ABN Amro Clearing opens the trading day

The ABN Amro Clearing Global Graduates Programme is aworldwide programme to recruit young talent. The 2018 class is currently working on a final assignment at the Amsterdam office. To celebrate the successful programme, the gradualtes will open trading on Euronext Amsterdam, the place where many of its clients are trading or situated.

About ABN Amro Clearing
ABN Amro Clearing Bank is an independent financial institution with a full banking license. They are internationally recognized as a leading and specialized player and have an extensive customer base with professional traders, investment institutions and other financial institutions.

For more information: abnamroclearing.com

Gong in the run up to the Finance Run

Ron Dukers, chairman of the LEF foundation, opens trading in the run up to the sixth edition of the Finance Run that will take place on September 6th 2019. 

The Finance Run is a sporting and informal networking event in financial services, the proceeds of which go to the LEF Foundation. LEF stands for Life And Finance and aims to make young people more financially aware.

This will be the sixth edition, with the number of participants - and therefore the revenue for LEF - steadily growing over the years. The success is made possible by a large number of sponsors and media partners, of which the DELA Coöperatie, Florius and Van Diepen Van der Kroef Lawyers will act as main sponsors this year.

For more information: financerun.nl

North Sea Foundation organizes Boskalis Beach Cleanup Tour

North Sea Foundation organizes Boskalis Beach Cleanup Tour

The North Sea Foundation (Stichting de Noordzee) kicks off the Boskalis Beach Cleanup Tour. Floris van Hest, General manager Stichting de Noordzee, sounds the gong.

From 1 - 15 August, the North Sea Foundation organizes the Boskalis Beach Cleanup Tour where the entire Dutch North Sea coast is cleared of waste. The Cleanup kicks off simultaneously in Cadzand and Schiermonnikoog.

About the North Sea Foundation

The North Sea Foundation / Stichting De Noordzee is an environmental non-governmental organisation advocating the protection and sustainable use of the North Sea marine ecosystem. The goal is a clean, healthy sea and a well-functioning ecosystem. Its activities are focused on clean seas and beaches, clean shipping, sustainable fisheries, eco-friendly sustainable energy and marine protected areas. The Boskalis Beach Cleanup Tour is made possible by the support of our main sponsor Boskalis and partners.

For more information: beachcleanuptour.nl

Gong for Certified Pensioenexecutive

Bart Oldenkamp, academic director of the Certified Pension Executive program at the Erasmus School of Accounting & Assurance (ESAA), sounds the gong. He does this for 44 participants who successfully finished their program, with 17 participants of a recently started program aimed at investment management.

Both ESAA programs are suited for board members as well as professionals within the pensions sector, who want to extend their pensions knowledge from a multi-disciplinary scientific perspective. On July the 3rd, the first class of participants graduated from the new Certified Pension Executive Investment Management program. With this program, participants will be better suited to offer countervailing power to investment professionals within the pensions sector.

The Erasmus School of Accounting & Assurance (ESAA) is a cooperation between the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and the Erasmus University Rotterdam Accounting, Auditing & Controlling (Eurac) BV. As a result of this cooperation, all education and research in the areas of Accounting & Assurance are organized under the same umbrella, including post-master and post-initial programs, executive programs, masterclasses as well as continuing education.

For more information: eur.nl

Gong for ABP

mr. Xander den Uyl, board member of pension fund ABP, sounds the gong prior the work visit of ABP on the Amsterdam stock Exchange. 

For nearly 100 years, ABP has been the pension fund for people working in government and education. No less than 1 in 6 people in the Netherlands will receive a pension from ABP now or in the future. Pension is the income you receive when you stop working, if you become incapacitated or for your surviving relatives if you pass away.

For more information: abp.nl

 

NBWM opens trading

Since the beginning of this year, Nederlandsche Betaal- en Wisselmaatschappij (NBWM.nl), has new office space at Beursplein 5. In honor of this Joost Derks, director, sounds the gong.

About NBWM

Founded in 2013, NBWM handles currency exchange and international payments, especially for large, medium and small businesses. The currency company serves customers in Europe, America and Asia from Amsterdam. "We are seeing a great deal of interest in our solutions in Germany," says director Joost Derks. “That's getting more and more.’’

For more information: nbwm.com

 

Flatex NL opens the trading day

The opening bell is hit by Jeroen Sonsma, director of flatex NL. The German broker Flatex has just been launched on the Dutch market. "We are setting the new standard by offering investing through a safe bank without having to pay transaction costs".

Flatex is coming to the Netherlands with a lasting offer: trading at 0 euro transaction costs and no service fee. The product range includes (worldwide) equities, bonds, funds, ETFs, turbos and CFDs. Options and futures will be added in the near future.

Flatex Bank A.G. is part of FinTech Group A.G., listed on Deutsche Börse. The company has more than 500 employees, is headquartered in Frankfurt and processes approximately 12.5 million transactions annually for 275,000 customers. In addition to its brokerage activities, the company also provides B2B services to other financial institutions.

For more information: flatex.nl

Groenstate Asset Management sounds the gong

Groenstate Asset Management celebrates its 20-year Jubilee. In honor of this Erno Franke opens the trading day.

The asset manager located in Hengelo was established in 1999 and manages assets of individuals, families, foundations & associations. Groenstate started in 1999 with the idea of customer interest first. That means, among other things, not wanting to earn anything from products and sales. The relationship must pay for the management and personal attention of his or her own permanent advisor.

For more information: groenstate.nl

Salesforce – 20 years

Salesforce is celebrating its 20th anniversary - To celebrate, initiators Eva Heffernan and Tom Keuleneer open the trading day.

On March 8, 1999, Marc Benioff, Parker Harris, Frank Dominguez, and Dave Moellenhoff started the Salesforce journey. They would build a company based on three ideas: pioneering a new technology model in the cloud; a subscription business model; and an integrated philanthropy model.



Twenty years later, Salesforce’s 36,000 employees are democratizing cloud, mobile, social, IoT, and AI technologies for companies of every size and industry.

For more information: salesforce.com

Kendu opens the trading day

Kendu is the newest app from ABN AMRO (for both customers and non-customers) and was launched at the beginning of April 2019. To celebrate the launch and first successes Jeroen de Beest will open the trading day, together with the rest of team Kendu.

About Kendu

Kendu makes accessible asset management possible from €50. The app guides and informs its users to work on their financial ambitions. The Kendu app is an initiative of ABN AMRO. ABN AMRO serves customers within the retail, private banking, and corporate banking.

For more information: abnamro.nl

‘’Scholenstrijd’’ winners sound the gong

Pupils from the Havo 5-class economy of the Hillesum Lyceum in Deventer, sound the gong as winners of the investment competition ‘’Scholenstrijd’’.

About ‘’Scholenstijd’’

‘’Scholenstrijd’’ is an investment competition for students of HAVO and VWO. It is a serious game and aims to increase the financial and economic knowledge of pupils. Pupils and teachers can use the game for free throughout the year. Twice a year a prize is given – the best class based on return and the best class based on risk-return.

The project has a number of fantastic sponsors: Stichting Capital Amsterdam, Van Lanschot Kempen, Rabobank, BNP Paribas, IEX.nl Think Etfs, Vecon and De Nederlandsche Bank.

For more information: scholenstrijd.nl

VLK 20th anniversary on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange

Twenty years ago Van Lanschot got a listing on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. To celebrate this CFO Constant Korthout sounds the gong today, together with colleagues who have been working for Van Lanschot Kempen for twenty years.

In 1999, Van Lanschot announced it would seek a listing on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in order to improve its access to the capital markets and boost brand awareness. By increasing shareholder numbers, Van Lanschot also wanted to emphasize its independence. In 2017, the ticker symbol VLK (Van Lanschot Kempen) was introduced.

Van Lanschot Kempen, a wealth manager operating under the Van Lanschot, Evi and Kempen brand names, is active in Private Banking, Asset Management and Merchant Banking, with the aim of preserving and creating wealth for its clients. Van Lanschot Kempen, is the Netherlands’ oldest independent financial services company with a history dating back to 1737.

For more information: vanlanschotkempen

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Kendrion 60th anniversary on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange

Joep van Beurden sounds the gong together with Executive Board Member Jeroen Hemmen and colleagues from the Kendrion head office. Today Kendrion celebrates 60-years as a listed company and next to this the move from Zeist to the new headquarters in Amsterdam beginning of July 2019.

About Kendrion

Kendrion develops, manufactures and markets high-quality electromagnetic systems and components for industrial and automotive applications. For over a century, they have been engineering precision parts for the world's leading innovators in passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial applications. Rooted in Germany, headquartered in the Netherlands and listed on the Amsterdam stock exchange. ‘’Created with passion and engineered with precision. Kendrion - we magnetise the world.’’

For more information: kendrion.com

Gong for winner CBS-ConjuctuurBekerStrijd 2019

VWO-students of the Montaigne Lyceum have won the annual national Economics contest, the CBS-ConjunctuurBekerstrijd for 2019. As a result of this Bram Boers is going to strike the gong to open the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

CBS ConjuctuurBekerStrijd:

In order to promote the use of statistics in secondary education, CBS has created the business cycle BekerStrijd. This is a competition in which pupils from the secondary school and VWO with economics in their profile predict the development of the Dutch economy.

The Montaigne Lyceum

The Montaigne Lyceum houses several courses: Gymnasium, VWO, Havo, secondary school and secondary education. They say the fact that pupils with different talents go together to the same school, is an important social endeavor.

For more information: montaignelyceum / cbs

Business Angels Netwerken sounds the gong

Business Angels Netwerken Nederland sounds the gong in honor of their 10th anniversary. The gong is sounded by the president of BAN Nederland, Harry Helwegen.

About BAN Nederland

Business Angels Network Netherlands (BAN Nederland) is the National Interest Association that represents the business angels market and the interests of its members and the affiliated business angels in other stakeholders. 

For more information: bannederland

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’De Zonnebloem’’ thanks Royal Lemkes and ALDI

Marc Damen, Director of the National Association De Zonnebloem, would like to thank Royal Lemkes and ALDI for their successful sunflower campaign ‘Sunsation Sunflower’, which saw one Euro from every sunflower sold, being donated to De Zonnebloem.

This year, National Association De Zonnebloem celebrates its 70-year anniversary and growers' association Sunsation Sunflower has developed a special potted sunflower in honour of this occasion. Royal Lemkes and ALDI have successfully taken this promotion on board and have sold the potted sunflower in all 500 ALDI stores across the Netherlands. This resulted in a fantastic donation of € 50,000 going to National Association De Zonnebloem.

About ‘’de Zonnebloem’’

De Zonnebloem enriches the lives of 113,000 people with physical disabilities. For the past seventy years, the association has been making home visits, day trips and adapted holidays possible. The association’s 38,000 volunteers are active in almost every neighbourhood, village and city in the Netherlands. De Zonnebloem strives for a society in which people with a physical disability can participate naturally and with peace of mind.

Gong for the InspiringFifty women in tech

Neelie Kroes sounds the gong in honor of the InspiringFifty women in tech list. InspiringFifty is a non-profit that aims to increase diversity in tech by making female role models in tech more visible.

The Inspiring Fifty initiative was established by Janneke Niessen and Joelle Frijters to spotlight the incredible women excelling in tech careers, first in the Netherlands and increasingly around the world.

For more information: inspiringfifty.com

Listing day for Fastned

Listing day for Fastned on Euronext Amsterdam

Fastned, today received a listing on Euronext Amsterdam. On this occasion, founder and CEO Michiel Langezaal, sounds the gong.

Fastned builds on a European network of fast charging stations. Fastned has a network of 101 stations: 88 in the Netherlands, 12 in Germany and one in the United Kingdom.  The listing on Euronext Amsterdam increases the access of Fastned to the capital market and gives Fastned additional financing flexibility to help realize the growth strategy.

The IPO also proves the appeal of Euronext for fast-growing, innovative tech companies.

For more information: fastned.nl

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