Fortis Private Banking can effectively assist you in the choice and follow up of equities. To this end, we call on Standard & Poor's large cap equity research (over 500 stocks), one of the world's top providers of financial market intelligence.

The investment philosophy of Standard & Poor's is the same as that of Fortis Private Banking: the magic word is GARP, which stands for Growth At a Reasonable Price. Standard & Poor's believes that the fair market value of a share can be determined by using a combination of conventional fundamental (bottom-up) approaches.

Analysts build up a detailed profile of each company and the environment in which it operates. They apply a wide range of advanced valuation techniques before making their recommendations.