Retail & Services

With a solid expertise in retail and services – and a global network of specialist teams – Fortis Merchant Banking offers a wide range of products and financial services to major industry players.

Our clients

The Global Retail & Services Group addresses the financial needs of large retailers, wholesalers or service groups operating an extensive and decentralised network. Mor specifically:

• food retailers
• specialised chain-stores (textiles, clothing & apparel, furniture, electric appliances, do-it-yourself, beauty
• products, luxury goods, etc.)
• business-to-business distributors, mail-order companies and e-commerce operators
• temporary labour providers, research institutes and advertising companies
• theme parks, travel agencies, hotels and airlines
• gardening, security, catering and cleaning services
• holding companies
• consumer finance companies

How we can help you

Fortis Merchant Banking's large capital base and the Retail & Services Group's worldwide presence enable us to structure and underwrite large transactions for national and international players. Our dedicated professionals offer you a unique combination of in-depth understanding of your business, with consummate expertise in finding and fine-tuning innovative financial solutions to match your objectives. A few examples:

• cash pooling, collection, balancing and management
• corporate lending and debt capital markets
• factoring and reverse factoring
• mergers & acquisition advisory and financing
• leasing
• insurance
• short-term deposits
• risk management products (interest rate, FX and commodities hedges)
• securitisation
• real estate investment funds

Fortis Merchant Banking: the right choice

Our Retail & Services staff is spread throughout an international network of offices, enabling them to assist you with your transactions anywhere in the world. In today's challenging markets, Fortis Merchant Banking has the capacity and the expertise to help you to grow – and improve – your business.

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