Antwerp, Belgium, 16 January 2024
Mercier Vanderlinden and Van Lanschot Belgium to continue as Mercier Van
Lanschot
New combine a top private banking player in Belgium
January 2024 has seen Mercier Van Lanschot launched as a new brand in the
Belgian wealth management market, following the tie-up of Van Lanschot Belgium
and Mercier Vanderlinden. With EUR10.5 billion in assets under management (AuM) in
the third quarter of 2023, the new combine is one of Belgium's leading private
banks. Its ambition is to continue its growth momentum, with Mercier
Vanderlinden and Van Lanschot Belgium having between them achieved net AuM
inflows of EUR0.6 billion in the first three quarters of 2023.
The rebranding to Mercier Van Lanschot is the final milestone in this
collaborative venture that got under way in 2021, when Van Lanschot Kempen
acquired a majority stake in Mercier Vanderlinden, followed by the purchase of
the remaining stake in 2023. Sharing a single, robust vision of wealth
management and wealth planning, marked by decisiveness, entrepreneurship and a
straightforward approach, the joined-up teams have now merged their brands,
strengths and complementary capabilities.
Mercier Van Lanschot offers its clients discretionary wealth management
solutions and investment advice, wealth planning and family services, finance
and family officer services, focusing on the long term and underpinned by a
solid, stable investment strategy that is informed by pricing discipline,
bottom-up fundamental research and conviction. The wealth of the Mercier and
Vanderlinden families is invested alongside that of Mercier Van Lanschot's
clients, and in the same investment funds.
Thomas Vanderlinden, CEO of Mercier Van Lanschot, said: "Our new brand
highlights our commitment to our shared vision of wealth management going
forward. A single name and a single team provide clarity to our clients. By
joining forces, we have created a wealth manager with a broader offering,
supported by the solid company that is Van Lanschot Kempen and a network of no
less than 1,800 in-house experts. Our mandate is unchanged: protecting the
purchasing power of our clients' wealth and growing this for future generations.
And we do so together, as 'investing together' continues to be the tagline for
our personal engagement. I'm grateful to our clients for their continued faith
in us and to our people at Mercier Van Lanschot and Van Lanschot Kempen for all
their hard work in helping us complete our integration in 2023."
Management
Mercier Van Lanschot is headed up by a joint management team comprising Thomas
Vanderlinden, CEO; Paul Timmermans, responsible for areas including IT, business
support, client service and internal control; and Frédéric Van Doosselaere,
whose responsibilities include financial, legal and tax affairs, HR, wealth
management and investment advice. Stéphane Mercier continues to be responsible
for the funds managed by Mercier Van Lanschot.
The former Mercier Vanderlinden partners will continue to hold some 4% in Van
Lanschot Kempen until at least 2030 - proof of their commitment to and faith in
Mercier Van Lanschot's shared future.
A Van Lanschot Kempen company
Mercier Van Lanschot offers its clients the best of two established brands in
Belgium and builds on a tradition of nine generations of entrepreneurship,
starting with Cornelis van Lanschot in 's-Hertogenbosch in 1737. Mercier
Vanderlinden was founded in 2000 and grew from a family mandate into Belgium's
largest independent wealth manager. Van Lanschot Belgium has been active since
1991 and has since recorded solid growth.
As a Van Lanschot Kempen company, Mercier Van Lanschot is part of an independent
wealth manager with EUR118 billion in assets under management (Q3 2023) and the
largest independent private bank in the Benelux region. Van Lanschot Kempen
combines private banking, investment management and investment banking, is
listed on Euronext Amsterdam and has a solid capital position.
More information
Media Relations
Marrika van Beilen
T +31 20 354 45 85
mediarelations@vanlanschotkempen.com
(mailto:mediarelations@vanlanschotkempen.com)
Investor Relations
Judith van Tol
T +31 20 354 45 90
investorrelations@vanlanschotkempen.com
(mailto:investorrelations@vanlanschotkempen.com)
About Mercier Van Lanschot
Mercier van Lanschot, created in 2023 by the merger of Mercier Vanderlinden and
Van Lanschot Belgium, is an independent specialist wealth manager, active in
discretionary wealth management and investment advice, wealth planning and
family services, finance and family officer services. Its mission is to protect
and sustainably grow the purchasing power of its clients' wealth, with its long-
term focus creating positive financial and non-financial value. Mercier Van
Lanschot has 12 branch offices in Belgium and is part of Euronext Amsterdam-
listed Van Lanschot Kempen, the Netherlands' oldest independent financial
institution and the largest independent private bank in the Benelux region.
For more information, see www.merciervanlanschot.com
(http://www.merciervanlanschot.com)
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