EXHIBIT 21 Subsidiaries of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. ----------------------------------------------- Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization --------------- Battery Park Capital Corp. New York Bear Stearns Acquisition Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition II, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition Corporation IV Delaware CDG Holdings, Inc. Massachusetts Cambridge Dry Goods Co. Inc. Massachusetts Bear Stearns Acquisition V, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition Corp. VII Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition XII, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition XIV, Inc. Delaware MV Holdings, Inc. Delaware ALIMAX Corp. New York Bear Stearns Argentina Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Asset Backed Investors Corp Delaware Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Capital Markets Inc. Delaware BSCGP Inc. Delaware The BSC Employee Fund, L.P. Delaware BSCP Cayman, Inc. Cayman Islands Bear Stearns China SPC, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns China, L.P. Cayman Islands Bear Stearns China Direct Investment Cayman Islands Fund, L.P. Bear Stearns Fiduciary Services, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Finance S.A. France CLBS Titrisation France ABC Gestion France Bear Stearns Financial Products Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Trading Risk Management Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Financial Technologies Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Forex Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Funds Management Inc. New York Bear Stearns FLLC Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Finance LLC Cayman Islands Bear Stearns Global Asset Holdings, Ltd. Cayman Islands Bear Stearns Global Equity Derivatives Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Global Investors Inc. New York Bear Stearns Government Products Corp. Delaware Bear, Stearns Government Securities, Inc. New York Gregory Properties Inc. Delaware Subsidiaries of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. ----------------------------------------------- Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization --------------- Bear Stearns Holdings Limited United Kingdom Bear, Stearns International Limited United Kingdom Bear Stearns U.K. United Kingdom Bear Stearns International Trading Limited United Kingdom Bear Stearns Oil Trading Limited United Kingdom Bear, Stearns Insurance Agency Incorporated Massachusetts Bear Stearns Insurance Agency of California, Incorporated California Bear, Stearns International Holdings Inc. New York Bear Stearns do Brasil Ltda. Brazil Bear Stearns Far East Limited Hong Kong Bear Stearns Hong Kong Limited Hong Kong Bear Stearns Asia Limited Hong Kong Bear Stearns Singapore Pte Limited Singapore Bear Stearns Singapore Asset Holdings Pte Ltd. Singapore Bear Stearns Investment Advisors Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Irish Holdings Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns (Israel), Inc. Delaware LIBOR Asset Securities, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Mortgage Capital Corporation Delaware Bear, Stearns Funding, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Mortgage Securities Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Municipal Capital Markets Inc. Delaware Bear, Stearns Netherlands Holding B.V. Netherland & Delaware Bear Stearns GmbH Germany New Castle Holding, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns N. Y., Inc. New York Bear Stearns Overseas Ltd. Cayman Islands Bear Stearns Park Avenue Trading Corporation Delaware Bear Stearns Philippines Ltd. Delaware Bear Stearns State Asia, Inc. Philippines Bear Stearns Real Estate Group Inc. New York Bear, Stearns Realty Investors, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Realty Partners Corporation Delaware Bear Stearns Realty Partners Apartment Fund I LP Delaware Bear Stearns Secured Investors Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Secured Investors Inc. II Delaware Bear Stearns Securities Administration Corporation Delaware Bear Stearns Spanish Securitization Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Structured Products Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Structured Securities Inc. Delaware 2 Subsidiaries of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. ----------------------------------------------- Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization --------------- Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Delaware Bear, Stearns Securities Corp. ("BSSC") Delaware Common Back Office, Inc. Delaware BSC Securities Corp. New York Bear Stearns S.A. France Bear Specialist, Inc. New York Bear Hunter L. L. C. New York Bear Stearns American Specialist Inc. New York Bear, Stearns Benefits Planning Group Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Benefits Planning Group New York Research Conversion Corp. Delaware Status Securities Inc. New York Bear Stearns Global Asset Trading, Ltd. Cayman Islands Bear Stearns (Japan), Ltd. Delaware Bear, Stearns & Co. L.P. New York Bear TEL Corp. Delaware BBT 1995-I Corp. Delaware BS Agency GP Capital Inc. Delaware BS Fund America 1993-C GP Capital Inc. Delaware BS Fund America 1993-D GP Capital Inc. Delaware BSC Hotel Capital Corporation New York BSC Service Corp. Delaware BSMSI 1993-12 Reserve Fund Corp. Delaware BSTE Funding I Inc. Delaware BSTE Funding II Inc. Delaware BSTE Funding III Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage, Inc. New York Bear, Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. Delaware Custodial Trust Company New Jersey CTC Services, Inc. New York Custrust (Nominee) New Jersey EMC Mortgage Corporation Delaware EMC GP Capital Inc. Delaware EMC Funding Corporation Delaware EMC Funding Corporation Two Delaware EMC Residential Mortgage Corporation Delaware ISB Real Estate Corporation Delaware AMC Real Estate Inc. Texas MAX Recovery Inc. Delaware MAX Flow Corp. Delaware Thanksgiving Properties, Inc. Texas 3