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Bell Ceremony pour célébrer la première cotation des options spotlight à Bruxelles

Ce mardi 15 juillet 2014, Euronext a annoncé le lancement des Options Spotlight sur les marchés des dérivés. Afin de célébrer ceci, Edwin Moses, CEO  d’Ablynx, Georges Rawadi, VP Business Development de Cardio3 Biosciences, Rob Goyens, VP Strategic Planning, Treasury & Investor Relations de Telenet et Hugo De Stoop, CFO de Euronav ont sonné la cloche d’ouverture des marchés financiers à Euronext Bruxelles.

Pour consulter le communiqué de presse dans son intégralité, cliquer ici : Euronext Brussels launches Spotlight Options on five companies

ABN AMRO sounds gong for Amsterdam Fashion Week

ABN AMRO has strong ties with the fashion and textile industry. That’s why ABN AMRO has been a partner and sponsor of the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Amsterdam since 2004. In January and July every year, professionals from all across the Netherlands travel to the capital to attend the fashion week.

ABN AMRO is the exclusive partner of the important networking event ‘Keys to Success’ where entrepreneurs from both inside and outside the fashion industry connect. Keys to Success highlights the business aspect of fashion, and challenges fashion professionals to team up to make the most of opportunities. The first edition was held in the summer of 2012. Every year, inspiring speakers take the stage to share their insights on interesting fashion-related topics. During drinks there’s plenty of opportunity to network, gather new ideas and hear inspiring stories. Afterwards, participants move to the catwalk, where every edition features the work of a different Dutch designer.Head of ABN AMRO Fashion Desk, Manolo Marquez, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.mbfashionweek.com

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Bell Ceremony pour célébrer le 14 juillet avec S.E. Monsieur Bernard Valero

Ce lundi 14 juillet 2014, SE Monsieur Bernard Valero,  Ambassadeur de France en Belgique,  a ouvert les marchés européens lors de la Bell Ceremony.

EnterNext accueille Voltalia sur Euronext à Paris

Sébastien Clerc, Directeur Général de Voltalia, sonne l'ouverture des marchés boursiers.

Voltalia est spécialisé dans la production d'électricité à partir d'énergies renouvelables. En outre, le groupe développe une activité de négoce de carbone. Le CA par activité se répartit comme suit :

• exploitation de centrales solaires (36,4%) ;
• exploitation de centrales thermiques (22,8%) ;
• exploitation de parcs éoliens (21,3%) ;
• autres (19,5%) : notamment exploitation de centrales hydroélectriques et prestations d'ingénierie.

La répartition géographique du CA est la suivante : France (40,2%), Guyane Française (42,6%), Grèce (15,6%) et Brésil (1,6%).

Euronext launches Spotlight Options

Euronext launches new ‘Spotlight Options’ on six companies listed on its Amsterdam market: Telegraaf Media Groep NV, Sligro Food Group NV, Exact Holding NV, Accell Group NV, Altice SA and BE Semiconductor Industries NV. 

Spotlight Options, a segment dedicated to the development of new option classes requested by market participants, on its Amsterdam and Brussels derivatives markets. Through a unique combination of Liquidity Provider support and dedicated promotion by Sponsoring Brokers, underlying assets with notable market events or activity will be put in the spotlight.

Spotlight Options will create additional investment and trading opportunities in SMEs and newly listed stocks. The added liquidity and visibility will allow the classes to grow to become mature option classes. The Spotlight Options have short-term maturities of 1, 2 and 3 months. In a second phase Euronext will expand the segment via the introduction of Spotlight Options on other geographies and asset classes, responding to market demand. On Euronext Brussels, five  Spotlight option classes will be introduced on July 15th.

The launch is celebrated with a special gong ceremony in attendance of prominent representatives of the companies. Rene Takens, CEO of Accell Group, sounds the gong together with CFO of BE Semiconductor, Cor te Hennepe, CFO of Sligro Food Group, Huub van Rozendaal, CFO of TMG, Fred Arp, the CFO of Accell Group, Hielke Sybesma and Head of IR at Exact, Michel Hülters.

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

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EnterNext fête son premier anniversaire à Paris

Anthony Attia, Président-directeur général d'Euronext Paris, et Eric Forest, Président-directeur général d'EnterNext,  sonnent la clôture des marchés européens à Paris pour le 1er anniversaire d'EnterNext, la filiale d'Euronext dédiée au financement des PME-ETI.

EnterNext accueille ATEME sur Euronext à Paris

Michel Artières, Président Directeur Général d'ATEME, sonne l'ouverture des marchés boursiers.

ATEME est spécialisé dans le développement et la fabrication d’équipements et de logiciels de compression vidéo. Les produits sont destinés à faciliter et à accélérer la diffusion des flux vidéos en direct ou à la demande. Le groupe propose des encodeurs et des décodeurs électroniques supportant les formats Définition Standard (SD) et Haute Définition (HD) et les standards de compression MPEG-2 et MPEG-4/AVC, des transcodeurs distribuant des vidéos pour les usages multi-écrans et des multiplexeurs rassemblant plusieurs chaînes TV dans des systèmes de diffusion satellite ou câble.

Introduction en bourse de la biotech arGEN-X sur EnterNext à Bruxelles

Depuis le 10 juillet 2014, l’action arGEN-X est cotée sur EnterNext Bruxelles. Pour célébrer cet événement, Tim Van Hauwermeiren, CEO de arGEN-X a ouvert les marchés européens en sonnant la cloche. Hans de Haard, co-fondateur de arGEN-X a eu l'honneur d'inscrire le premier cours sur le tableau noir.  Le prix de référence de la biotech a été fixé à 8.50 euros.

arGEN-X est spécialisé dans la recherche et le développement d’anticorps monoclonaux humains destinés au traitement des maladies oncologiques, auto-immunes et inflammatoires.
A fin 2013, la société disposait d’un portefeuille de 2 produits en phase I de développement clinique et de 3 produits en phase de développement préclinique.

Le symbole de cotation est : ARGX.

Pour en savoir plus, cliquez sur www.argen-x.com

Gong ceremony marks listing of Delta Lloyd Corporate Bond Fund

Delta Lloyd sounds the gong to celebrate the listing of the Delta Lloyd Corporate Bond Fund. The move means that Delta Lloyd’s investment strategy for corporate bonds is now also available to retail investors.

The fund has a competitive price structure, and a favourable tax regime for Dutch investors. The gong ceremony will be followed by a presentation by the head of credit at Delta Lloyd, Arnold Gast. According to Gast, “The Delta Lloyd Corporate Bond Fund was originally set up for institutional investors, and it has an excellent performance record. Exchange listing makes it easy for our distribution partners to include the fund in their investor giro.”

Corporate bonds have become increasingly popular in recent years. Companies often offer good returns, and many have now substantially improved their financial position. The Delta Lloyd Corporate Bond Fund aims to improve yield and decrease risk. Delta Lloyd Asset management is the independent asset management division of the Delta Lloyd Group.

For more information: www.deltalloydassetmanagement.nl

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Gong marks start of North Sea Jazz festival

By sounding the gong the North Sea Jazz festival and sponsor BNP Paribas mark the start of the music spectacle that begins on July 11^th. Festival director Jan Willem Luyken sounds the gong.

North Sea Jazz 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 much more. This year, real jazz lovers can look forward to performances by Artist In Residence Christian McBride, the Metropole Orkest playing jazz compositions by Quincy Jones and also collaborating with Joshua Redman and Robert Glasper, and Dave Holland, who will perform with his project PRISM. Fans of different musical genres are able to enjoy performances by Stevie Wonder, Pharrell Williams, Mavis Staples and Outkast, among others.

For more information: www.northseajazz.com

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8 sociétés inaugurent leurs 15 ans de cotation sur la Bourse de Bruxelles

Depuis 1999, les sociétés Agfa, Greenyard Foods, Fountain, Intervest Offices and Warehouses, Leasinvest Real Estate, Pairi Daiza, Real Dolmen et WDPsont cotées sur la Bourse de Bruxelles.

Pour honorer cet événement, Viviane Dictus – Director Corporate Communications et Investor Relations (Agfa), Marleen Vaesen - CEO (Greenyard Foods), Eugène Beckers – Chairman of the Board (Fountain), Inge Tas - CFO (Intervest Offices and Warehouses), Jean-Louis Appelmans – CEO (Leasinvest Real Estate), Yvan Moureau – CFO (Pairi Daiza), Thierry De Vries – Secetary General (Real Dolmen)  et Tony De Pauw – CEO (WDP) ont sonné la cloche pour l’ouverture des marchésboursiers européens le 8 Juillet  2014.

Depuis 15 ans, les sociétés Home Invest Belgium and Punch International sont également cotées sur la Bourse de Bruxelles qui, hélas n’ont pu être présentes.

Gong marks new National Museum of World Cultures

In April 2014 the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden and the Africa Museum in Berg en Dal merged to form the National Museum of World Cultures. This momentous event is emphasized by sounding the gong by Stijn Schoonderwoerd, CEO of the new museum.

The three current visitor sites and brands will continue to exist. The three museums complement each other in terms of audience reach, education, academic research, international collaboration and entrepreneurship. The new museum will manage a collection consisting of more than 425,000 items, which ranks among the best in the world. The museums’ already extensive international network will be further consolidated by the merger. Academic activities will be brought together in a new research centre.The new museum’s mission will remain completely up to date: to help create and maintain an open-minded view of the world.

For more information: www.tropenmuseum.nl

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Monsieur Amar, CEO d'esperite, ouvre les marchés européens à Paris

A l'occasion de la seconde introduction d'esperite sur la bourse Paris (après celle d'Amsterdam), Monsieur Amar sonne la cloche qui marque l'ouverture des marchés à Paris.

240 years of investment funds celebrated at Euronext Amsterdam

Euronext, the investment fund industry, and Stichting Capital Amsterdam join in celebrating the 240^th anniversary of the investment fund. Toine van der Stee and Hans Janssen Daalen, chairman and managing director of the Dutch Fund and Asset Management Association (DUFAS), sound the gong.

Abraham van Ketwich introduced the world’s first investment fund in 1774. On 7 July of that year he placed an advertisement announcing the creation of the first fund, Eendragt maakt Magt. The name of the fund, which can be translated as “strength through unity”, says a lot about the fund’s strategy: investment for a common account as a means of sharing risk and improving performance. The assumption was that spreading risk was the best way in which to deal with unexpected price falls. “The creation of the first investment fund was a reaction to the crisis of the preceding year. Even then, an economic crisis provided fertile ground for product innovation. Investment funds did not become really popular in the Netherlands until after the crisis of 1929,” according to Cherelt Kroeze of Stichting Capital Amsterdam.

Now, 240 years after its introduction, the investment fund has become an indispensable part of every investment portfolio.

Hans Janssen Daalen, managing director of DUFAS: “The popularity of investment funds is not surprising. Investment funds offer worldwide unlimited access to the financial markets by collectively managed assets.  A strong concept, which is proven by its long history.”

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Dutch Central Bank and Tilburg University visit Beursplein 5

The Dutch Central Bank (DNB) and Tilburg University visit Beursplein 5 in honor of the visiting scholar at DNB that takes place from 30 June to 4 July. Elsa Fornero, professor of Economics at the University of Turin and former Minister of Labor, Social Policies and Equal Opportunities in the Italian technocratic Government led by Mario Monti (Nov 2011 – April 2013) sounds the gong.

Fornero gives a lecture on the Pension and Labor Market reforms she enacted as a Minister and discuss with researchers and professionals the reforms process and content. She will deal, in particular, with the topic of the importance of financial literacy for the effectiveness of economic reforms. Elsa is doing joint research with Tilburg University Personal Finance Professor Henriette Prast on gender differences in stock market participation and pension portfolio decisions. Both Fornero and Prast are fellows of the Netspar Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement.

For more information: www.netspar.nl

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Citi célèbre le 10e anniversaire des Turbos

Citi célèbre le 10eme anniversaire des Turbos et le lancement des Turbos Infinis et Infinis BEST en sonnant la cloche d’ouverture de séance des marchés boursiers.

Dutch Central Bank and Tilburg University visit Beursplein 5

The Dutch Central Bank (DNB) and Tilburg University visit Beursplein 5 in honor of the visiting scholar at DNB that takes place from 30 June to 4 July. Elsa Fornero, professor of Economics at the University of Turin and former Minister of Labor, Social Policies and Equal Opportunities in the Italian technocratic Government led by Mario Monti (Nov 2011 – April 2013) sounds the gong.

Fornero gives a lecture on the Pension and Labor Market reforms she enacted as a Minister and discuss with researchers and professionals the reforms process and content. She will deal, in particular, with the topic of the importance of financial literacy for the effectiveness of economic reforms. Elsa is doing joint research with Tilburg University Personal Finance Professor Henriette Prast on gender differences in stock market participation and pension portfolio decisions. Both Fornero and Prast are fellows of the Netspar Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement.

For more information: www.netspar.nl

Bell Ceremony pour célébrer la cotation des obligations émises par CE Credit Management II sur Alternext Bruxelles

Ce vendredi  4 juillet 2014, Richard Struijk, CCO de Credit Exchange Group a ouvert les marchés financiers à Euronext Bruxelles avec une Bell Ceremony afin de célébrer la cotation des obligations sur Alternext Bruxelles. Le discours a été fait par Ron Klaassen, CEO de CE Credit Management II.

Pour en savoir plus sur la société CE Credit Management II, cliquez sur le lien : www.cecm2.nl .