Mint Tower Capital Management

Mint Tower Capital Management sounds gong to celebrate Euronext membership

Today, Mint Tower Capital Management sounds the gong to celebrate becoming a member of Euronext. Wilrik Sinia, Director Mint Tower Capital Management, sounds the gong.

Mint Tower is the manager of the Mint Tower Arbitrage Fund, a rapidly growing open-end "absolute return" investment fund, aiming to achieve stable positive returns, irrespective of the direction of the markets.

Amsterdam based Mint Tower boasts a highly experienced investment team that combines proven arbitrage strategies, particularly in stock options and convertible bonds. These strategies have a low correlation with the equity markets and are therefore suitable as part of a diversified investment portfolio.

The membership enables Mint Tower to trade even more efficiently on Euronext markets.

For more information:  www.minttowercapital.com

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40th edition North Sea Jazz Festival

Sounding of the gong for 40th edition North Sea Jazz Festival

BNP Paribas opens trading as partner of North Sea Jazz to mark the 40^th edition of the festival. CEO BNP Paribas The Netherlands, Anne Marie Verstraeten, sounds the gong.

North Sea Jazz, this year held for the 10^th time in the city of Rotterdam, is the largest indoor music festival in the world, known globally as the event where the past, present and future of jazz are featured within three days. Next to a firm base of jazz many genres will pass by, such as blues, soul, funk, hip hop, world, pop and more. To give an impression of forty years of North Sea Jazz history, the festival is presenting several iconic artists from each decade starting from 1976, including Stanley Clarke, Roy Hargrove, Bill Frisell, bassist Avishai Cohen and José James.

For more information: www.northseajazz.com

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Citroën launches DS

Gong sounding Citroën marks launch of new car brand

Peter Spelt, General Manager Citroen / DS in the Netherlands, sounds the gong to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Citroën DS and the launch of the new luxury French car brand DS in the Netherlands.

DS, part of Euronext listed PSA Peugeot Citroën (ticker symbol: UG) has officially started as an independent car manufacturer with the aim to revamp the tradition of French premium cars.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the iconic DS; a car that instantly became world famous. The classic DS still enjoys great popularity among the Dutch, judging by many DS owners who still use the car for everyday transport.

For more information: www.citroen.nl/ds

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Entrepreneurship Summer School

Entrepreneurship Summer School celebrates 10th anniversary by sounding the gong

The 10^th edition of the yearly Entrepreneurship Summer School, organized by Rabobank Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE), will kick off by sounding the gong. Prof. dr. Enno Masurel, Scientific Director at Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship and initiator of the Entrepreneurship Summer School, opens trading together with (future) student-entrepreneurs, the team of ACE and Rabobank Amsterdam.

The Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship encourages entrepreneurship by providing a broad education and research program and contributes to the development of entrepreneurship skills and knowledge.

The Entrepreneurship Summer School provides 35 students the opportunity to develop their business idea into a solid business plan in one week. By following workshops and attending the entrepreneurship helpdesk. During the finals, five finalists pitch their idea to a professional jury. The student entrepreneurs can win entrepreneurship consultation from Rabobank Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship when starting their business. During the forthcoming final on July 10^th, the results of a research that has been done under the 256 participants in the Summer school Entrepreneurship over the past 9 years will be announced.

For more information: www.ace-amsterdam.org/summerschool-ondernemerschap/

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27th edition Robeco SummerNights

Summer Gong Ceremony to celebrate the 27th edition of Robeco SummerNights

Robeco and the Royal Concertgebouw have extended their 27-year Robeco SummerNights partnership by another three years. To mark this occasion both parties open trading at the Amsterdam exchange. Hester Borrie, a member of the Group Management Board, Marketing & Sales at Robeco sounds the gong accompanied by Simon Reinink,General Manager of the Concertgebouw. Saxophonist Benjamin Herman will provide a suitably summery performance prior to the ceremony.

More than eighty concerts from genres like classical, pop, jazz and world music can be heard this summer in The Concertgebouw, with the final concert taking place on 30 August. Robeco SummerNights is entering its 27^th year, and aims to bring high-quality music in an accessible manner to the attention of a large public during the summer months.

For more information: www.robecosummernights.nl

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Kiadis Pharma

Kiadis Pharma celebrates IPO by sounding gong

By sounding the gong, Kiadis Pharma celebrates its IPO on Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Brussels. CEO of Kiadis Pharma, Manfred Rüdiger, sounds the gong to open trading.

Kiadis Pharma is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on research, development and future commercialisation of cell-based immunotherapy products for the treatment of blood cancers and inherited blood disorders.

Rüdiger: “We are delighted to have joined Euronext today. Kiadis Pharma's IPO received significant interest from local, European and US investors and now we intend to advance our pipeline of products that will potentially save the lives of thousands of blood cancer and inherited blood disorder patients.”

For more information: www.kiadis.com 

RELX

CFO marks name change from Reed Elsevier to RELX by sounding gong

Nick Luff, CFO of RELX NV (ticker symbol: RELX), opens trading at the Amsterdam exchange to mark the official name change of the company’s Amsterdam listed shareholding vehicle from Reed Elsevier NV to RELX NV. This shorter and more modern name reflects the transformation of the company to a technology, content and analytics driven business while maintaining the link with its proud heritage. 

The name change is part of an effort to simplify the corporate structure of the company, helping clarify the economic interests of parent company shareholders, and increase share price transparency. 

Luff sounds the gong in the company of among others Jans van der Woude, Company Secretary, and Colin Tennant, Head of Investor Relations.

For more information: www.relxgroup.com

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New Venture

Winners New Venture open trading

Start-ups Active Cues, Bedrijfsoorcheck en PowerWindow were crowned ‘most innovative start-up of the Netherlands’ by a jury made up of investors and serial entrepreneurs on Thursday 25 June. New Venture’s final award ceremony was the conclusion of a nine month program in which the winners were selected from nearly 300 entries. In addition, these winners have been awarded with a total amount of € 35.000,-.

For over 16 years, New Venture is a leading program that encourages innovative entrepreneurs to transform innovative ideas into valuable businesses. New Venture is initiated and supported by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the top of the Dutch industry.

Pieter Waasdorp, director Entrepreneurship at the Ministery of Economic Affairs, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.newventure.nl

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Executive Masters in Financial Management

Students Executive Masters in Financial Management visit Beursplein 5

Students of the Executive Masters in Financial Management Program (XFM), a partnership between Rotterdam School of Business (RSM), Erasmus University and ESA business school in Beirut, visit the Amsterdam Exchange and open trading. XFM is a part-time academic program tailored-made for professionals involved in positions where financial information is crucial to excellent performance.

The program combines financial theory with its application in practice. By understanding the theory behind financial tools, the program enables its participants to make better, more well-informed decisions to financial problems. By mastering these tools and techniques, graduates will be able to enhance the competitiveness of their firms in today’s highly competitive financial industry.

For more information: www.rsm.nl

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European Financial Management Association

European Financial Management Association (EFMA) opens trading

The European Financial Management Association (EFMA)opens trading at the Amsterdam exchange on the occasion of their annual conference on financial management. EFMA was founded in 1994 with the aim to stimulate research and disseminate knowledge on financial decision making in all areas of finance affecting European corporations, financial institutions and capital markets.The 24^th conference is held at Nyenrode Business University.

In addition to keynote speaker Malcolm Baker of Harvard University are several other distinguished speakers present at the conference. Professor Malcolm Baker and Professor Dennis Vink of Nyenrode sound the gong.

For more information: www.efmaefm.org

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Beach Volleyball World Championschips

Sounding of the gong kicks off Beach Volleyball World Championschips

Transavia visits Beursplein 5 and sounds the gong for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships The Netherlands 2015. Transavia, subsidiary of Euronext-listed company Air France – KLM (ticker symbol: AF) has been a partner in beach volleyball since the European Beach Volleyball Championships in 2012.

The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships The Netherlands 2015 is the 10^th World Championship in beach volleyball and is held in The Netherlands for the first time. It will be held from the 26^th of June till the 5^th of July in Amsterdam, Apeldoorn, Rotterdam and The Hague. The Finals will be in The Hague, where a floating stadium with 5000 seats is built on the Hofvijver pound, next to the Dutch parliament. In Amsterdam the stadium will be the eyecatcher on Dam Square.

96 teams ( 48 men and 48 women) from 40 countries will compete at the World Championships. In total 208 matches will be played.

For more information: netherlands2015.fivb.org

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Nyenrode Business University

Master students Nyenrode visit Beursplein 5

Fourteen of Nyenrode Business University’s students sound the gong to celebrate the fact that Nyenrode’s Master programs were voted Best Master of the Netherlands and Nyenrode Business University was voted the best Dutch university in the National Student Survey. The students were accompanied by Willem van Donge, Head of Career & Personal Development of the university.

Among the students were members of the Nyenrodian Investment Association ‘De Zilveren Rijder’. This association operates one of the largest portfolios among student associations.

For more information: www.nyenrode.nl

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Aegon Royal Holland Cup

Sounding of the gong announces Aegon Royal Holland Cup

Roel Braas, rower of the Aegon National rowing team and winner of the last two editions of the Aegon Royal Holland Cup, sounds the gong in the company of the organization and sponsor Aegon (ticker symbol: AGN).

The 122nd edition of Aegon Royal Holland Cup takes place on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 June in Rotterdam. The top Dutch rowers will attend as well as several international rowing teams. Besides a large Dutch delegation, rowers from Canada, Denmark, Japan, Indonesia, Ireland, Australia, America, Germany and England will participate.

The Holland Cup is one of the oldest rowing races in the world. The first edition was rowed in 1886.

For more information: www.hollandbeker.nl

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Lucas Bols in AScX Index

CEO of Lucas Bols, Huub van Doorne, opens trading to celebrate the inclusion of Lucas Bols in the AScX Index. The AScX index is composed of 25 funds that trade on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange and that rank 51-75 in size. The inclusion in the AScX index follows Lucas Bols’s listing on 4 February 2015.

Van Doorne: "We are pleased with the inclusion of our shares in the small cap index, shortly after our listing four months ago. Being part of this index will further raise our profile among the investor community and we expect a positive impact on the liquidity of the Lucas Bols share.”     

For more information: www.lucasbols.com

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CFO Special Achievement Award

Bol.com CFO and winner of CFO Award Marijn de Wit opens trading

Bol.com CFO Marijn de Wit sounds the gong after winning the CFO Special Achievement Award. De Wit was praised by the jury at the 13th edition of the CFO Day for his crucial role in structuring and managing the acquisition process in 2009 and later acquisition by Ahold (ticker symbol: AH).

De Wit has a wide range of tasks, which includes much more than the usual CFO responsibilities. Not only is he responsible for the hardcore finance section, but also for support functions such as HR and office management. Together with his team, De Wit developed a control organization that supports a rapidly growing company as bol.com and promotes the business in making value-creating decisions.

He opens trading in the company of a delegation of bol.com.

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Dutch Care Bond

Sounding of the gong for Dutch Care Bond

Enternext (the Euronext initiative for financing solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises), ActiZ, Creditreform, AFS, Rutger & Posch and ILFA jointly develop the Dutch Care Bond.

This standard program for the issuance of bonds is designed in recent months along with eight HMOs. The care sector in the coming years require funding since the number of over-80s will double, while the budget does not grow.

The HMOs hope to collect approximately € 150 million with the bonds for necessary funding for investments, particularly in real estate and new developments in that context. Members will be intensively supported by the knowledge partners in the development of the bond.

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Amsterdam Logistics Board

Sounding of the gong by Amsterdam Logistics Board reaffirms cooperation with Euronext

Dertje Meijer, CEO of the Port of Amsterdam, sounds the closing gong at Euronext in her role as president of the Amsterdam Logistics Board (ALB). This reinforces a partnership which symbolizes connecting clusters vital for the new economy in the Amsterdam metropolitan area; logistics, ICT and financial and business services.

The Amsterdam Logistics Board is a partnership of businesses, educational institutes and government to maintain and strengthen the international competitiveness of the Amsterdam metropolitan region as a logistics hub. The members of the ALB work on a coherent set of concrete projects that provide a strong impulse to the quality of logistics services and supply chains in the Amsterdam metropolitan area.

Volvo Ocean Race Team Brunel

Sounding of the gong announces arrival of Volvo Ocean Race Team Brunel

Brunel founder Jan Brand announces the arrival of Team Brunel in the Volvo Ocean Race to The Hague by sounding the gong. It marks the fortieth anniversary of Brunel (ticker symbol: BRNL) and the return of Team Brunel Netherlands.

For the third time in its history, Brunel is the proud title sponsor of a team in the Volvo Ocean Race, the most prestigious sailing race around the world. A struggle between man and nature in its purest and competitive form. On 18, 19 and 20 June, the largest sailing event in the world will moor at The Hague/Scheveningen before the teams set sail to Gothenburg for the final leg of this year's race.

There are many activities around the harbor and at the Zuiderstrand Theatre in Scheveningen during the three-day Volvo Ocean Race Festival The Hague, including the possibility to admire the spectacular racing boat of Team Brunel.

For more information: www.brunelsailing.net

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