FISD - Financial & Information Services Association

FISD visits the exchange for FISD Amsterdam

FISD Amsterdam is an annual event, now in its fourth year hosted by Euronext Amsterdam. Bringing together those that buy and consume market data, such as Banks and Asset Managers, with the range of those that provide data and services. Tom Davin, Managing Director FISD, sounds the gong.

Working in conjunction with the Dutch IPUG, this event provides a forum for the Dutch financial data community to meet, share ideas and generally become better informed about our specialist industry sector – all with the aim of improving the way we do business with each other.

The Dutch Information Providers User Group (DIPUG) was founded in 2009 by Dutch Banks and Asset Managers and is the Dutch equivalent of ‘Information Providers User Groups’ that operate in other countries across Europe.

For more information: www.fisd.net

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10 years Add Value Fund

Add Value Fund celebrates ten-year anniversary

Ten years ago, Add Value Fund started with an initial share capital of €27m. In the ten years that followed the funds under management have tripled to more than €81m. The Fund’s share price has risen by 115% since inception, which corresponds with an average annual net return of 8,0%.

Founders and Fund Managers Willem Burgers and Hilco Wiersma: “The past ten years have been quite successful and we have added value for all our shareholders. We much appreciate the trust of all our stakeholders in the past decade and look forward to a positive future. We believe the Add Value Fund is in an excellent position to continue to add value in the next ten years.”

Add Value Fund is the specialist in Dutch listed small and midcap companies. The Fund exclusively invests in Dutch so-called ‘mini-multinationals’ whose activities focus on structural growth and/or niche markets and are mostly European or global market leader in their respective market segment. Through a bottom-up stock selection process, using fundamental and value analysis, the Add Value Fund managers select the most promising investments from a universe of approximately 67 listed companies. At present, the Fund holds investments in 16 companies of high quality.

For more information: www.addvaluefund.nl

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ACTIAM investment expert

Winner ACTIAM investment expert opens trading

The winner of the ACTIAM investment expert poll opens trading at the Amsterdam exchange by sounding the gong. Of all participating experts Wouter de Nie, assetmanager at BCS Vermogensbeheer, made the best picks.

Every year asset manager ACTIAM asks more than hundred investment professionals for their expectations of the best and least performing stock in the coming year. Besides that, the participants are asked for their vision on index level. The best investment professional receives the price for best investment professional.

For more information: www.actiam.nl

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Chinese New Year

ICBC sounds gong for Chinese New Year

ICBC (Europe) S.A. Amsterdam Branch sounds the opening gong at Euronext Amsterdam in celebration of the Chinese New Year, as well as ICBC Amsterdam’s 6th anniversary in the Netherlands.

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China’s largest commercial bank, opened its Amsterdam Branch on 20 January 2011. Since its opening, ICBC Amsterdam set a mission to serve as bridge between China and the Netherlands to facilitate and strengthen the mutual economic ties.

Over the past six years, with continuous endeavor, it not only promoted Sino-Dutch bilateral trade and investment by providing professional cross-border integrated financial services, but also facilitated more Dutch companies to China, meanwhile attracting more Chinese enterprises to set up their Dutch entities. ICBC Amsterdam has successfully risen to prominence as the first and ideal choice for Sino-Dutch business.

For more information: www.icbc.com

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Best Performer AEX 2016

ArcelorMittal sounds gong as winner Euronext Amsterdam Best Performer AEX 2016

Euronext Amsterdam recently awarded the best performing listed companies, ETF and Fund at Euronext Amsterdam for 2016. ArcelorMittal was awarded Best Performer AEX 2016, on this occasion they visit the Amsterdam exchange and open trading.

Arcelor Mittal has successfully made use of the capital markets last year. The increase in share price of 80% is a remarkable accomplishment. ArcelorMittal is the world's leading steel and mining company, with a presence in 60 countries and an industrial footprint in 19 countries. Guided by a philosophy to produce safe, sustainable steel, they are the leading supplier of quality steel in the major global steel markets.

Maurice van Tilburg, CEO at Euronext Amsterdam and Joost Kromhout, Head of Listings at Euronext Amsterdam, had the pleasure to congratulate ArcelorMittal, Besi, Ordina, iShares and Optimix Vermogensbeheer.

For more information: www.arcelormittal.com

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Vontobel Warrants & Certificates

Euronext welcomes Vontobel as new Warrants & Certificates Issuer

Vontobel, a leading Swiss private bank specialised in wealth and asset management, celebrates the listing of nearly 1,200 new structured products on Euronext’s Paris and Amsterdam Warrants & Certificates segment by opening trading. Dr. Wolfgang Gerhardt, CEO Bank Vontobel Europe, sounds the gong.

Vontobel’s newly listed broad offering of open-end turbo warrants and factor certificates is geared towards both private and institutional clients, based on its industry leading scalable platform, highly automated processes and the mature as well as professional structured  products market in France and the Netherlands. Vontobel plans to continuously expand this offering in the coming months.

The welcoming of Vontobel as issuer is a new key milestone for Euronext’s Warrants & Certificates  franchise that currently lists over 50,000 products, an amount that has more than tripled in the last 6 years.  Euronext is investing in this franchise to adapt to the evolving market environment and promote long term sustainability of this product set for the benefit of its clients, end investors and the market

For more information: www.vontobel.com  

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Philips Innovation Award

Sounding of the gong for Philips Innovation Award

Stewart McCrone, Head of M&A at Philips (ticker symbol: PHIA), sounds the gong for the Philips Innovation Award. The Phillips Innovation Award is the largest student-entrepreneur award in The Netherlands. It was first organized 12 years ago and is organized for students, by students. Participants receive personal feedback, practice important skills, receive coaching and build a network.

On 23 March, the semi-final will be organized in “Het Drijvend Paviljoen” in Rotterdam. At this event, the 30 best participants are invited to show their start-up to investors and entrepreneurs, while receiving feedback on their pitch by a professional jury. The best 8 start-ups will make it to the final on 8 May in “De Rotterdamsche Schouwburg”, where over 800 visitors will experience an inspiring evening with interesting guest speakers and high quality innovations. A prize worth €50.000 will be rewarded to the most promising Innovator, a company between 1-3 years old, and one worth €15.000 will be given to the best Rough Diamond, an idea/company younger than 1 year.

For more information: www.phia.nl

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National Education Exhibition

Gong ceremony to mark opening National Education Exhibition 2017

The Money Wise Platform attends the National Education Exhibition (NOT) from 24 to January 28. The NOT is the largest trade fair for education professionals in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. To show the connection between the financial world and the world of education, class 2B of the secondary school CSG Willem de Zwijger from Schoonhoven opens trading at Euronext Amsterdam by sounding the gong.

After the ceremony a delegation will rush off to the NOT in Utrecht. They will meet with Her Majesty Queen Máxima and Minister Bussemaker.

The main focus of the Money Wise platform is to promote responsible financial behavior. The platform aims at a permanent place for education of financial skills in the school curriculum. Pupils in secondary schools also ask for extra lessons in learning to deal with money. There is currently a lot of attention to the debt problems among young people in the Netherlands. Schools in secondary education and national and local governments and institutions are working actively for an integrated approach to the implementation of financial education in secondary education.

For more information: www.wijzeringeldzaken.nl

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Best Performer ETFs

iShares sounds gong as winner Euronext Amsterdam Best Performer ETFs 2016

Euronext Amsterdam recently awarded the best performing listed companies, ETF and Fund at Euronext Amsterdam for 2016. iShares was awarded Best Performer ETFs 2016, on this occasion they visit the Amsterdam exchange and open trading. Kirst Kuipers, head of iShares Benelux, opens trading together with his colleagues.

The ETF industry experienced new record inflows in 2016 in terms of growth. iShares, the exchange-traded funds offering of BlackRock, is a global leader in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with more than a decade of expertise and commitment to individual and institutional investors of all sizes. Their iShares Europe ETF has been awarded for most traded ETF at Euronext Amsterdam.

Maurice van Tilburg, CEO at Euronext Amsterdam and Joost Kromhout, Head of Listings at Euronext Amsterdam, had the pleasure to congratulate ArcelorMittal, Besi, Ordina, iShares and Optimix Vermogensbeheer.

For more information: https://www.euronext.com/en

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Corbion

Corbion sounds gong for development bioplastics market

Tjerk de Ruiter, CEO of Corbion (ticker symbol: CRBN) calls attention to the development of the markets for bioplastics in The Week of the Circular Economy and a day after the Polyolefins 2017 Summit by sounding the gong at the Amsterdam exchange.

Recently, Total and Corbion have announced that they are joining forces to develop bioplastics by creating a 50/50 joint venture to produce and market polylactic (PLA) polymers. The two partners plan to build a world-class PLA polymerization plant with a capacity of 75,000 tons per year at Corbion's site in Thailand that already has a lactide (PLA monomer) production unit that will become part of the joint venture. Corbion will supply the lactic acid necessary for the production of the PLA and the lactide. The joint venture will allow them to supply an innovative material that is 100% renewable and biodegradable, and that responds to sustainability concerns.

Corbion is the global market leader in lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives and lactides, and a leading company in emulsifiers, functional enzyme blends, minerals and vitamins. The company delivers high performance biobased products made from renewable resources and applied in global markets such as bakery, meat, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, home and personal care, packaging, automotive, coatings and adhesives. Its products have a differentiating functionality in all kinds of consumer products worldwide. In 2015, Corbion generated annual sales of € 918.3 million and had a workforce of 1,673 FTE

For more information: www.corbion.com

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Dutch Corporate Finance Association

Nominees DCFA ‘Deal of the Year’ Award sound the gong

Each year, the DCFA grants an Award for the ‘Deal of the Year'. On January 19, 2017, this Award is given for the 4th time to a member of the DCFA who has closed the best transaction in 2016. The three nominated advisors are chosen by an expert and independent jury from a large number of entries. They visit the Amsterdam exchange and open trading.

The Dutch Corporate Finance Association (DCFA) is a national multidisciplinary association for professionals engaged in the field of mergers and acquisitions. The DCFA, with over 200 individual members, is the largest association in its field and aims to share knowledge and to create a network for its members. The association is aimed at everyone who is professionally involved in mergers and acquisitions, such as M&A consultants, M&A lawyers, tax specialists, bankers and private equity investors.

The Jury made its choice based on the expertise and the multidisciplinary nature of the deal team, creativity in the execution of the transaction and the results achieved.

For more information: www.dcfa.nl

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Vanguard

Vanguard visits Beursplein 5

Vanguard opens trading at Euronext Amsterdam. The company has expanded its presence in the Netherlands in 2016 and plans on expanding even further in 2017. The gong is sounded by Institutional Sales Executive Arjan van Tongeren, while accompanied by colleagues.

One of the world’s largest investment management companies, Vanguard managed more than $ 3.9 trillion in global assets. The firm is headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and offers more than 350 funds to its more than 20 million investors worldwide.

For more information: www.vanguard.nl

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ABN AMRO EMS online dashboard

ABN AMRO sounds gong with EMS for online dashboard

ABN AMRO and EMS sound the gong on the Amsterdam exchange to announce the presentation of a new concept; an online dashboard in which various payment services can be managed in one place.

The dashboard is presented on the ‘Webwinkelvakdagen’ and offers companies an insight into (combined) cash flows from both online sales and in physical stores.

EMS is the provider of the payment solution, developed for both SMEs and large business enterprises, national and international operations. The dashboard is available for SMEs as of January and later this year for large corporate customers. EMS, a joint venture of the Euronext-listed ABN AMRO (ticker symbol: ABN) and First Data, has been specialized in payment solutions in Europe for over 25 years. EMS provides both physical in-store payment terminals, as well as all relevant local payment methods such as iDEAL and Bancontact for online stores.

For more information: www.abnamro.com

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Amsterdam Young Citizen of the Year

Amsterdam Young Citizen of the Year 2016 visits Beursplein 5

Jeremy de Bel is Amsterdam Young Citizen of the Year 2016 and to celebrate this he sounds the gong at Beursplein 5. The Amsterdam Young Citizen of the Year is no less than 3 times a week in the kitchen of social restaurant Resto van Harte. The judges praised that he contributes so much and is involved in the whole proces

The Stadmakertjes Foundation (‘little citymakers’) organized this junior election for the fifth time. The city of Amsterdam and Rabobank support the initiative financially. In the last couple of months, everyone in Amsterdam could nominate his or her little hero, in the ages of 8 to 15 years. A jury chose the top 10 and the winner. The most important selection criterion: the winner should be someone who works selflessly on behalf of the cause, and has to set an example for others.

For more information: www.stadmakertjes.nl

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Dutch IR Awards 2017

Winners of the Dutch IR Awards 2017 sound the gong at Beursplein 5

The winners of the Dutch IR Awards 2017 pay a visit to Beursplein 5 to sound the gong. Sonya Ghobrial, Head of Investor Relations Heineken, sounds the gong.

For the tenth consecutive year, the Netherlands Association for Investor Relations (NEVIR) awarded Dutch listed companies and professionals who excel in Investor Relations during the Dutch IR Awards 2017.

NEVIR is the professional representative body and advocacy organization for investor relations officers and consultants at Dutch public companies. More than two-thirds of the listed companies at Euronext Amsterdam are a member of the NEVIR.

For more information: www.nevir.nl

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Dynamic Credit

Dynamic Credit visits Beursplein 5

Merijn Bosman, portfolio manager mortgage loans of Dynamic Credit, sounds the opening gong at the Amsterdam exchange, in celebration of the opening of the direct channel between the international capital markets and the Dutch mortgage market.

Dynamic Credit, as asset manager and direct lender, wants to create a better match between savings and credit. To this end it has set up a customised route for institutional investors to benefit from the interesting spread at relatively low risk  of the Dutch mortgage market. Through this route Dynamic Credit then channels funding of mortgage loans directly to Dutch consumers who want to finance their house. Dynamic Credit manages more than EUR 7.5 billion in mortgage mandates, of which more than 5 billion has been issued.

Dynamic Credit is the first asset manager to successfully set up a direct link between the capital market and the Dutch mortgage market.

For more information: www.dynamiccredit.com

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IMC Weekendschool

IMC Weekendschool visits Beursplein 5

IMC Weekend School sounds the gong in honor of the launch of a new team at their Amsterdam-West location. The team’s learning programme will not only be updated, but the new location will also be the breeding ground for an organizational innovation, where the so-called shared leadership is central. The team is accompanied by three alumni who act as ambassadors for IMC Weekend School.

IMC Weekend School provides supplementary education for motivated children aged ten to fourteen from underprivileged neighborhoods. The objective is to improve the future prospects for the students by offering them an inspiring glimpse into numerous disciplines such as business, medicine, astronomy and art. Volunteer experts serve as guest teachers. Students come into contact with a broad group of professionals who share their knowledge and skills while working together with the students.

For more information: www.imcweekendschool.nl

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Verenigde Nederlandse Compagnie

Verenigde Nederlandse Compagnie celebrates acquisition by sounding gong

The Verenigde Nederlandse Compagnie (ticker symbol: VNC) opens trading and celebrates the successfully completed acquisition of DGB Energie and De Groene Belangen Behartiger. The acquisition includes a 100% interest and will not lead to a so-called ‘reverse takeover’. Geert Schaaij as CEO will give further substance to the strategy of VNC. Director of DGB Energie, Mark Logtenberg, sounds the gong to symbolically give a go-ahead for further development of the strategy.

DGB Energie is an energy supplier to the agricultural sector of farmers, for farmers. DGB’s roots lie in the agricultural sector. A personal approach, honest energy and market knowledge characterize DGB Energie. With these three key qualities, DGB provides the market with an optimal service.

Verenigde Nederlandse Compagnie  is listed on Euronext Amsterdam, trading under the name 'VNC’. The company aims to participate in, to finance, and to provide services and advice to other companies. VNC will protect shareholders’ interests and facilitate effecting and ensuring the growth ambitions.

For more information: www.verenigdenederlandsecompagnie.nl

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