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Benelux Capital Day

Une journée placée sous le signe de la technologie et de l’accès aux capitaux

Avec  quelque 200 participants et 50 orateurs de tous horizons, cette première édition du Benelux Capital Day avait pour vocation de rassembler tous les acteurs de l’écosystème financier de Belgique et des Pays-Bas autour du thème de l’accès au financement des entreprises technologiques et des entreprises à forte croissance. C’est le vice-premier ministre Alexander De Croo qui a donné le coup d’envoi de la journée en sonnant la cloche qui ouvre les marchés d’Euronext.

Alors que les conditions de marché évoluent, cet événement crée des ponts entre les communautés d’investisseurs belges et néerlandais, tout en rendant les compagnies tech et à forte croissance plus attractives pour les investisseurs. Pour cela, nous avons pu compter sur la présence d’orateurs de premier plan et aux profils très variés, tels que Philippe De Backer (membre du Parlement européen et président de la task force IPO), Vincent Reuter (Union Wallonne des Entreprises), Jean-Pierre Blumberg (Linklaters LLP), Saskia Van Uffelen (Ericsson et Digital Champion), Omar Mohout (Sirris), Philippe Lambrecht (VBO/FEB), Claire Tillekaerts (FIT) et bien d’autres.

EY Master Entrepreneur of the Year

Winner EY Master Entrepreneur Of The Year celebrates title at Euronext

The winner of the EY Master Entrepreneur of the Year, Marco van Zijverden, CEO of Dutch Flower Group, celebrates his title by sounding the gong at the Amsterdam exchange.

This year 26 entrepreneurs presented themselves on the Jury day to an independent jury. 19 finalists were selected. The award is presented annually in over sixty countries. With this award, great entrepreneurship is rewarded and stimulated, and encourages to motivate other entrepreneurs with their vision, passion, conviction and excellent leadership.

EY collaborates with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the NVP and VNO-NCW for this election. The Entrepreneur Of The Year competition is divided in three categories: Emerging, Accelerating and Master. The Master Entrepreneur Of The Year is automatically nominated for the election of the best entrepreneur in the world: EY World Entrepreneur Of The Year. This will be held in Monaco in June 2016.

For more information: www.eyentrepreneurship.nl/eoy2015

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Sustainability Day

Ben & Jerry's visits Euronext on Sustainability Day

Ben & Jerry's visits Euronext and sounds the gong on Sustainability Day.

The ice cream brand, part of Euronext listed company Unilever (ticker symbol: UNIA), urges her fans to take action against climate change. In order to increase awareness about climate change Ben & Jerry's launched the flavour "Save Our Swirled". The raspberry ice cream is blended with swirls of marshmallow, raspberries and blackberries, and chocolate cones.

The campaign of Ben & Jerry's is a logical consequence of the progressive background of the originally American brand that uses Fairtrade ingredients and uses a CO2 offset program since 2002. 

For more information: www.benjerry.com

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Aroundtown Property Holdings

Aroundtown Property Holdings sonne la cloche à l'occasion de leur introduction en bourse sur Alternext

Andrew Wallis, Vice Président du Conseil, Aroundtown Property Holdings ouvre les marchés européens

Aroundtown Property Holdings est un groupe d'investissement immobilier spécialisé dans les propriétés générant des revenus à valeur ajoutée sur les marchés de l'immobilier allemands. Il couvre les principaux segments de l'immobilier bénéficiant de fondamentaux solides et offrant des perspectives de forte croissance : résidentiel, commerce et hôtellerie.

Dimensional Fund Advisors

Dimensional Fund Advisors visits Euronext

Global investment management firm Dimensional Fund Advisors visits Euronext Amsterdam in relation to the expansion of their team to be of even better service to their Dutch relations. Vice President Jeff de Haan sounds the gong.

De Haan: “As strong believers in the power of capital markets, we are honoured to be given the opportunity to open the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. Dimensional has a unique approach to investment management and is committed to the Dutch market. We have a growing team of experienced people focused on building successful partnerships with wealth management firms, investment advisers and institutional investors. Our goal is to deliver the best investment experiences for our clients and we think we can make a positive difference in the Dutch market.” Jeff De Haan, Vice President, Dimensional Fund Advisors

For more information: www.dimensional.com

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Ambassador of the United States

American Embassy delegations sounds closing gong

His Excellency Timothy Broas, Ambassador of the United States in the Netherlands, and a delegation from the US Embassy, visits Euronext Amsterdam and closes trading by sounding the gong.

Prior to the closing gong, the delegation will attend a presentation given by Adam Rose, Head of Derivatives Euronext Amsterdam, on the history of the Amsterdam exchange and the financial relationship between the Netherlands and the United States over the centuries.

For more information: thehague.usembassy.gov

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AMX-Index

Sounding gong marks 20th anniversary AMX-Index

Today Euronext celebrates the 20th anniversary of the AMX-Index.

The AMX is the index for mid cap companies listed on Euronext Amsterdam and was launched on 4 October 1995. The index was created to give the mid cap companies more visibility and to help investors to gain better insight in the overall performance of the Dutch mid cap companies. The AMX contains the 25 second most largest and actively traded companies listed on Euronext Amsterdam, and is the most widely used mid cap indicator of the Dutch stock market. The index is tracked by an ETF and leveraged products. Since the beginning of this year the number of outstanding products linked to the AMX-Index has grown with 133%* to 84* and the ETF had an Inflow of assets under management of 3.5* million.

The AMX is calculated in a price and a gross (total) return version as of the start and a net return versions was added to the family in 2010.  All indices were calculated back to 1983 and in this 32 year period the AMX (price) had a yearly performance of 8.6%* and the AMX GR of 12%*.

_{*Percentage and numbers as of end of august 2015}

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SME Innovation top 100

Winner SME Innovation top 100 opens trading

The winner of the SME Innovation top 100, LUXeXcel, visits Beursplein 5 and opens trading.

The Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the Financiële Telegraaf, has published the ranking of one hundred specific innovations of  Dutch SME’s. Hundred SME’s have been implementing innovative concepts in their products, services or business. With these innovations, entrepreneurs have raised their turnover, have secured their continuity of business or have improved their existing products.  

LUXeXcel was ranked first for its innovational concept of producing optical lenses through 3D printing. The concept of LUXeXcel is  found revolutionary by scientists worldwide. The lenses are not traditionally produced in layers, but with UV light.

For more information: www.mkbinnovatietop100.nl

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Haitong Bank

Euronext assina MOU com Haitong Bank S.A.

A Euronext assinou um Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) com o Haitong Bank S.A. com o objectivo de reforçar o papel e a actividade do banco enquanto membro do mercado português e, de forma mais ampla, nos restantes mercados Euronext. Com este protocolo, as duas partes irão identificar, em particular, oportunidades na área de admissões e de desenvolvimento conjunto de produtos e serviços.

Done Hedge Fund

Done Hedge Fund celebrates 3 year anniversary

Done Hedge Fund celebrates its 3 year anniversary by sounding the gong. The fund has achieved a performance of +43.8% net of fees since its inception in October 2012. This corresponds to an annualized net performance of +12.6%. Iain Somers sounds the gong accompanied by the Done Hedge Fund team.

Done Hedge Fund is a creative market neutral arbitrage fund with a main focus on European stock markets. The fund aims for double digit positive returns with single digit volatility, regardless the direction of the markets. Since the start of the fund, 90% of the months have been positive. This is the consequence of the strong interaction between solid risk management and the extensive experience of the management team.

For more information: www.done.nl

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Hovione

Hovione rings the closing bell to celebrate the listing of €40 million in Bonds

To celebrate the listing of €40 million in bonds, Hovione rang the Closing Bell. He was accompanied by management team, along with the Euronext team. Hovione is a Pharmaceutical Company dedicated to helping Pharmaceutical Customers bring new and off-patent drugs to market.

Proximus

Proximus émet avec succès une offre de 500 millions d’euros d'obligations sur Euronext Brussels

Euronext Brussels admet aujourd'hui à la cotation une offre d'obligations institutionnelles d'une valeur de 500 millions d’euros par Proximus, principal groupe de télécommunication en Belgique. Pour célébrer cette nouvelle cotation, Sandrine Dufour, Chief Financial Officer de Proximus, a sonné la cloche d'ouverture des marchés d'Euronext.

Les obligations institutionnelles sur 10 ans de Proximus sont admises à la cotation sur Euronext Brussels pour un montant d'émission total de 500 millions d’euros. L'émission a reçu un accueil très positif, avec un livre d'ordres dépassant les 2,2 milliards d’euros (soit une sursouscription de plus de 4 fois). Elle a été placée auprès de plus de 125 investisseurs institutionnels européens. Le coupon s'élève à 1,875 %, soit le coupon le plus bas jamais payé par Proximus. L'opération a été menée conjointement par BNP Paribas, ING Bank, J.P. Morgan, le Crédit Agricole CIB et Lloyds Bank.

Anciennement Belgacom, Proximus est une société de télécommunication active sur le marché belge et international. Avec des marques telles que Proximus, Skynet, Scarlet et Telindus, le Groupe Proximus est le principal fournisseur national de services de téléphonie, d'internet, de télévision et d'ICT basés sur le réseau.

Proximus est cotée sur Euronext avec le code mnémo « PROX ».

Pour en savoir plus sur la société Proximus : www.proximus.com

Arcadis

Arcadis celebrates 20-year listing anniversary

Arcadis (ticker symbol: ARCAD) sounds the opening gong at Euronext Amsterdam. This marks 20 years of trading and the launch of its new single brand, signaling strengthened global positioning in response to changing client needs.

The leading Design & Consultancy firm for natural and built assets, recently unveiled their new, refreshed brand identity with which it will now go to market globally under one brand.  This brand launch follows two years of investment in joining up 28,000 people in a single operating model which enables Arcadis to bring its very best knowledge and technical expertise to clients wherever they need help. The new brand will be adopted across the 70 countries in which Arcadis operates.

For more information: www.arcadis.com  

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A Sister’s Hope

A Sister’s Hope opens trading to mark breast cancer month

A Sister’s Hope opens trading by sounding the gong to mark the start of October breast cancer month. Throughout October, several activities aim to raise awareness around breast cancer. 

A Sister's Hope was the first non-profit organization in The Netherlands dedicated solely to raising money for breast cancer research and remains the only organization in The Netherlands with that pure focus. More than 4.5 million euro has been given to researchers since 2007.

For more information: www.asistershope.org

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60ème anniversaire ACI Belgium

ACI Belgium célèbre son 60ème anniversaire

Franck Goethals, Consultant Social Events chez ACI Belgium, ouvert les marchés européens d’Euronext Bruxelles lors de la Bell Ceremony organisée à l’occasion du 60^ème anniversaire d’ACI Belgium.

ACI Belgium fait partie d’ACI The Financial Market Association, qui couvre les marchés financiers de gros mondiaux.

Pour plus d’informations sur ACI Belgium : www.acibelgium.be

Top Woman of the Year

Top Woman of the Year sounds gong

Annemieke Nijhof, CEO of Tauw Group, has been named Top Woman of the Year 2015 and celebrates the title by sounding the gong.

With the election, The Top Woman of the Year Foundation wants to give female talent the attention they deserve. It offers successful women a platform to be visible and to be able to act as role models for other women.

Annemieke Nijhof is praised by the jury because of her choice for challenges, her courage and connective leadership style steered her organization through difficult crisis years. It has convinced the jury she is a role model and inspiring example for young women - and men - and not just within her own organization, says jury president Pamela Boumeester.

For more information: www.topvrouwvanhetjaar.nl

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Zenitel 50ème anniversaire

Zenitel célèbre son 50ème anniversaire à la Bourse de Bruxelles

Pour honorer cet événement, Eugene Beckers, Président du Conseil d’Administration, a sonné la cloche d’ouverture des marchés boursiers européens le 29 septembre 2015, en présence des membres de la direction de Zenitel.

Zenitel est une société spécialisée dans le développement, la fabrication et la commercialisation de réseaux et de systèmes de communication audio et de communication de données.

Zenitel est cotée sur Euronext Bruxelles via le symbole de trading :  ZENT

Pan-European IR Conference

Gong marks start fourth Pan-European IR Conference

The start of the fourth Pan-European IR Conference is marked by the traditional sounding of the gong.

The event is organised by the Investor Relations Associations of Belgium (BIRA), France (CLIFF), the Netherlands (NEVIR) and Portugal (FIR) and takes place at Beursplein 5.

This event is meant for IR professionals who want to share insights with IR thought leaders and who want to connect with European IR professionals from across the continent. Roeland Haanen, chairman of the NEVIR, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.european-ir-conference.com

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