List Of Entities Announcing Exposure To Madoff Investments-2-
Entity: Credit Industrial et Commercial SA (12005.FR)
Exposure: EUR90 million
Date of disclosure: Dec. 17
Notes: The bank has no direct exposure to Madoff but could be affected
through an intermediary.
Entity: Genevalor, Benbassat & Cie.
Exposure: n/a
Date of disclosure: Dec. 17
Notes: Genevalor distributes the Thema fund family. An investor document
for one Thema fund shows a return-on-investment chart that corresponds
closely to Madoff's performance. A summary of the fund's investment
strategy describes a process consistent with Madoff's activity. Genevalor
said in a statement on its Web site that it "has been reviewing the
potential damages caused to its clients" by the alleged Madoff fraud. A
statement from the Thema fund said it had assets with Madoff that were now
frozen.
Entity: Great Eastern Holding Ltd. (G07.SG)
Exposure: S$64 million through some Fairfield Greenwich funds
Date of disclosure: Dec. 17
Notes: Great Eastern said S$7.7 million of its exposure is invested from
shareholder funds and S$56.3 million is from its Life Fund. The total
represents 0.14% of the group's total assets as of Sept. 30. Great Eastern
is 87% owned by Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. (O39.SG). Great Eastern's
Lion Global Investors unit separately invested S$350,000 in one Madoff-
related fund.
Entity: M&B Capital Advisers
Exposure: Private clients have more than EUR37 million in exposure
Date of disclosure: Dec. 17
Notes: The firm is run by the son and son-in-law of the chairman of Banco
Santander SA (STD), which disclosed nearly EUR2.33 billion in Madoff
exposure. Through M&B, private and institutional investors bought more
than EUR150 million in Madoff's funds.
Entity: Phoenix Holdings Ltd. (PHOE1.TV)
Exposure: Up to ILS48 million ($12.6 million)
Date of disclosure: Dec. 17
Notes: Phoenix's insurance unit invested $15 million over the last three
years in funds managed by Thema, which made investments through Madoff. In
November, the company requested to redeem $10 million. The payment was due
Dec. 12 but Phoenix hasn't received it.
Entity: Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB.LN) pension fund
Exposure: n/a
Date of disclosure: Dec. 17
Notes: The pension fund fund has an indirect investment that may be
affected. The fund originally invested $45 million. The alleged fraud won't
affect the financial position and funding status of the fund.
Entity: Stanley Chais
Exposure: n/a
Date of disclosure Dec. 17
Notes: The money manager managed investments he called "the arbitrage
partnerships," according to investors and firm correspondence. Chais's
foundation, which focused on Jewish causes and gave about $12 million
annually to Israeli projects (including Bina and Melitz), will be closing.
A lawsuit was filed on behalf of individuals who invested through Chais or
his Brighton Co.
Entity: Aioi Insurance Co. (8761.TO)
Exposure: Y100 million
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: Aioi said it didn't make a direct investment in the Madoff fund.
Entity: Ascot Partners LLC
Exposure: Substantially all of $1.8 billion in assets (figure as of Sept.
30) were invested with Madoff
Date of disclosure: Dec. 11
Notes: A lawsuit was filed against Ascot, J. Ezra Merkin and auditor BDO
Seidman Dec. 16.
Entity: Baloise Holding AG
Exposure: around $13 million
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: n/a
Entity: Carl Shapiro
Exposure: $545 million
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: The amount includes $145 million invested through the Carl & Ruth
Shapiro Family Foundation.
Entity: Credicorp Ltd. (BAP)
Exposure: Up to $4.5 million
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: Credicorp's Atlantic Security Bank unit has $1 million in direct
exposure and up to $3.5 million in potential contingencies "related to
transactions secured by these investments."
Entity: Fukoku Mutual Life Co.
Exposure: n/a
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: 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: Gift of Life Bone Marrow Foundation
Exposure: About $1.8 million in pledges have been affected by Madoff issue
Date of disclosure; Dec. 16
Notes: Gift of Life doesn't have any money invested with Madoff but about
one-third of funds it spent on donor recruitment came from the Madoff
Family Foundation. The organization is trying to raise funds from other
sources.
Entity: Helvetia Holding AG (HELN.EB)
Exposure: Indirect exposure "limited"
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: No direct exposure
Entity: ING NV (ING)
Exposure: "No direct exposure"
Date of disclosure: Dec. 16
Notes: "No significant indirect exposure" through clients. ING said none of
the funds its manages have invested money in Madoff's enterprise.
Publié le 24 Décembre 2008
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