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ARTICLE · 23 FEBRUARY 1996

Amsterdam Update - Spring 96 - The Netherlands - Financial Gateway to Europe

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In the world of finance and investment, Amsterdam and the Netherlands play a role much larger than their physical size relative to other financial centres.

Outward looking
Amsterdam has always been outward looking and has developed a formidable arr financial servio international companies. The Netherlands, described as the gateway to Europe because of the goods that move through the ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, is also in effect a financial door into Europe for companies wishing to conquer the European Market.

More than Amsterdam
Dutch finance is concentrated mainly in Amsterdam. The capital, clearly the focal point of the country's financial and investment community, is undergoing a shift as financial institutions move to the urban outskirts. The city-centre, with its canals, is still lined with venerable banking houses. ABN AMRO, on the other hand, is now located in Amsterdam-Zuidoost, a modern district in the south eastern corner of the city. The

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