Investments & Divestments

Here follows a list of major investments and divestments since the merger of ABN and Amro Bank in 1991.

2007

DMC/Interfinance
Mellon
LaSalle Bank
Sale of ABN AMRO Mortgage Group
Acquisition of Prime Bank
 

2006

Sale of Bouwfonds
Purchase of Banca Antonveneta
Sale of Futures Business
Sale of Private Banking in Monaco
Sale of AM business in Taiwan
Acquisition of International AM
 

2005

Sale of 40.2% stake in K&H Bank
Acquisition of Priory Group
Sale of Real Seguros
Sale of Nachenius, Tjeenk & Co.
Acquisition of Bank Corluy
 
2004
Sale of Executive Relocation to SIRVA
Sale of LeasePlan Corporation
Sale of ABN AMRO Trust to Equity Trust
Sale of 80.77% stake in Bank of Asia to United Overseas Bank
Sale of Professional Brokerage unit to Merrill Lynch
Acquisition of BethmannMaffei, Germany
 
2003
Acquisition Banco Sudameris, Brazil
Joint venture in bancassurance ABN AMRO and Delta Lloyd
Stake bought in Xiangcai Hefeng Fund Management Company, China
 
2002
Activities in Lebanon sold to Byblos Bank
Acquisition of Delbrück & Co, Germany
Merger ABN AMRO Fund Managers and Artemis
International custody joint venture between ABN AMRO and Mellon Financial Corporation
Retail activities in Greece sold to Aspis Bank
Sale of consumer banking business in the Philippines
 
2001
Activities in Bahrain sold to BankMuscat
Consumer banking business in Chile and Venezuela sold
Activities in Kenya sold to Citibank
Branches of ABN AMRO in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba sold to RBTT Financial Group
European American Bank sold to Citibank
Acquisition Michigan National Corporation
Activities in Ecuador sold to Banco Del Pinchincha
Merger of ABN AMRO Magyar Bank and Kereskedelmi Es Hitelbank in Hungary
Consumer banking operations in Argentina sold to Banco Galicia
Activities in Morocco sold to BMCI
Activities in Sri Lanka sold to NDB Bank
Acquisition of ING Barings businesses in US
Stake in Surinaamsche Bank sold to Assuria
 
2000
Acquisition Alleghany Asset Management, US
Increase shareholding Banca di Roma to 10.2%
Acquisition of Taiwanese fund management company Kwang Hua
Acquisition of Bouwfonds, the Netherlands
 
1999
Acquisition of Atlantic Mortgage Investment Corporation, Florida
Acquisition of 4.9% in Interbanca, Italy
Acquisition of Czech Atlantik Portfolio Management A.S.
ABN AMRO and Bouwfonds form strategic alliance, the Netherlands
Acquisition of majority stake in Egyptian Broker Delta EAB
Acquisition of Bank of America's consumer banking activities in India, Singapore and Taiwan
Acquisition of a share in Banca di Roma, Italy
Acquisition of controlling stake in Great Pacific Savings Bank of the Philippines
Acquisition of Cimo Sim, Italy
Acquisition of Sociedad de Valores y Bolsa, Spain
 
1998
Acquisition of Bandepe, Brazil
Acquisition of Banco Real, Brazil
Cooperation between ABN AMRO and Mellon Bank Corporation
Acquisition of Bank of Asia, Thailand
ABN AMRO Bank increases holding in Huysamer Stals to 75%, South Africa
 
1997
Acquisition of the Australian and New Zealand operations of BZW from Barclays PLC
Acquisition of Sage Clearing Limited Partnership, San Francisco
Acquisition of 50% of investment banking firm MeesPierson EurAmerica Limited
Acquisition of Standard Federal Bank, Michigan
Acquisition of futures operations from Citicorp
 
1996
Acquisition of Magyar Hitel Bank, Hungary
Joint venture of ABN AMRO with Rothschild into ABN AMRO Rothschild, regarding equity capital markets
 
1995
Acquisition of Alfred Berg, Sweden
 
1993
Acquisition of Cragin Financials Corporation, Chicago
Merger of Mees & Hope and Pierson to MeesPierson, which is sold to Fortis
 
1992
Acquisition of Hoare Govette, United Kingdom
 
1991
Acquisition of Talman Home, Chicago