Banking, pensions, insurance and fintech in one of Europe's deepest pools of institutional capital, with a focus on balance sheets, regulation and investment decisions.
A guide to the Netherlands' largest banking groups, including ING, Rabobank and ABN AMRO, and why assets, mortgages, deposits and international exposure matter more than a simple ranking.
A guide to the scale of major Dutch pension funds including ABP, PFZW and PMT, using annual-report and DNB data.
The Netherlands will support a study into local-currency private debt. The idea could widen productive investment, but currency, liquidity and governance cannot be wished away.
A new national investment institution will combine Invest-NL and Invest International and seek private co-finance from banks, insurers and asset managers. The leverage target is plausible only if bankable projects arrive at scale.
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.
Adyen processed more payments and increased net revenue in the first half. Acquisitions completed after the reporting period and higher planned capital spending make the next comparison more complex.
Dutch pension funds held €1.72 trillion in assets at the end of Q2 2026, with €589 billion already converted under the new pension system, according to DNB.
ING’s second-quarter figures show rising fee income and customer deposits. The next question is whether those relationships produce durable earnings without a matching rise in costs.
Adyen's Q1 2026 results and proposed Talon.One acquisition explain how the Amsterdam payments company is expanding beyond transaction processing.