EXHIBIT 21 Subsidiaries of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. ----------------------------------------------- Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization --------------- Bear Stearns Acquisition Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition II, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition Corporation IV Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition V, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition Corporation VII Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition XII, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition XIV, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition XV Corp. Delaware ALIMAX Corp. New York AMC Real Estate Inc. Texas Bear Stearns Argentina Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Asia Limited Hong Kong Bear Stearns Asset Backed Investors Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc. Delaware AURA Partners, L.P. Delaware Bear Stearns Bank plc Ireland Battery Park Capital Corp. New York BBT 1995-I Corp. Delaware Bear Hunter L.L.C. New York Bear Specialist, Inc. New York Bear TEL Corp. Delaware Bear, Stearns Benefits Planning Group Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Benefits Planning Group New York Bear Stearns Bridge Management I Inc. 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 Securities Corp. New York BSC Service Corp. Delaware BSC Thanksgiving Partners, Ltd. Texas BSCGP Inc. Delaware BSCP Cayman, Inc. Cayman Islands BSMSI 1993-12 Reserve Fund Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Capital Markets Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns China Direct Investment Cayman Islands Fund, L.P. Bear Stearns China, L.P. Cayman Island Bear Stearns China SPC, Inc. Delaware CLBS Titrisation S.A. France Bear Stearns S.A. France Safety Acquisition Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Secured Investors Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Secured Investors Inc. II Delaware Bear Stearns Securities Administration Corporation Delaware Bear, Stearns Securities Corp. New York Short Term Asset Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Singapore Asset Holdings Pte Ltd Singapore Bear Stearns Singapore Pte. Limited Singapore Bear Stearns Spanish Securitization Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns State Asia, Inc. Philippines Status Securities Inc. New York Street Pricing Service New York Bear Stearns Structured Products Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Structured Securities Inc. Delaware Thanksgiving Properties, Inc. Delaware Thanksgiving Tower Partners Texas The Bear Stearns Charitable Foundation, Inc. New York The BSC Employee Fund, L.P. Delaware Bear Stearns Trading Risk Management Inc. Delaware 2 Bear Stearns U.K. United Kingdom Ursa Oil Corporation Delaware U.S. Leather Holdings, Inc. Delaware VHC Acquisition Corp. Delaware White River Securities Corp. New York Yorktown Creole Corp. Texas Yorktown Realty Corp. Texas Bear, Stearns Insurance Agency Incorporated Massachusetts Bear Stearns Insurance Agency of California, California Incorporated Bear, Stearns International Holdings Inc. New York Bear, Stearns International Limited United Kingdom Bear Stearns International Trading Limited United Kingdom Bear Stearns Investment Advisors Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Investment Partnership 1987-II New York Bear Stearns Investments Products Inc. New York Bear Stearns Irish Holdings Inc. Delaware ISB Real Estate Corporation Delaware Bear Stearns (Israel), Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns (Japan), Ltd. Delaware LIBOR Asset Securities, Inc. Delaware Managed Income Securities Fund, Inc. Delaware MAX Flow Corp. Delaware MAX Recovery Inc. Delaware Monterey Fund, Inc. New York Bear Stearns Mortgage Capital Corporation Delaware Bear Stearns Mortgage Securities Inc. Delaware Motor City Four L.L.C. Delaware Bear Stearns Municipal Capital Markets Inc. Delaware Bear, Stearns Netherlands Holding B.V. Netherlands & Delaware 3 New Castle Holdings, Inc. Delaware New Castle Partners LLC Cayman Islands Bear Stearns N.Y., Inc. New York Bear Stearns Oil Trading Limited United Kingdom Bear Stearns Overseas Ltd. Cayman Islands Bear Stearns Park Avenue Trading Corporation Delaware Bear Stearns Philippines Ltd. Delaware Priton Holding, Inc. Delaware Priton Capital, L.P. Delaware Quatro Finale LLC Delaware Bear Stearns Real Estate Group Inc. New York Bear, Stearns Realty Investors, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Realty Partners Apartment Fund I, Delaware L.P. Bear Stearns Realty Partners Corporation Delaware Research Conversion Corp. Delaware RSD Hanover Company Inc. Delaware Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Delaware Bear, Stearns & Co., L.P. New York Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage, Inc. New York Bear, Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Computer Network Inc. Delaware CTC Services, Inc. New York Custodial Trust Company New Jersey Custrust New Jersey Danbury River Properties, Inc. Connecticut Bear Stearns do Brasil Ltda. Brazil EMC Funding Corporation Delaware EMC Funding Corporation Two Delaware EMC GP Capital Inc. Delaware EMC Mortgage Corporation Delaware 4 EMC Residential Mortgage Corporation Delaware Experimental Data Corporation New York Bear Stearns Far East Limited Hong Kong FAST 1996-2 GP, Inc. Delaware FAST 1996-2 L.P. Delaware Final Four LLC Delaware Bear Stearns Finance LLC Cayman Islands Bear Stearns Financial Products Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Finance S.A. France Bear Stearns Financial Technologies Ltd. Delaware Bear Stearns FLLC Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Forex Inc. Delaware Fund America Structured Transactions, Inc. Delaware Fund America Structured Transactions, L.P. Delaware Bear, Stearns Funding, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Funds Management Inc. New York Bear Stearns Global Asset Holdings, Ltd. Cayman Islands Bear Stearns Global Asset Trading, Ltd. Cayman Islands Bear Stearns Global Equity Derivatives Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Global Investors Inc. New York Bear Stearns Global Securitisation Limited United Kingdom Bear Stearns GmbH Germany Bear Stearns Government Products Corp. Delaware Gregory Properties Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Holdings Limited United Kingdom Bear Stearns Hong Kong Limited Hong Kong 5