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KBC Bank Logo The KBC Bank building in Antwerp. KBC Bank NV is a Belgian universal bank, focusing on private clients and small and medium-sized enterprises. Besides retail banking, insurance and asset management activities (in collaboration with sister companies KBC Insurance NV and KBC Asset Management NV), KBC Bank also offers services to businesses and engages in market activities. Image File history File links Kbcbank_logo. ... Image File history File links Kbcbank_logo. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x1716, 541 KB) Summary Author: Redvers. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1152x1716, 541 KB) Summary Author: Redvers. ... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp) in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old quarter of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and home to several triptychs by Baroque painter Rubens. ... Insurance, in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of potential financial loss. ... Asset management is the method that a company uses to track fixed assets, for example factory equipment, desks and chairs, computers, even buildings. ... The parent company, KBC Group NV, is one of the major companies in Belgium and one of the major financial groups in Europe, employing some 51,000 staff and serving 11 million customers. Contents 1 Recent history 2 Structure and main subsidiaries 2.1 KBC Bank NV 2.2 Kredietbank SA Luxembourgeoise (KBL) 2.3 Famous Employees 3 External links Recent history In 1998, three respected Belgian companies - the Kredietbank, ABB-insurance and CERA Bank - merged to form the 'KBC Bank and Insurance Holding Company'. Since then, the group has significantly expanded its activities, chiefly in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2005, KBC set another milestone by merging with its parent company, Almanij, and changing its name to KBC Group NV. The group is controlled by a syndicate of core shareholders, but has a free float of some 47%. Its market capitalisation in November 2005 was €27bn. Its shares are traded on the Euronext exchange in Brussels (Bloomberg L.P. - KBC BB & Reuters - KBKBT BR). The free float of a public company is the proportion of shares available for purchase in the market by investors. ... Market capitalization, often abbreviated to market cap, mkt. ... Euronext N.V. is a pan-European stock exchange with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom. ... Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Brussels City Hall Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, pronounced ; French: Bruxelles, pronounced in Belgian French and often by non-Belgian speakers of French; German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium, the... Bloomberg L.P. is a financial news service founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981. ... Reuters Group plc (LSE: RTR and NASDAQ: RTRSY) is best known as a news service that provides reports from around the world to newspapers and broadcasters. ... The group's overall aim is to be an independent, medium-sized provider of bancassurance for private clients and enterprises in selected European countries, with expertise in asset management and the financial markets. In total, the group employs some 50,000 people and serves around 11 million customers worldwide. Bancassurance is the term used to describe the sale of insurance products in a bank. ... Asset management is the method that a company uses to track fixed assets, for example factory equipment, desks and chairs, computers, even buildings. ... In finance, financial markets facilitate: The raising of capital (in the capital markets); The transfer of risk (in the derivatives markets); and International trade (in the currency markets). ... Structure and main subsidiaries KBC Group NV is the direct parent company of: KBC Bank NV KBC Insurance NV KBC Asset Management NV Kredietbank SA Luxembourgeoise Gevaert NV All other KBC Group companies are direct or indirect subsidiaries of these. KBC Bank NV KBC Bank is the main subsidiary. Its first home market is Belgium, where it is one of the top three banks, with a 20-25% market share and over three million customers (counting the customers of the subsidiaries in Belgium). Its second home market is Central Europe, served via subsidiaries and investments in the Czech Republic (CSOB), Slovakia (CSOB), Hungary (K&H Bank), Poland (Kredyt Bank) and Slovenia (Nova Ljubljanska Banka). In practically all of these countries, KBC Bank is a top-3 player by market share. It also has a substantial presence in Ireland through its subsidiary IIB Bank, which is a major player in both the corporate and home loan markets there. In all, KBC Bank has established a presence in some thirty countries around the globe. IIB Bank Limited is one of the leading non-retail banks in Ireland with offices in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Belfast. ... KBC Project Finance is a subsidiary of KBC Bank, and has been an active player in the non-recourse financing of projects since the early 1990s. Headquartered in Dublin, it also has professionals based in London, Brussels, New York, Hong Kong, and Sydney. Its main business lines are Energy and Infrastructure. This includes financing projects in sectors such as the oil & gas industry, power, renewable energy, and Public-Private Partnership. It has a portfolio in excess of US$5bn, financing approximately 250 projects worldwide. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that Non-recourse debt be merged into this article or section. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... Renewable energy (sources) or RES capture their energy from existing flows of energy, from on-going natural processes, such as sunshine, wind, flowing water (hydropower), biological processes such as anaerobic digestion, and geothermal heat flow. ... Public-private partnership (PPP) is a system in which a government service or private business venture is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies. ... KBC Bank also has investment banking operations in Europe, US and Asia. A specialist arm called KBC Financial Products operates primarily in global convertible bonds; its branch in Japan is called KBC Securities Japan, which specialises in secondary equity broking, convertible bonds, warrants, and equity derivatives. Kredietbank SA Luxembourgeoise (KBL) KBL, based in Luxemburg, provides tailor-made private banking services to customers throughout Western Europe via its network of subsidiaries. Members of the group currently include Puilaetco Dewaay (Belgium), Michaux Gestion SA (France), Merck Finck & Co. (Germany), Brown, Shipley & Co. (Great Britain), Banca KBL Fumagalli Soldan Spa (Italy), Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers NV (The Netherlands), and Kredietbank Suisse SA (Switzerland). Banco Urquijo SA (Spain) is also a member, although in May 2006 the group said it had agreed to sell this company to Banco Sabadell. Subject to regulatory clearance, the sale is to be completed during the third quarter of 2006. Merck Finck & Co. ... Brown, Shipley & Co. ... Famous Employees Georg Bernhard, "Super"-quant and mathematical supremo. One time olympic skier, champion gun-slinger, and hurculean gin-drinker. Georg spends his free time hunting wild hamsters on the pacific ridge, and reading. He lives in London with his three young children. External links KBC Group official website BEL20 companies of Belgium Agfa-Gevaert | Barco | Bekaert | Belgacom | Cofinimmo | Colruyt | Delhaize Group | Dexia | Fortis | GBL | InBev | KBC Groep | Mobistar | NPM | Omega Pharma | Solvay | Suez | UCB | Umicore The BEL20 is the index on Euronext Brussels. ... Agfa-Gevaert N.V. develops, manufactures and distributes analogue and digital products and systems for the making, processing, and reproduction of images. ... Barco N.V. (Euronext: BAR) is a display hardware manufacturer specialising in CRT projectors, LCD projectors, DLP projectors, LED displays and flat panel displays. ... NV Bekaert SA (Euronext: BEKB ) is an industrial company specilized in advanced metal transformation and advanced materials and coatings. ... Belgacom SA (Euronext: BELG) is a Brussels-based Belgian telecommunications company. ... Cofinimmo SA (Euronext: COFB ) is a Belgian real estate company which owns, develops and manages prime offices in Belgium, mainly in Brussels. ... Etablissementen Franz Colruyt N.V. - Établissements Franz Colruyt S.A. (Colruyt) (Euronext: COLR ) is a Belgian family company that is one of the major players in the Belgian retail network, with a unique sales strategy. ... Delhaize Group (Euronext: DELB, NYSE: DEG) is a food retailer headquartered in Belgium which operates in 10 countries and on three continents. ... Dexia (Euronext: DEXB, Euronext: DX) is a Belgian-French financial institution, specialized in public finance. ... Fortis (Euronext: FORA &Euronext: FORB )is a large banking, insurance, and investment management company. ... Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (GBL) (Euronext: GBL) is a Belgian industrial holding company. ... InBev (Euronext: INB, NYSE: ABV) is a Belgian brewery company, the worlds largest producer of beer by volume[1] and the second largest alcholic beverage company in the world after British giants Diageo. ... The KBC Bank building in Antwerp. ... Mobistar mobile in Belgium, part of Orange SA. Mobistar is one of Belgiums three mobile telecommunications operators. ... Omega Pharma is a Belgian Pharmaceutical company, founded in 1987 by Marc Coucke (b. ... Solvay is an international chemical and pharmaceutical company. ... SUEZ (Euronext: SZE, NYSE: SZE) is a leading French-based multinational corporation, with operations primarily in water, electricity and natural gas supply, and waste management. ... UCB (Euronext: UCB ) is a Belgian biopharmaceutical manufacturer headquartered in Brussels. ... The Union Minière du Haut Katanga (UMHK) is a Belgian mining company, once operating in Katanga, in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly, Congo Free State, from 1908, Belgian Congo, from 1972, Zaire). ... Categories: Banks of Belgium | Belgian brands | Banks of the European Union | Belgium stubs | Financial services company stubs | Companies of Belgium

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