Offshore belastingparadijzen : Intertrust, één van de 180 trustkantoren in Nederland

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In Nederland zijn 180 trustkantoren actief. Samen beheren deze 180 trustkantoren meer dan 20.000 brievenbusvennootschappen. Een voorbeeld: Intertrust. De geschiedenis van Intertrust vindt u hier.

In 1952
NV Trust Corporation Pierson, Heldring & Pierson
was incorporated
in Curaçao by
Pierson, Heldring & Pierson.

In 1975,
AMRO Bank acquired
Pierson, Heldring & Pierson
and ABN Bank acquired
Mees & Hope Bankers.

After the merger of
ABN Bank and AMRO bank into
ABN AMRO in 1991,
Pierson, Heldring & Pierson and Mees & Hope Bank were merged into MeesPierson in 1993.

In 1997, MeesPierson was acquired by Fortis.

In 2006, MeesPierson Intertrust was rebranded into Fortis Intertrust.

In June 2009, front running a potential divestment Fortis Intertrust was rebranded into Intertrust and by the end of 2009 the Intertrust Group was sold to a Dutch investor, Rob Thielen's Waterland Private Equity Investments for a reported price of either €210 million or €250 million. The initial asking price was €350 million, but the Dutch state did not wish to be associated with a tax avoidance company, especially since it was at the same time holding a crackdown on tax evaders and the European Union had decided on anti-tax avoidance regulation.

On 3 December 2012, Blackstone, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, announced that it had agreed to acquire Intertrust Group from Waterland Private Equity Investments. Closing of this transaction took place on 1 April 2013. On 3 June 2013, Intertrust Group announced that it had reached agreement to acquire ATC Group. After obtaining the required legal approvals, Intertrust Group completed this transaction on 9 August 2013, and completed integrating ATC in Intertrust by 2 December 2013. Blackstone paid a reported €675 million for Intertrust.

Kantoren:

• Nederland (Amsterdam)
• Curaçao
• Zwitserland (Genève)
• Guernsey
• Kaaimaneilanden
• Britise Maagdeneilanden

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Trustonderneming Intertrust neemt branchegenoot ATC over
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Trustonderneming Intertrust neemt voor 303 miljoen euro branchegenoot ATC over van investeerder HgCapital. Er is al langer een consolidatieslag in de trustsector gaande. Zo werd in 2012 koper Intertrust nog overgenomen door de Amerikaanse investeerder Blackstone.

ATC Group zelf werd in 2010 overgenomen door HG Capital

ATC Group wordt overgenomen
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Het Nederlandse trustbedrijf ATC Group wordt overgenomen door het Britse private-equityhuis HgCapital. Wederom een overname in de trustsector, die volop in beweging is.

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Doorheen de trustkantoren in Nederland passeerde in 2010 10.200 miljard euro in en uit ==> gedeeld door twee: 5.100 miljard euro feitelijk doorgesluisd. De gehele wereldeconomie in 2011 was goed voor 49.000 miljard euro. Met andere woorden, meer dan 10% van de wereldwijde handel passeert zogezegd via Nederland. Nagenoeg alle 100 grootste bedrijven ter wereld, met uitzondering van diegene die enkel nationaal actief zijn, hebben brievenbusvennootschappen in Nederland.