List Of Entities Announcing Exposure To Madoff Investments-4-
08 Gennaio 2009 - 9:45PM
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Entity: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Exposure: Less than $10 million
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: "Any impact immaterial to financial condition."
Entity: Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co.
Exposure: Y100 million
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: Meiji Yasuda didn't invest directly in the Madoff fund.
Entity: Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. (8725.TO)
Exposure: Y800 million
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: Mitsui Sumitomo didn't invest directly in the Madoff fund.
Entity: New York Law School
Exposure: $3 million through Ascot Partners
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: The school invested the money through its endowment entity. The
school filed an investor lawsuit against J. Ezra Merkin, Ascot Partners and
BDO Seidman.
Entity: Nipponkoa Insurance Co. (8754.TO)
Exposure: n/a
Date of disclosure: The company said it holds similar investments trusts to
those held by Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. but declined to specify the
balance. Sumitomo disclosed that it has about Y2 billion exposed via
trusts.
Entity: North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
Exposure: $5.7 million
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: Exposure represents less than 1% of the health system's investment
portfolio. A donor agreed to reimburse the system for any losses.
Entity: Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation; Robert I. Lappin 1992
Supporting Foundation
Exposure: n/a
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: Programs run by the foundations have been discontinued, according to
a statement on the organizations' Web site. Money used to fund the programs
was invested with the Madoff firm.
Entity: Sumitomo Life Insurance Co.
Exposure: About Y2 billion
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: Sumitomo Life didn't invest directly in the Madoff fund but part of
its investment trust holdings were linked to it.
Entity: Swiss Life Holding AG (SLHN.VX)
Exposure: CHF90 million, ($78.9 million)
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: Swiss Life said it is exposed indirectly through fund of funds. The
loss is less than 0.1% of Swiss Life's assets under management.
Entity: Swiss Reinsurance Co. (RUKN.VX)
Exposure: indirect exposure less than $3 million
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: Exposure is through hedge fund investments; no direct exposure.
Entity: Taiyo Life Insurance Co. (6252.TO)
Exposure: Y20 million
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: Taiyo Life didn't invest directly in the Madoff fund.
Entity: UBI Banca SpA (UBI.MI)
Exposure: EUR60.4 million
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: UBI Pramerica and Capitalgest Alternative Investments, the assets-
under-management units, have no exposure. The bank estimates EUR400,000 in
customer exposure in assets under custody. The bank said EUR450,000 in
exposure is registered in customers' discretionary portfolios at UBI Banca
International SA Luxembourg.
Entity: Aozora Bank Ltd. (8304.TO)
Exposure: Estimated Y12.4 billion ($137 million)
Date of disclosure: Dec. 15
Notes: Aozora entrusted Y12.4 billion to investment funds, which invested
with Madoff. Cerberus Capital Management LP owns a majority stake in
Aozora. Aozora doesn't expect the loss's impact on its financial condition
to be material.
Entity: AXA SA (AXA)
Exposure: Less than EUR100 million
Date of disclosure: Dec. 15
Notes: n/a
Entity: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentina SA (BBV)
Exposure: EUR300 million
Date of disclosure: Dec. 15
Notes: BBV reiterated it doesn't have direct exposure to Madoff, but
would face losses of EUR300 million if Madoff funds were found not to
exist.
Entity: Banco Espanol de Credito SA (BTO.MC)
Exposure: EUR2 million
Date of disclosure: Dec. 15
Notes: Banesto said the EUR2 million is included in the EUR2.33 billion
already disclosed by its parent company, Banco Santander SA (STD). Of the
EUR2 million, EUR400,000 corresponds to hedge fund customers and EUR1.6
million corresponds to structured deposit customers.
Entity: Banque Benedict Hentsch
Exposure: CHF56 million ($48.8 million)
Date of disclosure: Dec. 15
Notes: Banque Benedict Hentsch bought back its capital from Fairfield
Greenwich after disclosing its exposure. The deal unwinds a three-month
partnership.
Entity: Barclays PLC (BCS)
Exposure: "minimal"
Date of disclosure: Dec. 15
Notes: Barclay's exposure is "fully collateralized."