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The Netherlands: The HUMBLE giant

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Around 1970

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Competitiveness primarily determined on scale:

Local/national Regional/Trade Bloc Global R

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l Retail Insurance Life insurance Retail Banking

Pensions Retail Brokerage

Investment/Mutual Funds

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rate

Corporate Finance Wholesale Insurance

(international) Payments Treasury Management Commodity Derivatives

Private Equity M&A

Equity Issuance

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sale

Asset Management Stock Exchange/Trading platforms

Energy/Exotic Derivatives Head Offices Financial Institutions

Clearing & Settlement Wholesale Brokerage

Risk Management Asset Liability Management

Hedge funds Custodian Services

Debt trading Re-insurance

Structured Finance Foreign Exchange

Current situation

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Competitiveness primarily determined on scale:

Local/national Regional/Trade Bloc Global R

etai

l

Retail Insurance Life insurance

Retail Banking Pensions

Retail Brokerage Investment/Mutual Funds

Co

rpo

rate

Corporate Finance Wholesale Insurance

(international) Payments Treasury Management Commodity Derivatives

Private Equity M&A

Equity Issuance

Wh

ole

sale

Asset Management Stock Exchange/Trading Platforms

Energy/Exotic Derivatives Head Offices Financial Institutions

Clearing & Settlement Wholesale Brokerage

Risk Management Asset Liability Management

Hedge funds Custodian Services

Debt trading Re-insurance

Structured Finance Foreign Exchange

Large financial sector dangerous?

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Deleveraging worldwide

54000.0

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64000.0

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Dec.2007 Dec. 2008 Dec. 2009 Dec. 2010 Dec. 2011 Mar. 2012

in billions of US dollar

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Market shares

Top 10 international banking (BIS)

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Dec.2007 Dec. 2008 Dec. 2009 Dec. 2010 Dec. 2011 Mar. 2012

in billions of US dollars

All countries 64.859 60.261 58.117 58.579 59.105 60.220

1 United Kingdom 14.149 11.760 11.425 11.407 11.786 12.171

2 United States 6.677 6.388 6.463 7.159 7.474 7.147

3 Germany 5.620 5.102 4.973 4.491 4.161 4.613

4 France 5.554 5.215 4.852 4.914 4.460 4.602

5 Japan 3.114 3.518 3.446 4.000 4.245 4.303

6 Cayman Islands 3.730 3.603 3.528 3.558 3.128 3.089

7 Netherlands 2.762 2.441 2.290 2.413 2.514 2.631

8 Singapore 1.588 1.590 1.487 1.664 1.775 1.816

9 Hong Kong SAR 1.275 1.293 1.246 1.435 1.607 1.672

10 Switzerland 2.933 2.147 1.800 1.631 1.611 1.583

Non-Bank Financials (FSB)

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European Map of Financial Sector (EC)

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Market Share: All business (EC)

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Market Share: New Business (EC)

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The Netherlands Facts & Figures (11-04-2011)

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Global Rankings of The Netherlands

1st in retirement savings and income system globally (Mercer GPI 2011)

1st in broadband connections globally (OECD 2011)

1st in commodity trading globally (FD 2011)

1st in global connectedness (DHL/GCI 2011)

1st most enterprising nation in Europe (EIM 2011)

2nd most wealthy country in Europe (CBS 2011)

3rd best country to live in worldwide (UNDP 2011)

3rd largest non-banking sector (leasing, brokers, securitizations, money markets etc )(Financial Stability Board 2011)

5th best ICT infrastructure worldwide (The economist 2010)

6th highest amount of innovative companies worldwide (Thomas Reuter/Top 100 global innovators 2011)

7th largest banking sector globally (Bank for International Settlements 2011)

7th most developed financial sector globally (WEF/ FDR 2011)

7th most stable financial centre globally (IMF 2010)

7th most competitive country worldwide (WEF/Global Competitiveness Index 2011)

8th in GDP (nominal) per capita globally (IMF 2010)

8th world best universities (Webometrics Ranking 2010)

9th worldwide amount of company global headquarters (Fortune 500, 2011)

10th most open economy for international trade worldwide (WEF/Global Eneabling Trade Report 2010)

16th largest economy worldwide (IMF 2011)

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