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ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (“ABN AMRO”) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Fosun International Group (“Fosun”) to acquire Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe Privatbank AG (HAL), a leading German private bank. With the acquisition of the longestablished HAL, the Dutch bank continues its Northwest Europe strategy and in particular its growth in the German market. The acquisition makes Germany the second largest market for the Dutch banking group.

Economic growth is expected to continue. This is positive for corporate earnings. We are therefore slightly overweight equities. And as inflation is likely to decline further, we expect interest rates to come down as well. That is why we are also slightly overweight bonds. You can read how the individual asset classes are affected by this in our current outlook.