2. Overview B-Crown Advisors 3
Services 4
Alternative Finance 5
Alternative Funding Sourcing 6
Debt Restructuring / Securitization 6
Balance Sheet Management 7
Portfolio Advisory 8
Asset Management Advisory 9
Portfolio Monitoring and Valuation 10
Litigation Support Services 11
Team 12
Contact Us 17
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TABLE OF CONTENT
3. B-Crown Advisors is an independent structured and corporate financial advisory firm, serving financial
institutions, corporations and institutional investors, with an established team of experienced finance
professionals.
B-Crown Advisors is a new company, founded by the former Royal Park Investments team. The team successfully worked
out a EUR 20.5 billion legacy structured finance portfolio for Royal Park Investments, a special purpose vehicle created at
the Fortis group bailout in 2008;
Clients of B-Crown Advisors benefit from in-depth knowledge of structured and corporate finance, broad understanding of
core balance-sheet drivers, global credit market expertise and a powerful network of contacts across banks, insurance
companies, investment funds and other institutions;
B-Crown Advisors stands for objectivity, independence, high quality standards and focus on clients’ needs;
Technical excellence combined with personal commitment provides the client tailor made solutions. This is irrespective of
whether it is a large, medium-sized or niche corporate company, financial institution, insurance company, pension fund,
public sector organization or owner managed business;
Businesses operate in a competitive environment and have to evolve continuously to meet increasing challenges: B-
Crown Advisors is a niche player with an exepertise covering a wide range of financial areas.
Independent, Experienced, Effective
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OVERVIEW B-CROWN ADVISORS
4. ALTERNATIVE FINANCE
Alternative Funding Sourcing
Debt Structuring / Securitization
Balance Sheet Management
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PORTFOLIO ADVISORY
Asset Management Advisory
Portfolio Monitoring and Valuation
Litigation Support Services
SERVICES
Independent, Unbiased, Integrity
5. Independent and flexible set-up - high quality structuring solutions;
In-house structuring group with dedicated modeling, commercial and legal expertise;
B-Crown Advisors is not conflicted by product priorities or any desire to cross-sell;
Independent, unbiased, client focused advice;
Clients will benefit from our experience, not just as an arranger, but also as an issuer;
The team is dedicated to engineer bespoke solutions within a flexible and unique
approach that match clients’ needs, taking into consideration the client’s operating
environment.
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ALTERNATIVE
FINANCE
Alternative Funding
Sourcing
Debt Structuring /
Securitization
Balance Sheet
Management
ALTERNATIVE FINANCE
Advice, Arrange, Structure
6. ALTERNATIVE
FINANCE
Alternative Funding
Sourcing
Debt Structuring /
Securitization
Balance Sheet
Management
ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCING
Analyses of alternative financial solutions and instruments for clients;
Offer insight into relevant market segments;
Assessment of strategic alignment and feasibility.
DEBT RESTRUCTURING / SECURITIZATION
Independent advisory services to help:
(i) defining short- and long-term funding strategies, and
(ii) arranging and structuring funding programmes;
Practical and objective advice on debt raising, refinancing and restructuring.
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ALTERNATIVE FINANCE
Advice, Arrange, Structure
7. BALANCE SHEET MANAGEMENT
Cash flow modeling of portfolio assets to help clients better understand future funding
needs and capital requirements;
Help clients to evaluate and innovate their funding and cost structure, and to hedge
different levels of risk such as interest rate and currency risks;
Support senior management in strategic decision-making, including formulating funding
strategies and business planning.
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ALTERNATIVE
FINANCE
Alternative Funding
Sourcing
Debt Structuring /
Securitization
Balance Sheet
Management
ALTERNATIVE FINANCE
Advice, Arrange, Structure
8. Our portfolio advisory team is composed of seasoned professionals with complementary
backgrounds offering an integrated blend of skills;
Monitoring and evaluating complex debt instruments throughout their lifecycle;
Independent model and flexible operational structure offers high quality portfolio
management solutions at competitive rates;
Range of valuations, statistical analyses, simulations and projections;
The team has built strong relationships with leading forensic and law firms with regards to
monitoring of recovery actions and damage calculations related to distressed portfolios;
The team serves both clients and law firms as neutral, private advisors providing litigation
support services, in a complementary manner;
A unique combination of extensive industry experience, litigation support and expert
witness services.
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PORTFOLIO
ADVISORY
Asset Management
Advisory
Portfolio Monitoring
and Valuation
Litigation Support
Services
PORTFOLIO ADVISORY
Enhance, Experience, Advice
9. ASSET MANAGEMENT ADVISORY
Capabilities include development of asset valuation metrics and a framework for active
asset management;
Custom solutions for liquidation, restructuring and/or rebalancing of portfolios to
maximize risk-return objectives;
Experience in improving relative value of the portfolio via enhanced asset management,
and consulting on the financial, commercial and operational viability of projects and
activities;
Better understand and manage clients’ investments, facilitating sound investment or
divestment strategies;
Advice and custom solutions for legacy portfolios (non-core, run-off and defeasance
structures: ~bad bank/good bank), including liquidation, restructuring and/or
rebalancing of portfolios to maximize recovery objectives;
The successful workout at Royal Park Investments and the leading role within the
European Legacy Portfolio Working Group has positioned the team very well to deal
with financial crisis situations, distressed assets and funding issues, but also to provide
effective ways to solve or mitigate such issues;
Independent analysis identifies overvalued or undervalued sectors, as well as warning
of risk, and generates detailed analysis of certain market segments;
Propose relative value trades to further enhance return.
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PORTFOLIO
ADVISORY
Asset Management
Advisory
Portfolio Monitoring
and Valuation
Litigation Support
Services
PORTFOLIO ADVISORY
Enhance, Experience, Advice
10. PORTFOLIO
ADVISORY
Asset Management
Advisory
Portfolio Monitoring
and Valuation
Litigation Support
Services
PORTFOLIO MONITORING AND VALUATION
Clients benefit from careful monitoring of credit status, collateral quality and market
price movements of individual assets across all asset types of portfolios;
Robust proprietary technology provides tracking of collateral quality of individual assets;
Due diligence and research provides evaluation of both transactional parties and asset
value;
Cash flow modeling, third party model validation, model development, as well as system
analysis and statistical analysis;
Provide third party assurance through an independent review, an objective opinion or
valuation of a client’s operation, activity, project, funding or portfolio.
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PORTFOLIO ADVISORY
Enhance, Experience, Advice
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PORTFOLIO
ADVISORY
Asset Management
Advisory
Portfolio Monitoring
and Valuation
Litigation Support
Services
LITIGATION SUPPORT SERVICES
Unbiased litigation support and liaison between the client and the litigation team, as a
truly independent advisor;
Experience in individual and class action litigation with regards to certain types of
assets and complaints;
Loss damage calculations through different methodologies, depending on the
characteristics of the assets and the structure.
PORTFOLIO ADVISORY
Enhance, Experience, Advice
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“B-Crown’s independent model and flexible operational structure allows us to offer
high quality portfolio management solutions. Our lean organization means our clients
receive a highly professional level of service at competitive rates”.
• Danny Frans was Chief Executive Officer of Royal Park Investments;
• He has more than 20 years’ experience in structured finance and 11
years in trade finance;
• Prior to Royal Park Investments, he worked at BACOB Bank and
Artesia, and served first as senior portfolio manager and later as head of
the Structured Credit Management group at Fortis Bank;
• He was also senior commodity investment officer with Unilever PLC
London, after starting his professional career in 1983, as a futures trader
and commodities analyst with Société Générale Belgium;
• Danny holds a Master in Applied Economics from UFSIA Antwerp
University.
Danny Frans
Mobile +32 (0)494 567 236 | +32 (0)495 594 423
Email danny.frans@b-crownadvisors.com
TEAM
Professional, Trust, Integrity
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“Logic will bring you from A to B, imagination will take you anywhere.
Our ambition is to provide unstructured thinking in structured finance”.
• Jacques Straetmans was Chief Financial Officer of Royal Park
Investments;
• He has more than 20 years’ experience in asset securitization, inter alia,
as managing director at Rabobank London and executive director at ABN
Amro London;
• He has executed deals in a variety of jurisdictions and across a wide
range of asset classes for financial institutions, fund managers and
corporates;
• Jacques holds degrees from the Universities of Leuven, Hull and
Cambridge, as well as the Graduate Institute of International Studies
in Geneva.
Jacques Straetmans
Mobile +32 (0)470 991 719
Email jacques.straetmans@b-crownadvisors.com
TEAM
Professional, Trust, Integrity
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“I find it personally rewarding that clients appreciate our open and in-depth approach
toward their sometimes complex financial needs”.
• Bernhard Ardaen was independent legal consultant to Royal Park
Investments;
• His career includes positions at BACOB Bank, Artesia and Dexia, where
he was a member of the credit committee overseeing the ABS investment
portfolio;
• He structured a USD 2.6 billion asset backed commercial paper
programme and other securitizations for Dexia and third parties;
• Bernhard has a Master in Law from the University of Leuven, a Master in
Commercial Sciences from EHSAL, and a Master in Law and Economics
of Insurance from the Université Catholique de Louvain-La-Neuve.
Bernhard Ardaen
Mobile +32 (0)479 935 546
Email bernhard.ardaen@b-crownadvisors.com
TEAM
Professional, Trust, Integrity
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“We offer our clients transparency at every level and provide truly independent advice”.
• Koen Weemaes was senior portfolio manager at Royal Park Investments,
responsible for the management of a EUR 20.5 billion structured credit
portfolio;
• Prior to Royal Park Investments, he was senior portfolio manager for the
Structured Credit Management group at Fortis Bank, where he started his
professional career in 2004;
• His area of expertise is predominantly European and US structured
finance assets, and he has experience in securitization transactions for
insurance companies and institutional investors;
• Koen holds an MBA from Lynn University and a Master in Applied
Economics from UFSIA Antwerp University.
Koen Weemaes
Mobile +32 (0)497 646 173
Email koen.weemaes@b-crownadvisors.com
TEAM
Professional, Trust, Integrity
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“After the financial crisis, increased risk aversion led to a credit crunch. We provide tailor-made
structured finance solutions that bring risk-return back in line with investors’ requirements. As
such, we create added value for both investors and project managers”.
• Danny Decupere was senior treasury manager at Royal Park Investments
and has more than 21 years’ experience in the financial markets;
• Prior to Royal Park Investments, he was senior portfolio manager
ABS/MBS specialized in CDOs for the Structured Credit Management
group at Fortis Bank;
• He worked as an equity analyst for 5 years after being a new issue
promoter at the Brussels Stock Exchange. He began his career as a
research assistant at the Economics Department of the University of
Leuven;
• Danny holds a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Leuven
and is a member of the Belgian Society of Financial Analysts (BVFA-
ABAF).
Danny Decupere
Mobile +32 (0)499 857 710
Email danny.decupere@b-crownadvisors.com
TEAM
Professional, Trust, Integrity
