Our history
- 1871: Establishment of Bank Oppenheim - Errera by Jacques Errera and accession of Franz Philippson.
- 1912
- Involvement Franz Philippson in a syndicate of Belgian banks financing the issue of Belgian treasury bonds.
- Accession of Jean Degroof.
- 1914: Involvement Franz Philippson during WWI in the Consortium of Banks providing credits to finance the occupier's war tax.
- 1919
- Advice by Franz Philippson to the government regarding the ‘loan of national restoration’.
- Establishment of Brussels exchange agency Libert Cie (later renamed Peterbroeck) by Léon Libert.
- 1921: Foundation of ‘International Chamber of Commerce’ by Franz Philippson.
- 1927: Establishment of Brussels exchange agency Van Campenhout.
- 1929: Death of Franz Philippson.
- 1936: Establishment of the Department of private banks of the Belgian Banking Association by Jules Philippson.
- 1968: Establishment of SCS Peterbroeck, Van Campenhout & Cie GCV as a result of the merger of two family companies Peterbroeck and Van Campenhout.
- 1969: Death of Jean Degroof. Change of company name to ‘Bank Degroof’.
- 1973: Establishment of the first Belgian third party managed pension fund.
- 1987: Creation of the first treasury SICAV.
- 1993: Transformation of Peterbroeck, Van Campenhout & Cie into a holding company. Transfer of the operations in the newly created company Petercam.
- 2000: Transfer of the overall functions of the holding company Peterbroeck, Van Campenhout & Cie in Petercam.
- 2002: Launch of the first Behavioral funds.
- 2003: Launch of the responsible investment strategy with Ethibel.
- 2008: Creation of the bank’s Foundation.
- 2009: Reactivation of the real estate securitization through real estate certificates.
- 2010: Extension of the offer with asymmetrical management.
- 2011: Deaths of Etienne Van Campenhout and Jean Peterbroeck.
- 2012: Establishment of the Pulse Foundation in collaboration with several families.
- 2015:
- Merger of Bank Degroof and Petercam to Bank Degroof Petercam.
- Merger of French entities and name change to Bank Degroof Petercam France.
- 2016:
- Merger of Degroof Fund Management Company and Petercam Institutional Asset Management to Degroof Petercam Asset Management.
- Merger of Banque Degroof Luxembourg and Petercam Luxembourg to Banque Degroof Petercam Luxembourg.
- Merger of Degroof Gestion Institutionnelle and Petercam Institutional asset Management Luxembourg to Degroof Petercam Asset Services.
- Change of name of the Spanish entity to Bank Degroof Petercam Espana.
- Name change of the corporate finance activities to Degroof Petercam Corporate Finance.