Bear Stearns ran 35.6-to-1 leverage on illiquid assets and collapsed after its hedge funds failed
Bear Stearns · Investment banking (listed)
The case in brief
Visible before detection
Checks that could have surfaced it, on hindsight
Unit economics & burn
Would have measured leverage against liquid capital.
Can mislead when: Cost allocation is a judgement call. Kubr shows its assumptions and lets the user change them.
Document authenticity / direct pull
Would have tested level 3 valuations independently.
Can mislead when: The company can refuse consent, and a refusal is itself a flag. Some banks and co-op banks are not on AA yet.
Regulatory & litigation records
Would have tracked the hedge fund failures and lawsuits.
Can mislead when: Court records lag and name spellings vary. A clean record can mean the problem has not reached court yet.
Where Kubr services would have helped
Valuation context
Offered in India- C8 Would have tracked the hedge fund failures and lawsuits.
- C9 Would have measured leverage against liquid capital.
Financial diligence
Offered in India- C5 Would have tested level 3 valuations independently.
- C9 Would have measured leverage against liquid capital.
IC note
Offered in India- C5 Would have tested level 3 valuations independently.
- C8 Would have tracked the hedge fund failures and lawsuits.
Verified Snapshot
Offered in India- C8 Would have tracked the hedge fund failures and lawsuits.
Mapped from the checks each service runs. A hindsight reading of public records, not a promise that the failure would have been found.
Same pattern
A summary of public documents. It reports what the sources say. It is not Kubr's finding and not a statement of guilt.