Company Overview

Business Description

Sector
Financials
Industry
Financial Services
Headquarters
Netherlands NL
Employees
32 474
IPO date
Jan 2, 1985

HAL Trust is a Dutch investment holding company. It does not run a single consumer business; instead, it owns stakes in other companies, both public and private, and also holds some real estate and other investments. Its best-known holdings are in shipping, terminal storage, retail, and industrial services, so its value comes from the businesses it owns rather than from selling a product itself.

HAL makes money mainly in three ways: dividends from the companies it owns, gains when it sells investments, and changes in the value of its portfolio. Because it is a holding company, its main customers are not end buyers. Its real counterparties are the businesses it invests in, along with investors who buy HAL shares to get exposure to a managed portfolio of operating companies.

What makes HAL different is that it acts as a long-term owner and capital allocator, not an active manager of day-to-day operations. It looks for businesses it can hold for years, support with capital, and occasionally buy or sell as opportunities change. That structure gives investors a simple way to own a mix of operating businesses through one listed company.

HAL Trust Investor Relations

Address
Weena 696
Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland
Netherlands

Business Segments

Private investments

This part owns controlling or significant stakes in unlisted companies across areas such as marine services, technology, healthcare, and consumer businesses. HAL Trust helps guide these companies and benefits when they g...

Customers and revenue model

Listed investments

This part holds shares in publicly traded companies and other marketable securities. It is a financial investment portfolio rather than an operating business.

Customers and revenue model

Real estate

Description, customers and revenue model

Management

Mr. Melchert Frans Groot

Chairman of Executive Board - HAL Holding NV

Biography unavailable

Mr. Arie A. van't Hof

CFO & Member of Executive Board - HAL Holding NV

Biography unavailable

Mr. Jaap N. Van Wiechen

Member of Executive Board - HAL Holding NV

Biography unavailable

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