Nyxoah and Unifiedpost, from TechShare’s campus to Euronext markets

Only a few months after Nyxoah’s participation in the pan-European TechShare programme, and a few years after that of Unifiedpost’s, the two alumni went public this month. This is the first time that Belgian participants are taking the plunge; they have joined an ever-growing community of listed tech companies. With the full support of their teams and all the tools in hand to be ready for a successful listing operation, they both prepared their listing in the best possible way.

Nyxoah – IPO

To mark Nyxoah’s first trading day, Olivier Taelman, Chief Executive Officer of Nyxoah, rang the bell to open the markets in Brussels and celebrate its listing.

Nyxoah (NYXH) was created in 2009 with a clear purpose: to treat the most frequent sleep trouble, called Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). This disorder is touching 7,5% of the USA's population and 5% of the European. Nyxoah’ solution is an easy-to-use, comfortable and efficient sleep apnea treatment that is composed of an implant and an external patch that works with neurostimulation. The medtech company successfully raised €73.7 million during its IPO on 18 September, it was multiple times oversubscribed and closed ahead of schedule.

Unifiedpost – Private Placement

Hans Leybaert and Laurent Marcelis, respectively CEO and CFO of Unifiedpost, register the company in Brussels' symbolic order book, emblem of the historical stock exchange. 

Created in 2001, this fintech participated in TechShare’s 2016-2017 edition. The Unifiedpost’s (UPG) mission is to help customers structure complex financial ecosystems by delivering cloud-based platform for SME business services built on documents, identity and payments, the company today reaches more than 400,000 SMEs and more than 250 large corporate and governments. With its private placement on 22 September, the group has joined 299 other TMT companies already listed on Euronext markets.

Euronext, the listing venue of choice for European tech companies

Nyxoah and Unifiedpost have joined Europe's largest community of listed tech companies. Euronext attracts an increasing number of Tech companies and is the most active market for raising capital in Europe.

About TechShare

TechShare is a pan-European programme dedicated to Tech business leaders, which allows them to acquire all the knowledge and tools necessary to initiate them into the capital markets.
Visit euronext.com/en/raise-capital/tech/techshare to learn more.

FOW - Global Investor Group

Interview - January 2021

Innovation and flexibility drive Euronext derivatives growth

Euronext has had a busy year, working hard to increase the competitive edge amid large European rivals in the derivatives space.

Recent highlights for the European exchange group include [...] the delivery of single stock dividend futures with shorter maturities in late 2019 and into early 2020. In light of the volatility that swept the market and the disruption to regular dividend cycles caused by the escalating COVID-19 pandemic beginning of 2020, these launches were a masterstroke. They also led to Euronext winning the FOW International European Exchange and Exchange Innovation of the Year awards for 2020.

Read the full interview on globalinvestorgroup.com (English): https://www.globalinvestorgroup.com/articles/3695997/innovation-and-flexibility-drive-euronext-derivatives-growth 

Watch the interview: https://youtu.be/W27UToq4aS4

EQD Magazine
Interview - December 2020

Euronext’s New Eurozone ESG Large 80 Index

Euronext's Eurozone ESG Large 80 Index has been designed to allow investors to gain exposure to the Eurozone's sustainable economy, supporting climate action. Charlotte Alliot, head of institutional derivatives at Euronext in Paris, told EQDerivatives' Georgie Reynolds about how the index is structured to be able to evolve along with the changing ESG sentiment and how it differs from competitors.

Full interview available on eqderivatives.com (English): 
eqderivatives.com/commentary/euronexts-new-eurozone-esg-large-80-index

TheTRADE
Interview - Autumn 2020

Euronext ESG 80 Index Future: Empowering investors in the fight against climate change

Head of institutional derivatives at Euronext, Charlotte Alliot, discusses the launch of the exchange group’s ESG 80 index, and how futures based on the benchmark can provide investors with exposure to the sustainable economy in the Eurozone.

Full interview available on thetradenews.com (English): thetradenews.com/magazine/the-trade-issue-65-autumn-2020/

NextFinance
Interview - 15 September 2020

Charlotte Alliot: « Index and Futures Euronext ESG 80 allow investors to invest in the 80 best performing ESG and best energy transition score listed companies in the euro zone »

According to Charlotte Alliot, Head of Institutional Derivatives, Euronext, the index ESG 80 improves the overall ESG score by 16.1% and the energy transition score by 26.2% compared to its benchmark.

Full interview available on next-finance.net:
English: next-finance.net/Charlotte-Alliot-Index-and-Futures
French: next-finance.net/Charlotte-Alliot-L-indice-et-le
 

FIA MarketVoice
Article - 17 June 2020

Euronext launches futures on new ESG index

At launch, the futures contract is supported by market makers BNP Paribas, Société Générale, DRW and Optiver

Euronext has launched a futures contract based on 80 large cap companies in the Eurozone that have been selected for their performance related to the transition away from fossil fuels as well as environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.

Full article available on fia.org:
English: fia.org/articles/euronext-launches-futures-new-esg-index
 

Structured Retail Products
Interview - 21 July 2020

Euronext: lack of futures contracts limits hedging

The exchange has collaborated with a group of banks and asset managers to launch a new Eurozone ESG index which will be the base for a range of derivatives products. 

Euronext has launched the Euronext Eurozone ESG Large 80 Index (ESG80), which will be the underlying for a suite of derivatives products developed by the exchange, beginning with the Euronext Eurozone ESG Large 80 Index Future. It is also available for licensing to serve as an underlying for structured products, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded products (ETPs). 

Full interview available on StructuredRetailProducts.com:
English: structuredretailproducts.com/news/details/76267