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Van Lanschot Kempen N.V. is a specialised, independent wealth manager that provides
private banking Private banking is banking, investment and other financial services provided by banks and financial institutions primarily serving high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs)—defined as those with very high levels of income or sizable assets. A bank that ...
, investment management and investment banking services to wealthy individuals and institutions. It is headquartered in
's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
, the
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. It operates under the brand names Van Lanschot Kempen, Van Lanschot, Evi, and Kempen. With a history dating back to 1737, it is the oldest independent financial institution in the
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and the
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and one of the oldest independent financial institutions in the world.


Corporate structure

Van Lanschot Kempen's Amsterdam office Van Lanschot Kempen offers private banking, investment management and investment banking services: * Private Banking offers services aimed at six target groups in the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland (focusing on wealthy Dutch and Belgian nationals): high-net-worth individuals, people new to the wealth management market, entrepreneurs and family businesses, business professionals and executives, healthcare professionals, and foundations and associations. * Evi van Lanschot is Van Lanschot Kempen's online investment and savings platform targeted at
mass affluent In marketing and financial services, mass affluent and emerging affluent are the high end of the mass market, or individuals with US$100,000 to US$1,000,000 of liquid financial assets plus an annual household income over US$75,000. Mass affluent c ...
clients and first-time investors in the Netherlands and Belgium.Van Lanschot N.V.€100,000,000 Undated Deeply Subordinated Additional Tier 1 Fixed Rate Resettable Callable Capital Securities Prospectus 28 March 2019 * Investment Management (trading as Kempen Capital Management (KCM)) is a specialist European investment management boutique focusing on a selected investment strategies, including high-dividend equities, fixed-income securities, funds of hedge funds, real estate, small caps and infrastructure. * Investment Banking (trading as Kempen & Co) is a specialist European investment bank boutique focussing on capital market transactions, debt advisory services, equities research and trading and mergers and acquisitions. Van Lanschot Kempen is authorised by
De Nederlandsche Bank De Nederlandsche Bank NV (DNB) is the central bank of the Netherlands. Founded by King William I in 1814, it is part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). De Nederlandsche Bank is a public limited company (Dutch: '' naamloze vennoots ...
(DNB), the Dutch central bank, as a bank in accordance with the Dutch Financial Supervision Act ( nl, Wet op het financieel toezicht) (Wft). It is under the direct supervision of DNB and the indirect supervision of the
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(ECB) under the
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. In addition, the
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( nl, Autoriteit Financiële Markten) (AFM) supervises its market conduct.


History

The history of Van Lanschot Kempen dates back to 22 July 1737, when Cornelis van Lanschot founded a trading house in 's-Hertogenbosch.Dr. Frans Govers, 'De polsslag van de tijd, 1737- 1997, Uitdaging en antwoord in 260 jaar F. van Lanschot Bankiers nv, F. van Lanschot, Bankiers, 's-Hertogenbosch, 1997 It originally traded in colonial goods within the areas of
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and
Limburg Limburg or Limbourg may refer to: Regions * Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium * Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands * Diocese of Limburg, Roman Catholic Diocese in ...
, the
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, the
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, the
Duchy of Jülich The Duchy of Jülich (german: Herzogtum Jülich; nl, Hertogdom Gulik; french: Duché de Juliers) comprised a state within the Holy Roman Empire from the 11th to the 18th centuries. The duchy lay west of the Rhine river and was bordered by th ...
and a large part of Belgian Brabant. It soon became involved in the collection and discounting of bills of exchange from clients and in exchanging foreign currency.Encyclopedie van Noord-Brabant 2 (1985) 383 In 1901, Van Lanschot Kempen was converted from a general partnership into a limited partnership under the name F. van Lanschot. Prior to 1954, Van Lanschot Kempen's banking activities were carried out from its offices in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. After that, it progressively expanded its activities by opening additional offices, mostly, in the south of the Netherlands. In the early 1970s, it acquired a number of Dutch banks. During the 1980s, it opened a number of offices in the centre of the Netherlands, and, begging in 1991, it started an expansion strategy. In 1991, it also opened offices in Belgium. In 1973,
NatWest Group NatWest Group plc is a British banking and insurance holding company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The group operates a wide variety of banking brands offering personal and business banking, private banking, investment banking, insurance and ...
(NatWest) became the first non-family shareholder when it acquired a minority interest in the parent Van Lanschot's Beleggings-Compagnie.Trouw Bank Van Lanschot na ruzie weer helemaal Nederlands 23 December 1994 https://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/bank-van-lanschot-na-ruzie-weer-helemaal-nederlands~b0ca68a4/ Accessed 9 February 2020 From the early 1990s, until it sold its interest in 1994, NatWest was the majority shareholder. In June 1999, Van Lanschot's equity securities were listed on
Euronext Amsterdam Euronext Amsterdam is a stock exchange based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Formerly known as the Amsterdam Stock Exchange, it merged on 22 September 2000 with the Brussels Stock Exchange and the Paris Stock Exchange to form Euronext. The reg ...
. In 2004, Van Lanschot Kempen acquired CenE Bankiers (financial services for the healthcare sector) in 2004 from ING Bank N.V. In 2007, Van Lanschot Kempen acquired Kempen & Co. Kempen & Co was established in 1903 in Amsterdam by Arines Johannes Kempen with his companion Martinus Dirk de Lange as an independent
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. The
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, the
Beurs van Berlage The Beurs van Berlage is a building on the Damrak, in the centre of Amsterdam. It was designed as a commodity exchange by architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage and constructed between 1896 and 1903. It influenced many modernist architects, in part ...
had opened only a month before, and it was this exchange that was used by Kempen & Co for its trading. The company began by specialising in the trade of listed companies that operated in the
Dutch East Indies The Dutch East Indies, also known as the Netherlands East Indies ( nl, Nederlands(ch)-Indië; ), was a Dutch colony consisting of what is now Indonesia. It was formed from the nationalised trading posts of the Dutch East India Company, which ...
. In 2013, Van Lanschot Kempen launched Evi van Lanschot. Evi van Lanschot is an online savings and investment platform aimed at extending its offering to mass affluent clients and first-time investors. In 2015, Van Lanschot Kempen acquired UK fiduciary management business of MN, a Dutch pensions and investments manager. In December 2016, Van Lanschot Kempen acquired the private banking business of Staalbankiers. In August 2017, Van Lanschot Kempen acquired UBS's Dutch wealth management business. In 2021, Van Lanschot Kempen acquired Hof Hoorneman Bankiers, a Dutch private bank.


Leadership

From its origins in 1737 until the death of Jan Cees van Lanschot in 1991, a member of the Van Lanschot family was CEO of Van Lanschot Kempen. From 1991 to 2002 Bert Heemskerk was CEO. In 2002 he was succeeded by Floris Deckers. In 2013 Karl Guha became CEO. In 2021 Maarten Edixhoven became CEO.


Crest of the family and the firm Van Lanschot

Van Lanschot family crest Van Lanschot Kempen's crest is based on the crest that has been used by the Van Lanschot family since the seventeenth century. The Van Lanschot family appeared in
Zundert Zundert () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and town in the south of the Netherlands bordering Belgium, in the province of North Brabant. Zundert is the birthplace of Post-impressionism, post-impressionist painter Vincent va ...
in the fifteenth century. The name is derived from an elongated piece of land or 'long shot' located in the village of
Achtmaal Achtmaal is a village the south of the Netherlands. It is located in Zundert, North Brabant, near the border with Belgium. History The village was first mentioned in 1294 as "Gilberti de Achtmale", and is a combination of "reserved forest" and ...
. Three green trees are depicted on a silver and green cover. In front of the middle tree, there is a red castle. The castle may be derived from the coat of arms of the Van Buerstede family. The crest's motto is: 'Exaltabor in terra'.


Het Lanschotje

After the unification of the Netherlands with Belgium and the proclamation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815, a new regulation of the monetary system had to be established. The large monetisation project that was planned only commenced in 1821/1822. As a result, there was a shortage of small change coins. Several people, mostly traders, looked for a temporary solution (outside the government) to circulate small coins themselves. They ordered large quantities of copper coins from Germany and brought them to the Kingdom. The Utrecht grocer, Bleyenstein, was the first to introduce this to the market. These coins were also put into circulation by partner Franciscus van Lanschot. The coin was given various nicknames: ''het Lanschotje'', ''het Bossche duit'' or ''Bleyensteinse duit''.


Offices

Van Lanschot Kempen is headquartered in
's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
, Hooge Steenweg 29. In addition, head office employees work in two other buildings in 's-Hertogenbosch in the Paleiskwartier district, and in the
World Trade Center (Amsterdam) The World Trade Center Amsterdam is a commercial center located at the Zuidas in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It was officially opened in 1985, and renovated between 1998 and 2004.Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. Kempen has offices in Amsterdam, Antwerp, London, New York and Paris.


Sponsorship

Van Lanschot's sponsorship aims to help preserve Dutch cultural heritage. The bank is sponsor of the
Van Gogh Museum The Van Gogh Museum () is a Dutch art museum dedicated to the works of Vincent van Gogh and his contemporaries in the Museum Square in Amsterdam South, close to the Stedelijk Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Concertgebouw. The museum opened on ...
in Amsterdam and the Van Lanschot Kempen Kunstprijs, an art prize for artists in the Benelux. Furthermore, Van Lanschot is head sponsor of The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.


See also

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List of oldest banks in continuous operation This list of the oldest banks includes financial institutions in ''continuous'' operation, operating with the same legal identity without interruption since their establishment until the present time. Depending on the definition, the world's ...


References

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