Bear Stearns
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Bear Stearns was a major American investment bank and brokerage firm that collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis and was acquired by JPMorgan Chase.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bear Stearns canonical | 11 |
| Bear Stearns Companies Inc. | 2 |
| Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. | 1 |
| Bear Stearns Home Equity Trusts (securitization entities) | 1 |
| Bear Stearns collapse and rescue | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T495028 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Bear Stearns Context triple: [JPMorgan Chase, precededBy, Bear Stearns]
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Chase Manhattan Bank
Chase Manhattan Bank was a major American commercial and investment bank based in New York City that became one of the largest financial institutions in the United States before merging into JPMorgan Chase.
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Bank One Corporation
Bank One Corporation was a major U.S. bank holding company that became one of the nation’s largest banks before its 2004 acquisition by JPMorgan Chase.
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JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase is a leading American multinational financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the world, offering investment banking, commercial banking, asset management, and other financial services.
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D.
Cantor Fitzgerald
Cantor Fitzgerald is a New York–based financial services firm and brokerage known for its bond trading operations and for suffering devastating losses in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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E.
State Street
State Street is a historic thoroughfare in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as a center of early American commerce and finance and for its proximity to key Revolutionary-era landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Bear Stearns Target entity description: Bear Stearns was a major American investment bank and brokerage firm that collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis and was acquired by JPMorgan Chase.
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A.
Chase Manhattan Bank
Chase Manhattan Bank was a major American commercial and investment bank based in New York City that became one of the largest financial institutions in the United States before merging into JPMorgan Chase.
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B.
Bank One Corporation
Bank One Corporation was a major U.S. bank holding company that became one of the nation’s largest banks before its 2004 acquisition by JPMorgan Chase.
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C.
JPMorgan Chase
JPMorgan Chase is a leading American multinational financial services firm and one of the largest banking institutions in the world, offering investment banking, commercial banking, asset management, and other financial services.
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D.
Cantor Fitzgerald
Cantor Fitzgerald is a New York–based financial services firm and brokerage known for its bond trading operations and for suffering devastating losses in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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E.
State Street
State Street is a historic thoroughfare in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as a center of early American commerce and finance and for its proximity to key Revolutionary-era landmarks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
brokerage firm
ⓘ
financial services company ⓘ investment bank ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | JPMorgan Chase ⓘ |
| acquisitionAnnounced | March 2008 ⓘ |
| acquisitionCompleted | 2008 ⓘ |
| acquisitionPricePerShare |
10 USD (revised agreement)
ⓘ
2 USD (initial agreement) ⓘ |
| bailedOutBy |
Federal Reserve emergency lending programs
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Reserve (through financing of JPMorgan deal)
|
| businessArea |
clearing services
ⓘ
equities trading ⓘ fixed income trading ⓘ prime brokerage ⓘ |
| ceo |
Alan Schwartz
ⓘ
James Cayne ⓘ |
| chairman | James Cayne ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateFounded | 1923 ⓘ |
| dissolved | 2008 ⓘ |
| fate | acquired by JPMorgan Chase ⓘ |
| formerType | public company ⓘ |
| foundedAs | brokerage house ⓘ |
| founder |
Harold C. Mayer
ⓘ
Joseph Ainslie Bear ⓘ Robert B. Stearns ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Manhattan
ⓘ
surface form:
New York
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| industry |
brokerage
ⓘ
financial services ⓘ investment banking ⓘ |
| keyRoleIn |
global financial crisis of 2007–2008
ⓘ
2008 United States housing and financial crisis ⓘ
surface form:
subprime mortgage crisis
|
| legalIssue | SEC and DOJ investigations related to mortgage securities ⓘ |
| liquidityCrisis | experienced severe run on liquidity in March 2008 ⓘ |
| majorEvent | collapse during the 2008 financial crisis ⓘ |
| notableCompetitor |
Goldman Sachs
ⓘ
Lehman Brothers ⓘ Morgan Stanley ⓘ |
| notableFor |
collapse of hedge funds tied to subprime mortgages in 2007
ⓘ
heavy exposure to mortgage-backed securities ⓘ near-failure that intensified the 2008 financial crisis ⓘ |
| notableOffice | headquarters at 383 Madison Avenue, Manhattan ⓘ |
| numberOfEmployees | about 15000 ⓘ |
| parentCompanyAfterAcquisition | JPMorgan Chase ⓘ |
| ratingDowngrade | credit ratings cut shortly before collapse in 2008 ⓘ |
| regulator |
Securities and Exchange Commission
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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| stockExchangeListing | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
Bear Stearns Asset Management
ⓘ
Bear Stearns self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Bear Stearns Home Equity Trusts (securitization entities)
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| tickerSymbol | BSC ⓘ |
| tradedAs | component of the S&P 500 Index (historically) ⓘ |
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Subject: Bear Stearns Description of subject: Bear Stearns was a major American investment bank and brokerage firm that collapsed during the 2008 financial crisis and was acquired by JPMorgan Chase.
Referenced by (16)
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