Financial and Business Services

The activities that AIM develops, should induce a multiplier effect. Existing, available knowledge will be matched and activated. This will result in new insights and associations, that in turn will generate new economical activity.

All activities are aimed on the following goals:

1. Support for the financial and business services industry in the Amsterdam region
2. Cross-industry cooperation
3. Better insight into the needs and wishes of the subclusters
4. Stimulating talent growth in cooperation with knowledge institutes and companies

Financial and business services in Amsterdam

The financial and business services industry includes, among others, banks, insurance companies, financial advisors, lease companies, legal services, accountants, advertising agencies, architects and temp agencies. In the Amsterdam region, the industry is large and disparate, with strong interconnections between the financial and business services. The industry provides 34% of the gross domestic product of the region.

Specialties of the Amsterdam metropolitan area are:

• Stock trade (NYSE Euronext, IMC, Optiver, All Options, ABN Amro)
• Pension fund and asset management (ABP, PGGM, ING, Schretlen, Robeco, Insinger de Beaufort, Optimix)
• Trust and holdings (Nauta Dutilh, De Brauw Blackstone, LoyensLoeff, Stibbe, Equity Trust, TMF, Intertrust)
• Payment expertise (Rabobank, ABN Amro, ING, Equens)
• Sustainability and finances, in particular emissions trading (ABN Amro, De Brauw Blackstone) and sustainable investing and financing (ABN Amro, ING, APG, PGGM)