| 2008 |
- Acquisition of Custom House Fund Services |
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- Germany office opens |
| 2007 |
- Panama office opens |
| 2006 |
- Acquisition of Ernst and Young's domiciliation business and related corporate |
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secretarial services in Luxembourg |
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- Cyprus, Malta and Sweden offices open |
| 2005 |
- Acquisition of global trust and fiduciary
business of ABN AMRO Bank NV |
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- Argentina, Aruba, Brazil, Cayman Islands, New York, Liechtenstein,and |
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Shanghai and Uruguay offices open |
| 2004 |
- Acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank plc's trust operation |
| 2003 |
- Geneva office opens |
| 2003 |
- Equity Trust becomes independent |
| 2002 |
- New Zealand office opens |
| 2001 |
- Mauritius, Malaysia and Taiwan offices open |
| 2000 |
- Acquisition of Matheson Trust |
| 1999 |
- Singapore office opens |
| 1998 |
- Guernsey office opens |
| 1995 |
- Formation of holding company to consolidate trust companies |
| 1994 |
- Hong Kong, Jersey and Luxembourg offices open |
| 1991/2 |
- BVI, Belgium and Labuan office opens |
| 1972 |
- The Netherlands Antilles office opens |
| 1970 |
- Equity Trust Co NV formed in The Netherlands |