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)
Write-downs
on the value of loans,
MBS
and
CDOs
due to the
subprime mortgage crisis
.
Company
Business Type
Loss (Billion
USD
)
References
UBS
bank
$37.7 bln
[
1
]
[
2
]
[
3
]
Citigroup
bank
$39.1 bln
[
4
]
[
5
]
[
6
]
Merrill Lynch
investment bank
$29.1 bln
[
7
]
[
8
]
[
9
]
Morgan Stanley
investment bank
$11.5 bln
[
10
]
[
11
]
[
12
]
Crédit Agricole
bank
$4.8 bln
[
13
]
HSBC
bank
$20.4 bln
[
14
]
[
15
]
[
16
]
Bank of America
bank
$7.95 bln
[
17
]
[
18
]
[
19
]
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
bank
$3.2 bln
[
20
]
Deutsche Bank
bank
$7.7 bln
[
21
]
[
22
]
[
23
]
[
24
]
Mizuho Financial Group
bank
$5.5 bln
[
25
]
Barclays
bank
$3.1 bln
[
26
]
Bear Stearns
investment bank
$2.6 bln
[
27
]
[
28
]
Royal Bank of Scotland
bank
$15.2 bln
[
29
]
[
30
]
[
31
]
[
32
]
[
33
]
Washington Mutual
savings and loan
$2.4 bln
[
34
]
[
35
]
Swiss Re
reinsurance
$2.04 bln
[
36
]
[
37
]
Lehman Brothers
investment bank
$3.93 bln
[
38
]
[
39
]
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
bank
$1.1 bln
[
40
]
JPMorgan
bank
$5.5 bln
[
11
]
[
41
]
[
42
]
Goldman Sachs
investment bank
$1.5 bln
[
10
]
[
43
]
Freddie Mac
mortgage
GSE
$4.3 bln
[
44
]
Credit Suisse
bank
$9.0 bln
[
45
]
[
46
]
Wells Fargo
bank
$2.9 bln
[
47
]
[
48
]
Wachovia
bank
$11.1 bln
[
49
]
[
50
]
[
51
]
[
52
]
Royal Bank of Canada
bank
$1.2 bln
[
53
]
[
54
]
[
55
]
Fannie Mae
mortgage
GSE
$0.896 bln
[
56
]
Municipal Bond Insurance Association
bond insurance
$3.3 bln
[
57
]
Hypo Real Estate
bank
$0.580 bln
[
58
]
Ambac Financial Group
bond insurance
$3.5 bln
[
59
]
[
60
]
[
61
]
Commerzbank
bank
$1.1 bln
[
62
]
Société Générale
bank
$3.0 bln
[
63
]
[
64
]
BNP Paribas
bank
$0.870 bln
[
65
]
[
66
]
WestLB
bank
$2.74 bln
[
67
]
[
68
]
AIG
insurance
$11.1 bln
[
69
]
[
70
]
Landesbank Bayern
bank
$6.7 bln
[
71
]
Natixis
bank
$1.75 bln
[
72
]
Countrywide Financial
mortgage bank
$4.0 bln
[
73
]
[
74
]
DZ Bank
bank
$2.1 bln
[
75
]
Fortis
bank
$2.3 bln
[
76
]
ICICI Bank
bank
$0.264 bln
[
77
]
IKB Deutsche Industriebank
bank
$3.45 bln
[
78
]
Aozora Bank
bank
$0.397 bln
[
79
]
Dresdner Bank
bank
$3.49 bln
[
80
]
[
81
]
Lloyds Banking Group
bank
$8.38 bln
[
82
]
Bank of China
bank
$2.0 bln
[
24
]
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
bank
$0.448 bln
[
83
]
Bloomberg, May 19, 2008
Bloomberg, August 12, 2008
(commentary
)
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.
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.
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. Retrieved
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"Startling" $8 billion loss for Merrill Lynch"
.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Washington Post
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↑
"Swiss Re hit by $1 bln credit market insurance loss"
.
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2008-02-24
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↑
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.
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.
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