Bouwfonds

 ( Financial Services Companies Established In 1946 ) 

Bouwfonds is an international real estate company and one of the largest in the Netherlands. The company was established in 1946, just after the Second World War, as local government property developer with the aim to help working-class people buy their own home. "Dirty tricks during Bouwfonds privatisation," DutchNews.nl (31 March 2010) In 2000 it was sold to ABN Amro. According to a recent report from the Dutch daily De Volkskrant the circumstances under which the privatization took place constitute an economic scandal. "Bedrog bij verkoop Bouwfonds aan ABN," Volkskrant (31 March 2010) As the report claims " (...) Bouwfonds staff leaked documents to ABN Amro CEO Rijkman Groenink. These included confidential details about a bid by ING Group, allowing ABN Amro to trump the offer.". "Dirty tricks during Bouwfonds privatisation," op. cit. Since December 2006, Bouwfonds has been part of Rabobank.

• Bouwfonds and Philips pension fund real estate fraud, codenamed as Klimop case by the Dutch ministry of justice and the FIOD-ECD.

• Official site
• "Dirty tricks during Bouwfonds privatisation," DutchNews.nl (31 March 2010)
• “Property fraud costs Philips, Rabobank €250m,” DutchNews.nl (4 November 2009).
• “Amsterdam in Zuidas corruption probe,” DutchNews.nl (1 April 2008).
• “ABN Amro integration on track: Fortis,” DutchNews.nl (28 February 2008).
• “More arrests expected in property fraud case,” DutchNews.nl (21 February 2008).