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Successful acquisition GrandVision

GrandVision Benelux sounds the gong for successful acquisition

GrandVision Benelux, part of the Euronext Amsterdam listed GrandVision (ticker symbol: GVNV), celebrates the successful acquisition of Zonnebrillen.com with a sounding of the gong by CEO Leo van Welij.

With over 800 brick and mortar stores in the Netherlands and Belgium, the company consciously focuses on online expansion. The parent company of optical retail chains Pearle and Eye Wish is rapidly expanding its digital strategy with the acquisition of the online pure player, Zonnebrillen.com. The addition of Zonnebrillen.com fits in with GrandVision Benelux’s integrated omni-channel strategy and strengthens its online position in the Netherlands and Belgium.

For more information: www.grandvision.com

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AFS Group joins LiquidShare

AFS sounds gong for participation in LiquidShare

Financial service provider AFS Group has acquired an interest in the Pan-European fintech initiative LiquidShare and sounds the gong on the Amsterdam exchange.

LiquidShare, set up by BNP Paribas, CACEIS, CDC, Euroclear, Euronext, S2IEM and Société Générale, is developing a blockchain based post-trade settlement infrastructure for listed small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) shares. Blue chips and bonds are added to this in a next phase.

With the financial support of AFS Group and the other shareholders, LiquidShare aims to create a solution that will ultimately structurally lower transaction costs.

For more information: www.afsgroup.nl

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Bert Douwes Award 2017

Winners Bert Douwes Award 2017 visit the Amsterdam exchange

Fleur Deelman and Madelon Vos, winners of the Bert Douwes Award 2017, sound the gong to open the trading day at Beursplein 5.

They won the Bert Douwes thesis prize from the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA) with their thesis "The pool of greater fools. Research into the history and predictable value of economic bubbles ". The Bert Douwes Award is made possible by Euronext Amsterdam and Stichting Capital Amsterdam.

The Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences offers students from all over the country the opportunity to deepen themselves in all aspects related to the financial markets and investments during a six month minor. Each participating student writes a thesis on a current financial topic after this period. The best thesis is rewarded with the Award which is named after the HvA teacher and founder of the minor who passed away in 2007.

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Introduction en bourse de Advicenne

Introduction en bourse de Advicenne sur Euronext 

Dr. Luc-André Granier, PDG et co-fondateur d’Advicenne, ouvre les marchés à Paris.

Advicenne est spécialisé dans la recherche et le développement de médicaments destinés au traitement des maladies orphelines neurologiques et néphrologiques, essentiellement chez les enfants.

CIO of the Year 2017

The CIO of the Year 2017 opens trading

Bouke Hoving, CIO at the Euronext Amsterdam listed KPN (ticker symbol: KPN), opens trading for winning the title of CIO of the Year 2017.

Under the guidance of the jury chairman, His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard van Oranje, Mr Bouke Hoving, CIO KPN, was chosen as CIO of the Year 2017 during CIODAY. The processes and criteria have been developed together with CIO Platform Nederland, CIO Magazine, The Boston Consulting Group and Linqhu.

CIODAY is the most important annual networking event for people at the top of the multi-billion IT market. This two-day event in the Amsterdam Beurs van Berlage brings together more than 500 CIOs, IT VPs and IT directors for inspiring world-class speakers, interactive sessions and networking opportunities.

For more information: cioday.com

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Saint Nicholas

Saint Nicholas sounds the gong on Amsterdam exchange

Like previous years, Saint Nicholas visits Beursplein 5. As is tradition, he opens trading surrounded by his ambassadors.

Saint Nicholas’ Corps Diplomatique, founded last year, has again been expanded. Thanks to the efforts of the Corps, 28 social activities will be organized in Amsterdam for both children and the elderly around the Saint Nicholas period. Next to the festive entry of Saint Nicholas on 19 November, these activities make the Sint-festivities accessible to everyone. Next year, Saint Nicholas hopes to arrive in Amsterdam for the 80^th time.   

For more information: www.sintinamsterdam.nl

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Arcadis wins Betonprijs

Leiden’s new underground parking garage “Lammermarkt” recently won the Betonprijs (Concrete Prize). To celebrate this, Arcadis (ticker symbol: ARCAD), listed on Euronext Amsterdam and responsible for the technical management of the project, opens trading.

For two and a half years, Combinatie Parkeergarages Leiden Dura Vermeer-BESIX built this garage with great ingenuity. Mandy von Eckardstein carried out the total management of this project on behalf of Arcadis, together with the project manager, contract manager, environment manager and project management manager.

This deepest parking garage in the Netherlands is a technical masterpiece. The spiral, seven-story garage is 22.5 meters deep and offers 525 parking places. The construction of such a deep parking garage in an inner-city environment is a huge challenge, both logistically and technically.

For more information: www.arcadis.com

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ABN AMRO Health Impact Bond

ABN AMRO sounds gong for Health Impact Bond

ABN AMRO (ticker symbol: ABN) joins forces with a broad alliance of parties to support people with cancer with a successful return to work.

In collaboration with De Amersfoortse (part of Euronext-listed company a.s.r.), ArboNed, reintegration agency Re-turn and Start Foundation, ABN AMRO will assist in the reintegration of employees who have (had) cancer. Over the next 2 years, the 140 participants of the program will receive intensive guidance. The idea is that the participants keep moving, both physically, mentally and work related.

For the new approach, ABN AMRO has developed an innovative financing method, called the Health Impact Bond. The investors make funding available, bear the financial risk and are only paid out once the intended results have been achieved.

For more information: www.abnamro.nl

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Oranje Handelsmissiefonds

Oranje Handelsmissiefonds winners open trading

The winners of the Oranje Handelsmissiefonds (Orange Trade Mission Fund) open the Amsterdam exchange by sounding the gong.

The Oranje Handelsmissiefonds was established 5 years ago by ING, KLM, MKB-Nederland and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs to open doors in foreign markets.

Each year, ten companies win guidance and support from the five Oranje Handelsmissiefonds partners. This year of support has as its target to put the Netherlands on the map as an export country, and to help entrepreneurs with their export ambitions. This year’s ten winners will receive help in realizing their international ambitions during this fifth year of the fund.

For more information: www.oranjehandelsmissiefonds.nl

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COGEFI Prospective et Rendement

COGEFI Gestion liste fonds sur Euronext Fund Service

Anne d'Anselme, Directrice générale adjointe de COGEFI Gestion, sonne la cloche pour marquer l'ouverture des marchés à la bourse de Paris célébrant ainsi le listing des Parts I des fonds COGEFI Prospective (FR0010765719) et COGEFI Rendement (FR0010451369)

Le lundi 29 Novembre, COGEFI Gestion liste deux de ses fonds flagships sur Euronext Fund Service, COGEFI Prospective I et COGEFI Rendement I. Ce listing fait écho à la volonté de COGEFI Gestion de proposer sa gestion à une clientèle professionnelle en France et à l'étranger, tant privée que professionnelle via un canal de distribution simple et direct, jusqu'à présent réservé aux fonds de gestion passive. En effet, au travers d'Euronext, tous les investisseurs, quelle que soit leur nature, en France mais également à l'étranger, pourront à présent souscrire COGEFI Prospective I et COGEFI Rendement I au travers de leur réseau de courtiers habituel comme n'importe quel autre instrument de bourse. COGEFI Gestion devrait proposer d'autres fonds à l'investissement via Euronext Fund Service dans les mois à venir.

Evi van Lanschot

Evi van Lanschot wins Gouden Stier for best online asset management

Evi van Lanschot, part of Van Lanschot Kempen (ticker symbol: VLK) has been named the best online asset manager in the Netherlands for the second year in a row by the professional jury of the “Gouden Stier” (Golden Bull) award. To celebrate this, Evi opens the Amsterdam exchange with the traditional gong ceremony.

Evi is an online asset manager that makes investing accessible to everyone. Evi manages more than € 1.5 billion in assets in the Netherlands and Belgium.

For more information: www.evivanlanschot.nl

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Tournoi des Produits de Bourse UniCredit

Les vainqueurs du Tournoi des Produits de Bourse UniCredit sonne la cloche des marchés de Euronext

L’édition 2017 du Tournoi des Produits de Bourse UniCredit a permis d’investir virtuellement sur les Certificats UniCredit sur indices à levier de Euronext. En jeu des places de la Champions League. 

Le Tournoi des Produits de Bourse est une compétition de Trading Virtuel, organisée par UniCredit. Elle est ouverte aux investisseurs qui souhaitent se familiariser de façon ludique et concrète avec les produits de Bourse à levier. Lors de chacune des 4 session organisée en octobre, une  journée de bourse réelle a été reproduite en 30 minutes.  Par le biais de la plateforme en ligne les participants ont pu investir en utilisant deux certificats UniCredit sur des indices à levier calculés par Euronext. L’édition 2017 a reçu le soutien de Bourse Direct, Trading Central, d’Investir.fr  et de TV Finance et a été commentée en Direct depuis la salle de surveillance des marchés de Euronext Paris. En jeu des places pour la Champions League. UniCredit est l’un des principaux acteurs des produits de Bourse en Europe et met à disposition sur Euronext Paris une gamme complète de Certificats Turbo, leverage/short et de Warrants ainsi que les nouveaux Stability.

En savoir plus sur bourse.unicredit.fr

Flow Traders

Exchange opened by Flow Traders

Flow Traders (ticker symbol: FLOW), listed on Euronext’s Amsterdam exchange, visits Beursplein 5 to highlight its developments in the field of FX market making. Robbert Sijbrandij, Head of FX, sounds the gong.

In its capacity as a leading global market maker in ETPs, Flow Traders has built up a great deal of experience in FX trading as part of its hedging strategies. As of today, the company is connected to FastMatch’s platform, and is therefore able to offer quotes in FX directly to investors. Flow Traders has the ambition to become a defining market maker in FX, this step fits into that development.

For more information: www.flowtraders.com

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Obligations vertes de Bank of China

A l'occasion de la 1ère cotation à Euronext d'obligations vertes émises par la succursale parisienne du groupe Bank of China, son Directeur Général, M PHAN ouvre les marchés européens.

Le 15 novembre dernier, le groupe Bank of China, par sa succursale parisienne , a émis pour la première fois, un Green Bond multi-tranches sur la place de Paris. Ces émissions libellées en Euro, US Dollar et Yuan chinois de maturités 3 et 5 ans ont remporté un vif succès  et sont à présent cotées sur le marché Euronext Access. Cette opération renforce la position parisienne en tant que place incontournable de la finance verte et responsable.

Get in the Ring Awards

Winners Get in the Ring Awards sound the gong

Recently, more than 250 innovative startups from all over the Netherlands came to Rotterdam for Get in the Ring. The day was closed by the award show where 6 startups took the stage to get maximum visibility and connect with a big audience. The winning startups of the Get in the Ring Awards 2017 sound the gong on Euronext’s Amsterdam exchange.

The winning startups Kozie, LABFRESH and Convious received a ticket to the Global Meetup of Get in the Ring. Get in the Ring the Netherlands was organized by the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship (ECE), supported by the City of Rotterdam and EY, and part of a worldwide network of the Get in the Ring Foundation. Annually 150 events in 100 countries are organized and of which the winning startups of all these events worldwide will meet in Cascais, Portugal, from 30 May to 1 June, during the Global Meetup.

For more information: www.getinthering.co

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KAS BANK KAS Lab

KAS BANK starts KAS Lab

The Amsterdam exchange is opened by the KAS Lab. Otto Hulst, Innovation Lead of KAS Lab sounds the gong. KAS Lab is a meeting place and testing ground where innovative ideas are thought out. Internal and external innovators work together to turn an innovative idea into an innovative solution.

"The establishment of KAS Lab is part of our strategic priorities and enables us to better respond to current changes in the financial sector," says Sikko van Katwijk, Chairman of Management Board at KAS BANK.

Otto Hulst, KAS Lab's Innovation Lead: "KAS Lab offers many opportunities to explore all sorts of ideas, ripe and green, in a creative way and develop them further. Thanks to the close cooperation of internal specialists, external innovators and customers, an innovative solution can be developed quickly and the success ratio is increased. "

For more information: www.kaslab.nl

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DEGIRO wins Golden Bull

DEGIRO sounds gong after winning Gouden Stier

DEGIRO opens trading for winning their second “Gouden Stier” (Golden Bull) award. Bart Korteweg, Head of Prof. Services, sounds the gong.

According to the expert jury, DEGIRO is the best choice for the average investor. DEGIRO won the award, partly because price information at DEGIRO is free, while investors pay for it at other brokers. DEGIRO also has an advantage in terms of currency costs. Because costs make a substantial difference for investors, the professional jury chooses DEGIRO as winner.

DEGIRO, an online investment platform and broker, was established in 2008. DEGIRO enables business and private clients to invest globally at unprecedentedly low rates. In the coming years, DEGIRO wants to become the largest online broker in Europe measured in number of transactions. DEGIRO is supervised by the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) and the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM).

For more information: www.degiro.nl

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ACTIAM

ACTIAM further expands range of funds

Fund and asset manager ACTIAM sounds the gong after announcing they will be continuing the successful SNS funds under its own brand name. In addition, the asset manager will further expand its range of ACTIAM funds for private investors. The responsible funds have a competitive cost structure and a solid performance track record.

Placing the SNS funds under ACTIAM Beleggingsfondsen N.V. and then offering them under the ACTIAM brand name is in line with ACTIAM’s strategy. Bart Mantje, Head of Sales and Account Management at ACTIAM: “Our strategy is increasingly geared to offering investment funds to private investors under our own brand name. The core elements here are a simple, well-organized range of funds for investors, a long-term performance track record and added value in terms of responsible management. We’re happy that we’ll soon be able to include these responsible funds in our line-up.”

ACTIAM is the leading responsible fund and asset manager for more than one million people in the Netherlands, with 54.1 billion euros in assets under management as at the end of June 2017. ACTIAM offers a full range of investment funds and investment solutions –from index funds to impact investing. ACTIAM sets stringent requirements for its investments and applies a strict, careful selection process, without making concessions as far as financial returns are concerned. ACTIAM is at the forefront here, giving it an edge which it continuously works to maintain.

For more information: www.actiam.nl

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