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2006-11-30","source":{"title":"Bear Stearns' Irish profit falls 25%","url":"https://www.irishtimes.com/business/bear-stearns-irish-profit-falls-25-1.1203035","publication":"The Irish Times"}},{"id":49016,"text":"An SEC filing dated 1 March 2006 (Exhibit 10.7, made by CT LF Funding Corp.) lists Bear Stearns Bank Plc as the 'Investment Manager' for Liquid Funding, Ltd., with its registered address at Block 8, Harcourt Centre, Charlotte Way, Dublin 2, Ireland, telephone +353-1-402-6260.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2006-03-01","source":{"title":"SEC Exhibit 10.7 — Confirmation, Repurchase Agreement between Liquid Funding Ltd. and CT LF Funding Corp. (with Bear Stearns Bank Plc listed as Investment Manager)","url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1061630/000111667906001318/ex10-7.htm","publication":"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR)"}},{"id":12776,"text":"Bear Stearns Bank Plc filed filing with the SEC on 2004-06-02. Accession number: N/A.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":"2004-06-02","source":{"title":"SEC EDGAR: filing — Bear Stearns Bank Plc (2004-06-02)","url":"https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search-index?q=%22Bear%20Stearns%20Bank%20Plc%22&dateRange=custom&forms=4,SC%2013D,SC%2013G,DEF%2014A,10-K,10-Q","publication":"SEC EDGAR"}},{"id":49015,"text":"In a February 2003 SEC filing (Form 10-K), Bear Stearns disclosed it held an approximate 40% equity interest in Liquid Funding Ltd., a AAA-rated special purpose vehicle, and stated that 'a subsidiary of the Company acts as investment manager.' The investment-manager subsidiary was Bear Stearns Bank Plc of Dublin, Ireland, which functioned outside U.S. regulatory authority.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2003-02-15","source":{"title":"Jeffrey Epstein Chaired a $6.7 Billion Company that Documents Suggest May Have Received a Secret Federal Reserve Bailout","url":"https://wallstreetonparade.com/2019/07/jeffrey-epstein-chaired-a-6-7-billion-company-that-documents-suggest-may-have-received-a-secret-federal-reserve-bailout/","publication":"Wall Street on Parade"}},{"id":49014,"text":"In July 2002, the Central Bank of Ireland granted Bear Stearns Bank Plc approval to provide custody and trustee services for Irish-authorised funds, enabling it to service hedge funds and alternative investment vehicles being launched in Ireland's IFSC.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2002-07-22","source":{"title":"Bear Stearns approved in Ireland","url":"https://www.fnlondon.com/articles/bear-stearns-approved-in-ireland-20020722","publication":"Financial News / Dow Jones Newswires"}},{"id":49019,"text":"Liquid Funding Ltd., the Bermuda-incorporated special purpose vehicle for which Bear Stearns Bank Plc acted as investment manager, was chaired by Jeffrey Epstein from 9 November 2001 to at least 19 March 2007. The conduit's assets swelled to roughly $6.7 billion, and Fitch rated its outstanding liabilities at $6.7 billion in 2006. Epstein—who had been forced out of Bear Stearns in 1981—remained deeply connected to the firm through this chairmanship.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2001-11-09","source":{"title":"Liquid Funding Ltd. — Stephen M. Walker II (Epstein Files compilation)","url":"https://smw.ai/epstein-files/liquid-funding","publication":"smw.ai"}},{"id":49013,"text":"Bear Stearns Bank Plc was established in Dublin in April 1997 after receiving a banking licence from the Central Bank of Ireland, initially employing 15 people and trading from offices on Harcourt Street with Warren Spector as chairman. The licence was the first step in establishing a non-U.S. banking centre for Bear Stearns' global derivatives activities.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"1997-04-29","source":{"title":"Specialist US bank comes to Dublin","url":"https://www.irishtimes.com/business/specialist-us-bank-comes-to-dublin-1.67369","publication":"The Irish Times"}},{"id":21370,"text":"Search scope note: No parliamentary records found for \"Bear Stearns Bank Plc\" in automated database search as of 2026-04-23. This reflects search coverage limits, not confirmed absence from public record.","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":null,"source":null},{"id":21369,"text":"Search scope note: No court records found for \"Bear Stearns Bank Plc\" in automated database search as of 2026-04-23. This reflects search coverage limits, not confirmed absence from public record.","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":null,"source":null},{"id":21368,"text":"Search scope note: No lobbying disclosures found for \"Bear Stearns Bank Plc\" in automated database search as of 2026-04-23. This reflects search coverage limits, not confirmed absence from public record.","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":null,"source":null},{"id":21367,"text":"Search scope note: No corporate registrations found for \"Bear Stearns Bank Plc\" in automated database search as of 2026-04-23. This reflects search coverage limits, not confirmed absence from public record.","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":null,"source":null},{"id":21366,"text":"Search scope note: No usaspending contracts found for \"Bear Stearns Bank Plc\" in automated database search as of 2026-04-23. 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