LaSalle Bank Launches Fund Administration Services Globally



    LaSalle Bank N.A., a North American subsidiary of ABN AMRO Bank
    N.V., is further expanding its global structured finance services
    business with the launch of LaSalle Global Fund Services. LaSalle Bank
    combines the industry's best fund accounting, investor servicing and
    securities custody technologies to create a custom-built reporting
    engine that provides unparalleled solutions for alternative
    investments.

    As the leading global Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS)
    trustee and the second largest global provider of Collateralized Debt
    Obligation (CDO) trustee services, LaSalle Bank has established itself
    as a market leader in the structured products and securitization
    industry. The addition of LaSalle Global Fund Services further extends
    the bank's comprehensive service offering to alternative investment
    managers.

    "For LaSalle Bank, this is a natural progression into the
    alternative investment market. We are a known leader in the structured
    finance sector, and the addition of fund administration rounds out our
    service offering," said Doug Hart, group senior vice president, Global
    Securities and Trust Services at LaSalle Bank N.A.

    In addition to operations in Chicago, fund administrative services
    will be offered in Europe through the extended affiliate network of
    ABN AMRO Bank N.V., LaSalle Bank's parent, and will also be offered in
    Asia in 2007.

    To learn more about LaSalle Global Fund Services, please visit
    online at www.lasallefundservices.com or call (800) 327-5812.

    LaSalle Bank's Global Securities and Trust Services (GSTS) has
    served as trustee, custodian or agent on more than USD 1.1 trillion in
    assets. GSTS offers products to the capital markets worldwide, with an
    emphasis on securitization trustee and agency services, corporate
    trust, institutional custody, escrow services and like-kind exchange
    transactions.

    LaSalle Bank N.A. is the largest bank headquartered in Chicago,
    with USD 72.9 billion in assets and USD 43.7 billion in deposits.
    LaSalle Bank serves individuals, small businesses, middle-market
    companies and institutions through 135 retail locations and 450 ATMs
    in Chicago and its suburbs, and online at www.lasallebank.com.

    LaSalle Bank has retail and commercial operations in 20 states and
    26 cities across the U.S. In addition, it offers specialty services
    through its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including LaSalle
    Financial Services, Inc., LaSalle National Leasing Corporation and
    LaSalle Business Credit, LLC.

    Parent company LaSalle Bank Corporation, also headquartered in
    Chicago, has more than USD 124 billion in assets. It is an indirect
    subsidiary of Netherlands-based ABN AMRO Bank N.V., a leading
    international bank with total assets of EUR 999 bln. ABN AMRO operates
    more than 4,500 branches in 53 countries, and has a staff of more than
    110,000 full-time employees worldwide.

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