finance
ABN Amro Raises Its 2026 Income Outlook as Rates Support Earnings
ABN Amro raised its 2026 commercial net interest income guidance to €6.8 billion after second-quarter profit rose nearly 30%. What drove the Dutch bank's results.
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Marieke Bakker
Finance & Pensions Correspondent, Dutch Business Review
Marieke Bakker covers Dutch banking, pensions, insurance and financial technology. Her work follows the balance sheets and policy choices of institutions that collectively manage one of Europe's largest pools of household and retirement capital.
She writes on bank earnings, the pension transition, institutional investment and the way interest rates and regulation change the economics of mortgages, savings and long-term assets.
Articles by Marieke Bakker
finance
Adyen’s Growth Raises the Stakes for Its Infrastructure Spending
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The Dutch Pension Transition Now Covers €589 Billion of Assets
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finance
ING’s Fee Growth Puts More Than Interest Rates Behind Its Earnings
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