EXHIBIT 21 SUBSIDIARIES (DIRECT AND INDIRECT) OF THE BEAR STEARNS COMPANIES, INC. JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION ENTITY OR ORGANIZATION - ------ --------------- ABC Gestion France ALIMAX Corp. New York AMC Real Estate Inc. Texas Ashdla Holdings LLC Delaware Ashdla LLC Delaware Battery Park Capital Corp. New York BBT 1995-I Corp. Delaware Bear Hunter L. L. C. New York Bear Specialist, Inc. New York Bear Stearns Realty Partners Apartment Fund I LP Delaware Bear Stearns (Israel), Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns (Japan), Ltd. Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition V, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition XII, Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition XV Delaware Bear Stearns Acquisition XVI Delaware 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 Bear Stearns Asset Management (Ireland), Limited Dublin Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. New York Bear Stearns Bank plc Ireland Bear Stearns Benefits Planning Group New York Bear Stearns Bridge Management I Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Canada Holdings Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Capital Markets Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage, Inc. New York Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns do Brasil Ltda. Brazil Bear Stearns Dublin Development Centre Limited Dublin Bear Stearns Far East Limited Hong Kong Bear Stearns Finance LLC Cayman Islands Bear Stearns Finance S.A. France Bear Stearns Financial Products Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Financial Technologies Ltd. Delaware Bear Stearns FLLC Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Forex Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Funds Management Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Global Asset Holdings, Ltd. Cayman Islands Bear Stearns Global Asset Trading, Ltd. Cayman Islands Bear Stearns Global Convertible Fund, LLC Delaware Bear Stearns Global Convertible Offshore Fund, Ltd. Cayman Islands Bear Stearns Global Equity Derivatives Inc. Cayman Islands Bear Stearns Global Investors Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Global Lending Limited Cayman Islands Bear Stearns Global Securitization Limited United Kingdom Bear Stearns GmbH Germany Bear Stearns Government Products Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Holdings Fund Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Holdings Limited United Kingdom Bear Stearns Home Equity Trust New York Bear Stearns Hong Kong Limited Hong Kong Bear Stearns Insurance Agency of California, Incorporated California Bear Stearns International Trading Limited United Kingdom Bear Stearns Investment Advisors Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Investments Products Inc. New York Bear Stearns Ireland Limited Ireland Bear Stearns Irish Holdings Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Merchant Fund Corp. Delaware Bear Stearns Mortgage Capital Corporation Delaware Bear Stearns N. Y., Inc. New York Bear Stearns Oil Trading Limited United Kingdom Bear Stearns Overseas Ltd. Cayman Islands Bear Stearns Philippines Ltd. Delaware Bear Stearns Real Estate Group Inc. New York Bear Stearns Realty Partners Corporation Delaware Bear Stearns S. A. Delaware Bear Stearns Secured Investors Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns Secured Investors Inc. II Delaware Bear Stearns Securities Administration Corporation 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 Bear Stearns Trading Risk Management Inc. Delaware Bear Stearns U.K. United Kingdom Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Delaware Bear, Stearns & Co., L.P. New York Bear, Stearns Benefits Planning Group Inc. Delaware Bear, Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc. Delaware Bear, Stearns Funding, Inc. Delaware Bear, Stearns Insurance Agency Incorporated Massachusetts Bear, Stearns International Holdings Inc. New York Bear, Stearns International Limited United Kingdom Bear, Stearns Netherlands Holding B.V. Netherlands & Delaware Bear, Stearns Realty Investors, Inc. Delaware Bear, Stearns Securities Corp. Delaware Broadway Funding IV Inc. Delaware Broadway Funding IV L.P. 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 Thanksgiving Partners, Ltd. Texas BSCGP Inc. Delaware BSCP Cayman, Inc. Cayman Islands BSMB Corp. Delaware Commercial Asset Structured Securities Inc. Delaware Commercial Principal Guaranteed Investors Inc. Delaware Commercial Resecuritization Corporation Delaware Constellation Venture Capital Offshore, L.P. Cayman Islands Constellation Ventures (BVI) Inc. British Virgin Islands Constellation Ventures Capital, L. P. Cayman Islands Constellation Ventures Management LLC New York Cosa Inc. Delaware CRC Guarantor Corporation Delaware CTC Services, Inc. New York Custodial Trust Company New Jersey Custrust New Jersey Daley Capital, LLC Delaware DHYNO 1998-1 LLC Delaware Disco Inc. 1999-1 Delaware EMC Funding Corporation Delaware EMC Funding Corporation Two Delaware EMC GP Capital Inc. Delaware EMC Mortgage Corporation Delaware EMC Residential Mortgage Corporation Delaware FAST 1996-2 GP, Inc. Delaware FAST 1996-2, L.P. Delaware FFI Acquisition Corp. Delaware Final Four LLC Delaware Fitz Acquisition Corp. Delaware Fund America Structured Transactions, Inc. Delaware Fund America Structured Transactions, L.P. Delaware Genesis Acquisition Corp. Delaware Gregory Properties Inc. Delaware Gregory/Madison Avenue Inc. Delaware Gregory/Madison Avenue LLC Delaware HI&G Acquisition Corp. Delaware Hill Street Funding III Inc. Delaware Hill Street Funding III L.P. Delaware ICST Acquisition Corp. Delaware ISB Real Estate Corporation Delaware KGB I Inc. Delaware LIBOR Asset Securities, Inc. Delaware Managed Securities Plus Fund, Inc. Delaware MAX Flow Corp. Delaware MAX Recovery Inc. Delaware MAX Recovery Inc. II Delaware MBS Cayman Funding Limited Cayman Islands Motor City Four L.L.C. Delaware MSS Acquisition Corp. II Delaware New Castle Holding, Inc. Delaware New Castle Millennium, L.P. Delaware New Castle Partners LLC Cayman Islands New York Inter-Funding Corp. Delaware Next Capital Management, LLC Delaware Nice-Pak Acquisition Corp. Delaware Oxford Acquisition Corp. Delaware Principal Guaranteed Investors Inc. Delaware Priton Capital, L.P. Delaware Priton Holding, Inc. Delaware Prometheus Funding Corp. Delaware Quatro Finale II LLC Delaware Quatro Finale LLC Delaware Rare Medium Acquisition LLC Delaware RC Acquisition Corp. Delaware Research Conversion Corp. Delaware RSD Hanover Company Inc. Delaware SACO I Inc. Delaware Safety Acquisition Corp. Delaware SAMCO Mortgage Securities Corp. Delaware Standard Acquisition Corp. Delaware Status Securities Inc. New York Street Pricing Service Withdrawn 12/31/98 New York Strike Technologies LLC Delaware Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc. Delaware Structured Commercial Principal Guaranteed Securities Inc. Delaware Structured Mortgage Asset Corp. Delaware Sun Apparel Acquisition Corp. Delaware Thanksgiving Properties, Inc. Delaware Thanksgiving Tower Partners Texas The Bear Stearns Funds Massachusetts The BSC Employee Fund, L.P. Delaware The Mayer Fund Delaware Tony Roma Acquisition Corp. Delaware TPIR Inc. Delaware Uniscribe Acquisition Corp. Delaware Ursa Oil Corporation Delaware VHC Acquisition Corp. Delaware White River Global Fund Management, Inc. Delaware White River Offshore, Ltd. Cayman Islands White River Securities, LLC New York