List of writedowns due to subprime crisis

Write-downs on the value of loans, MBS and CDOs due to the subprime mortgage crisis.

Company Business Type Loss (Billion USD) References
UBS bank $37.7 bln [1][2][3]
Citigroup bank $39.1 bln [4][5][6]
Merrill Lynch investment bank $29.1 bln [7][8][9]
Morgan Stanley investment bank $11.5 bln [10][11][12]
Crédit Agricole bank $4.8 bln [13]
HSBC bank $20.4 bln [14][15][16]
Bank of America bank $7.95 bln [17][18][19]
CIBC bank $3.2 bln [20]
Deutsche Bank bank $7.7 bln [21][22][23][24]
Mizuho Financial Group bank $5.5 bln [25]
Barclays bank $3.1 bln [26]
Bear Stearns investment bank $2.6 bln [27][28]
Royal Bank of Scotland bank $15.2 bln [29][30][31][32][33]
Washington Mutual savings and loan $2.4 bln [34][35]
Swiss Re reinsurance $2.04 bln [36][37]
Lehman Brothers investment bank $3.93 bln [38][39]
LBBW bank $1.1 bln [40]
JPMorgan Chase bank $5.5 bln [11][41][42]
Goldman Sachs investment bank $1.5 bln [10][43]
Freddie Mac mortgage GSE $4.3 bln [44]
Credit Suisse bank $9.0 bln [45][46]
Wells Fargo bank $2.9 bln [47][48]
Wachovia bank $11.1 bln [49][50][51][52]
RBC bank $1.2 bln [53][54][55]
Fannie Mae mortgage GSE $0.896 bln [56]
MBIA bond insurance $3.3 bln [57]
Hypo Real Estate bank $0.580 bln [58]
Ambac Financial Group bond insurance $3.5 bln [59][60][61]
Commerzbank bank $1.1 bln [62]
Société Générale bank $3.0 bln [63][64]
BNP Paribas bank $0.870 bln [65][66]
WestLB bank $2.74 bln [67][68]
American International Group insurance $11.1 bln [69][70]
BayernLB bank $6.7 bln [71]
Natixis bank $1.75 bln [72]
Countrywide Financial mortgage bank $4.0 bln [73][74]
DZ Bank bank $2.1 bln [75]
Fortis bank $2.3 bln [76]
ICICI Bank bank $0.264 bln [77]
IKB Deutsche Industriebank bank $3.45 bln [78]
Aozora Bank bank $0.397 bln [79]
Dresdner Bank bank $3.49 bln [80][81]
HBOS bank $7.06 bln [82][83][84]
Lloyds TSB bank $1.32 bln [85]
Bank of China bank $2.0 bln [24]
ICBC bank $0.448 bln [86]

Other estimates

References

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