Recent events
2011-07-21
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The GAO's 2011 audit of Federal Reserve emergency programs (GAO-11-616) documented that the FRBNY's engagement of BlackRock to manage Maiden Lane I was conducted without competitive bidding and that the contract terms…
2009-11-10
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The SEC charged Bear Stearns hedge fund managers Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin with securities fraud in June 2008, alleging they misled investors about the funds' subprime exposure. Both were acquitted by a Brooklyn…
2009-11-10
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The SEC charged two Bear Stearns hedge fund managers, Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin, with securities fraud in June 2008, alleging they misled investors about the funds' exposure to subprime mortgages. Both were…
2008-09-26
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Bear Stearns was subject to the SEC's Consolidated Supervised Entity (CSE) Program, created in 2004 after the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act relaxed capital requirements. An SEC Inspector General report later found the CSE…
2008-05-30
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JPMorgan Chase acquired Bear Stearns for approximately $1.2 billion (at $10/share) after the Fed agreed to absorb the first $1 billion of losses on the Maiden Lane I portfolio and provide the $28.82 billion loan…
2008-04-03
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Bear Stearns CEO Alan Schwartz testified before the Senate Banking Committee on April 3, 2008, stating that the firm's collapse was caused by a 'crisis of confidence' and short-selling pressure rather than insolvency…
2008-03-26
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The FRBNY extended a $28.82 billion loan to Maiden Lane LLC to purchase the Bear Stearns toxic asset portfolio. BlackRock Financial Management was hired without competitive bidding to value and manage the Maiden Lane I…
2008-03-26
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The FRBNY created Maiden Lane LLC to purchase approximately $30 billion of Bear Stearns' most toxic assets, funded by a $28.82 billion senior loan from the FRBNY and a $1 billion subordinated loan from JPMorgan Chase…
2008-03-24
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The original deal valued Bear Stearns at $2 per share (~$236 million total), a price that CEO Alan Schwartz later said was dictated by the Treasury Department. After shareholder fury and legal challenges, the price was…
2008-03-17
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Bear Stearns' world headquarters at 383 Madison Avenue in Manhattan — a 45-story tower completed in 2003 — was valued at approximately $1.1–1.4 billion at the time of the acquisition. The building became a key JPMorgan…
2008-03-16
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In March 2008, Bear Stearns experienced a liquidity crisis as counterparties refused to roll over short-term financing. On March 14, 2008 the Federal Reserve Bank of New York extended an emergency $25 billion credit…
2008-03-14
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On March 13, 2008, Bear Stearns notified the Federal Reserve that it would not have enough liquid assets to meet its financial obligations the following day. On March 14, the FRBNY extended a $12.9 billion bridge loan…
2007-11-05
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Bear Stearns operated multiple offshore entities, including Bear Stearns Ireland Limited in Dublin (a holding company for Bear Stearns Bank plc, employing ~140 staff) and Bear Stearns Alternative Assets International…
2007-11-02
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Chairman and former CEO James 'Jimmy' Cayne — who led Bear Stearns from 1993 to 2008 — was publicly criticized for playing golf and bridge tournaments and reportedly smoking marijuana during critical periods when the…
2007-09-12
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British billionaire Joseph Lewis (a currency trader living in tax exile in the Bahamas) acquired a 7% stake in Bear Stearns for approximately $860 million in September 2007, becoming its largest individual shareholder…
2006-08-07
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Bear Stearns filed filing with the SEC on 2006-08-07. Accession number: N/A.
2006-03-16
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In March 2006, Bear Stearns paid $250 million to settle SEC charges for facilitating unlawful late trading and deceptive market timing of mutual funds between 1999 and 2003, consisting of $160 million in disgorgement…
1999-11-12
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The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, signed by President Clinton, repealed the Glass-Steagall Act's separation of commercial and investment banking. This enabled the large commercial banks to expand into mortgage…
1923-05-01
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Bear Stearns was founded as an equity trading house on May 1, 1923, by Joseph Ainslie Bear, Robert B. Stearns, and Harold C. Mayer with $500,000 in capital. It survived the 1929 Wall Street Crash without layoffs and…
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