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ABN AMRO Capital announces EUR 235 mln sale of Iittala Group Plc

ABN AMRO Capital, the private equity business of ABN AMRO, today announces that it has sold Iittala Group Plc for EUR 235 mln. Iittala, a leading homeware company offering a wide assortment of products in modern Scandinavian design, will be sold to an international consumer products company, Fiskars Corporation. The transaction is subject to approval of the competition authorities.Iittala designs, produces, markets and sells branded homeware products, such as glass, porcelain, and cookware items, as well as cutlery. They are a strong player in Finland, thereafter Sweden and Norway, in the

ABN AMRO launches Open-Ended oil and metal certificates in Sweden

Stockholm, 28 November 2006 – ABN AMRO today launched new Open-Ended certificates on oil and the most popular precious and base metals - gold, silver, copper and zinc – for the first time ever on the Nordic market. The certificates are structured products with no fixed maturity (open- ended) and will be tradable on the stock exchange.“ABN AMRO is well known for its commodities trading and has extensive expertise in the oil and metal markets all over the world. Our unique combination of global knowledge and local intimacy enables us to provide cutting edge products to address the strong

ABN AMRO launches Open End certificates in Sweden

Stockholm, 2 November 2006 – ABN AMRO has launched a new product range of international structured products in Sweden – Open End certificates, which are traded daily on the stock exchange.“Our strategy is to bring in the full spectra of ABN AMRO products to the Swedish market, and we are starting with sophisticated theme certificates to retail investors and institutions. Our unique combination of global knowledge and local intimacy enables us to present Swedish clients with innovative investment opportunities from across the globe”, said Joacim Nässén, Country Executive in Sweden.The

ABN AMRO strengthens Nordic equities franchise with senior hires

ABN AMRO today announced the appointments of a series of Equities hires as it continues to focus on combining its Nordic platform with the Bank’s suite of international Equities products. Carl Eckerdal joins in September as senior Retail analyst covering the Nordic countries. Eckerdal, who has nine years experience in research, was previously Head of forward looking statements at the Swedish Research Institute of Trade in Stockholm. Jeff Saul and Bo Andresen join from Enskilda Securities. Saul has been appointed Head of Research in Denmark, and Andresen as Senior Equities Analyst in the

ABN AMRO Capital confirms buy-and-build strategy for Loparex with acquisition of Douglas-Hanson

ABN AMRO Capital, the private equity business of ABN AMRO, announces that their portfolio company Loparex have agreed to acquire Douglas-Hanson Company, a leading supplier of film and paper-based release liners, from its company founder. ABN AMRO Capital already has a majority stake in Loparex and this is the first step of a planned buy-and-build strategy. Loparex is the leading international producer of release liners for adhesive products. The two businesses will be merged following this acquisition. Since ABN AMRO Capital acquired Loparex in September 2005 it has aimed to significantly

New Country Executive for ABN AMRO in Sweden

ABN AMRO announces today that it has named Joacim Nässén as Country Executive for Sweden as per August 1, 2006. The announcement accompanies the formal rebranding of Alfred Berg on June 16 and will be an opportunity to further capitalise on the bank’s presence in Sweden. Joacim Nässén is currently Head of Global Clients and Commercial segment in Sweden. He joined the Bank in 1989 in the Structured Finance Unit and has had previous posts as a relationship banker in the Telecom sector team and from April 2003 was head of the client coverage function in Sweden. He worked for Siemens for three

Debt restructuring in Storebaelt wins The Banker’s ‘Deal of the Year’ award

The Banker magazine’s ‘Deal of the Year 2005’ award in Denmark goes to the EUR 375 million restructuring of inflation-linked debt for Storebaelt in September, in which ABN AMRO was the lead financial advisor. The deal is one of the largest inflation-linked asset liability management (ALM) restructurings in Europe in 2005 and the largest inflation linked deal in 2005 for a Danish public sector entity, both in terms of principal amount and maturity. Storebaelt is a government-owned entity that operates the world’s second largest suspension bridge, linking east and west Denmark. The bridge

Currency strength not an indicator for long-term equity returns, says ABN AMRO / London Business School study

The paradigm that equity markets supported by strong currencies provide superior returns compared to equities in weak-currency markets has been rejected by the authors of the 2006 ABN AMRO Global Investment Returns Yearbook. The Yearbook, published annually in partnership with Professors Dimson, Marsh, and Staunton of London Business School, is the most comprehensive and authoritative work of its kind and examines total returns since 1900 for stocks, bonds, cash and foreign exchange in 17 major markets, covering North America, Asia, Europe and Africa. This year’s study takes a close look at

The Finnish fertilizer company Kemira GrowHow is from today, the 18th of October, officially listed on the Main list at

The Finnish fertilizer company Kemira GrowHow is from today, the 18th of October, officially listed on the Main list at the Helsinki Stock Exchange, being the first IPO in four years in the Finnish market. Financial advisor for the IPO has been Alfred Berg and ABN AMRO Rothschild. "We hope the success of the Kemira GrowHow IPO will give the Finnish IPO market some strength going forward", says Panu Paappanen, head of corporate finance at Alfred Berg Finland and responsible for the IPO at Alfred Berg. Panu can be reached for background information and comments on tel. +358 50 60 766. Pls

ABN AMRO Mellon wins E16 Billion Mandate From AP1

ABN AMRO Mellon wins E16 Billion Mandate From AP1 Första AP-Fonden, the First Swedish National Pension Fund (AP1), has today announced its decision to appoint ABN AMRO Mellon Global Securities Services B.V. as its sole provider of Global Custody and related services. AP1 is the first buffer fund assigned by the Swedish Parliament (Riksdagen) to manage the Swedish people's pension funds. AP1 manages assets with a value of E16 Billion (SEK 148 billion). AP1's decision to appoint ABN AMRO Mellon, followed an extensive tendering and evaluation process. AP1 placed particular importance on

Bond yields have peaked, global economy set to slow as US continues rate rises, says ABN AMRO

Bond yields have peaked, global economy set to slow as US continues rate rises, says ABN AMRO London, 13 September 2004 Following modest upside in the coming months, bond yields are set to fall and yield curves flatten in 2005 as global economic growth slows, according to research by ABN AMRO. The report, titled Bond Yields Have Peaked and jointly authored by ABN AMRO's Rates, Economics and FX strategy teams, predicts the current global economic slowdown will not be strong enough to prevent the US Federal Reserve from tightening policy. September and November are expected to bring

ABN AMRO launches Life & Pensions Advisory group

London, 3 August 2004 ABN AMRO launches Life & Pensions Advisory group New service links asset and liability advisory with advanced capital markets technology ABN AMRO announces the creation of a Life & Pensions Advisory team, providing the global life insurance and pension fund sectors with a state of the art capital markets advisory platform to tackle a wide range of asset and liability management issues. Part of ABN AMRO's Financial Markets Advisory (FMA) group, Life & Pensions Advisory also draws on the bank's capital markets services including derivatives based risk management and debt

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