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Rabobank
84 Rabobank Group Annual Report 2005
Rabobank Group
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Rabobank Group is a full-range financial
services provider founded on cooperative
principles. The Group is comprised of 248
independent local Rabobanks in the
Netherlands, the central organisation
Rabobank Nederland and a large number of
specialised subsidiaries. The Group's core
objective is to generate the highest possible
customer value. To this end, the organisation
offers its clients all the financial products
and services they may want. Rabobank
Group provides services to more than half
of the Dutch population (16 million) and
Dutch companies. In the Netherlands,
Rabobank has dominant market positions
in almost all financial services areas: home
mortgages, savings, small and medium-
sized businesses, and the food agri sector.
It has also significantly strengthened its
position in the large corporate market.
Throughout the world, Rabobank Group,
through Rabobank International, focuses
primary on financing the international food
agri business, a niche market in which it
has a leading position. Rabobank Group has
been awarded the highest credit rating
(Triple A), and has 267 offices in 38 countries
outside the Netherlands.
www.rabobankgroep.nl
Vy beleggersbank
Alex has evolved from sophisticated trading
systems to a digital investment bank. Alex
Beleggersbank started life in 1999 and leads
the market in the field of online investing.
It is also the largest source of orders from
private individuals on both the Euronext
stock exchange and the Euronext derivatives
exchange.
Alex aims to provide the best possible
services to a growing number of investors
who prefer to invest independently in line
with their own individual objectives.
In addition, Alex offers a whole range of
support and educational services, including
professional analyses, news reports, invest
ment specialists, seminars and the Alex
Academy training institution.
www.alex.nl
partners in finance
De Lage Landen International B.V. offers
high-quality asset financing products on the
international market. It has its headquarters in
Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and has branches
and joint ventures in more than 25 countries
in Europe, North and South America,
Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
It is an international specialist in asset financing
and Vendor Finance, focusing on the Food
Agri, Healthcare, Office Equipment, Information
Technology, Telecommunication, Trucks and
Trailers, Public Finance and Materials Handling
Construction Equipment sectors.
In the Netherlands, it offers a broad range of
leasing and trade financing products, including
equipment lease, ICT lease, vendor lease and
car lease.
www.delagelanden.com