Corporate & Securities Law

NY Fed Discloses Maiden Lane Assets in Extreme detail...

By Brett D. Sherman

This just in - 

See the attached report for a detailed rundown of assets the Fed took from BSC to induce JP Morgan Chase to buy Bear Stearns. 

According to data disclosed this week by the New York Fed, the original value of the Bear Stearns Portfolio (Maiden Lane I) was $75 billion.  When Bear transferred the portfolio to the Fed in 2008, the assets were "valued" at $30 billion.  

Sounds to us like Bear Stearns really was doing well (readers - insert sarcasm here).  Guess those nasty rumor mongers were to blame for the collapse of Bear Stearns after all (again, sarcasm; more intense this time).  

Download Maiden Lane 1 holdings from BSC

Wall Street Law Blog will post the other Maiden Lane holdings tomorrow.

Full post as published by Wall Street Law Blog on March 31, 2010 (boomark / email).