2007 News Archive
On this page, you will find 2007 Fortis Merchant Banking press releases. Journalists are encouraged to contact the Fortis Merchant Banking Press Officer (Karin ter Voort + 31 20 527 16 46) with any inquiries.
If you are looking for information on the current year, please visit our News page and on wider Fortis network (e.g. financial results, the Fortis annual report, Fortis' Corporate Governance and Sustainablity programmes, etc.), please visit the Fortis corporate website.
December 2007
- Fortis Private Equity and Clearwood to acquire Maître Paul (14/12)
- Fortis Clearing and Deriva announce cooperation in offering connectivity to Chi-X Europe (07/12)
- Fortis Private Equity to buy Smithuis Bakkerijen (06/12)
November 2007
- European Multilateral Clearing Facility N.V. (EMCF) now also clears Swiss stocks in addition to Dutch, German, UK and French stocks (30/11)
- Fortis Prime Fund Solutions is Hedge Fund Administrator of the Year (29/11)
- Prime Fund Solutions, the global fund services provider of Fortis Merchant Banking, obtains SAS-70 certificate (23/11)
- Fortis Clearing and BIt Systems are both pleased to announce a new point of access in Milan to facilitate trading on global derivative and securities markets (15/11)
October 2007
- Fortis Energy Marketing & Trading announces changes in executive structure (25/10)
Fortis, RBS and Santander Declare Offer for ABN AMRO Unconditional (10/10) - BBVA, Deutsche Bank and Fortis are the First Banks to Successfully Test SEPA Compliance (02/10)
- Fortis appoints Marc Leflot as Country Manager for Ireland (01/10)
September 2007
August 2007
June 2007
- Fortis Private Equity invests in Arets Graphical NV in a partial owner's buyout (26/06)
- Fortis tops league table in clean energy lending (20/06)
- Fortis relocates to State-of-the-Art new flagship building in Spencer Dock, Dublin (18/06)
- UNDP and Fortis team up to leverage carbon finance for sustainable development (05/06)
May 2007
- Fortis and Calyon close Ventanas Syndication (29/05)
- Fortis Prime Fund Solutions appoints Michael Secondo Director of new Business Development (08/05)
April 2007
- Fortis signs Agreement to start Trading Natural Gas at the Belgian Zeebrugge Hub (18/04)
- Fortis extends its offering in the UK gas and power market (16/04)
March 2007
- Fortis Prime Fund Solutions is appointed by Peak6 Performance Management as Fund Administrator (13/03)
- Fortis invests Tax equity in Iberdrola's first wholly owned developed and operating U.S. wind farm (08/03)
February 2007
- The Cronos Group agrees to be acquired for $16.00 per share (28/02)
- Fortis Private Equity acquires Antilope Group in an Owner Buy-Out (OBO) with Marc Binnemans and Antilope management (15/02)
- Fortis launches German Acquisition and Leveraged Finance offering (08/02)
- Appointment at Fortis Prime Fund Solutions (02/02)
January 2007
- Jean-Paul Votron elected as European Business Leader of the Year (31/01)
- Fortis becomes Clearing Member on Germany's European Energy Exchange (EEX) (25/01)
- Fortis successfully closed syndication for KiKeh FPSO (24/01)
- Interpool, Inc. recieves proposal from Chief Executive Officer supported by other investors to acquire all of Interpool's oustanding common stock (16/01)
- Fortis appoints Michael Hofmann as Managing of its Brokerage, Clearing & Custody business in Frankfurt (03/01)