Fortis Bank Nederland (HOLDING) N.V. is the holding company in the Netherlands for a variety of businesses providing (inter)national banking and financial services and is present in over 20 countries.
Fortis Bank Nederland offers a comprehensive package of products and services to private, corporate and (alternative) institutional clients. The broad services vary from consumer finance and credit cards to factoring, trust, corporate, energy, commodities and shipping finance, transaction banking, clearing, custody and fund services, investment banking and financial markets services.
Merchant Banking
Fortis Bank Nederland's Merchant Banking provides bespoke financial solutions to companies and institutional clients based in the Netherlands and abroad. We have developed special expertise in cash & treasury management, debt, equity and structured finance, trading & financial risk hedging, financial advisory and structuring. Merchant Banking serves commodity producers, traders and distributors and is a leader in fund administration, global custody, securities lending and clearing services. Dedicated Relationship Managers coordinate all banking facilities and can call on specialists in all fields.
About Energy, Commodities & Transportation and Principal Finance
ECT is a business line within Merchant Banking that serves a wide range of customers and prospects in the energy, commodities and transportation industries. Our extensive market knowledge have made us leaders in these industries.
Energy is engaged in offshore oil and gas services, oil and gas, power and utilities, renewables (wind and solar energy) and carbon banking. Fortis Groenbank in Utrecht is a separate legal entity within Energy, providing green financing to companies that invest in sustainable projects in the Netherlands. Commodities finance the physical flow of agri, metals, steel and energy products, from the pre-production stage through to storage & delivery. The Transportation group offers structured and innovative financing solutions to companies active in deep-sea shipping, container transport and the aviation sector.
Principal Finance is responsible for all direct investment activities (where FBNL acts as Principal) in the ECT sectors PF acquires (portfolio's of) assets at attractive valuations, provides subordinated debt or preferred equity with upside sharing and invest selectively in companies or projects of core clients of the bank, oftentimes on the basis of tangible collateral and diversified cash-flows
