MeesPierson opens office in Jakarta

MeesPierson opens office in Jakarta

Executives of financial services provider MeesPierson, including
CEO Rob H.L. ten Heggeler (second left) and MeesPierson Indonesia
president director Marc H.J. Hedeman Joosten (center), converse
after announcing the opening of their representative office here
in Jakarta.

MeesPierson has been a worldwide, premium provider of both
private and corporate financing, which spans three centuries. It
has a team of 2,500 professionals managing a total of 53 billion
euro (some US$75 billion) in assets worldwide.

In Asia, MeesPierson, which is now the private bank and trust
division of international financial services group Fortis, has
been providing its services since 1988, through its offices in
Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai and Dubai.

"We are here to answer the many requests from our clients who
have been asking if we could help them with their financial
management needs in Indonesia," Heggeler said.

"We would also like to offer to others our `holistic' approach
in wealth management, in which we listen carefully to our clients
in identifying both their financial and non-financial management
needs."

Joosten said further that one of firm's initial services here
would be helping clients manage their wealth for philanthropic
purposes, such as charity fund-raising.

As for foundations and non-governmental organizations, Joosten
hopes that MeesPierson, which is one of the initiators of the
Jakarta Chapter of the Fund Raising Association, can provide them
with consulting services in improving their transparency and
accountability in their charity activities.

MeesPierson is one of the world's best in the field, having
received the "Best Private Bank in Philanthropy" title from
Euromoney magazine in 2004. -- JP