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Gong marks start of ProBeleggen

By sounding the gong online platform ProBeleggen is launched.

ProBeleggen.nl serves private investors and makes professional expertise publicly available, aiming to support private investors with their investment decisions. The online platform makes analyses and personal investment portfolios of proven professionals available for everyone and gives private investors a helping hand. Known and experienced experts like Jacob Schoenmaker and Jaap Koelewijn disclose their portfolios and decisions at the website. Initiator Albert Jellema sounds the gong.

For more information: www.probeleggen.nl

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New CEO Willis Netherlands, Jeroen Everling, visits Beursplein 5

Jeroen Everling visits Euronext Amsterdam and sounds the gong in his capacity as the new CEO of Willis.

Everling: “I am looking forward to working with the various teams at Willis in order to build a successful future. I am also looking forward to meeting with Willis’s customers and prospects to discuss and exchange ideas about themes such as digitalisation, the disappearance of borders, and the fine tuning of legislation. We face new risks, such as cyber crime, climate, environmental issues and 3D printing. Organisations need to anticipate these changes and ask themselves questions such as: What are our risks and what is the impact? How well prepared are we to deal with an emergency scenario? Willis strives to maintain a stable level of growth over the next few years, and will explore opportunities for takeovers and expansion of the team.”

For more information: www.willis.com

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M. Jacques Aschenbroich, Directeur général de Valeo, sonne la cloche à l'ouverture des marchés européens à Paris

A l'occasion du retour de Valeo au CAC 40, M.Jacques Aschenbroich, Directeur général de Valeo, sonne la cloche à l'ouverture des marchés du 23 juin 2014.

The Royal Bank of Scotland celebrates the 10th anniversary of Turbo

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) sounds the gong to celebrate the 10^th anniversary of Turbo®.

Since its introduction ten years ago, the Turbo has become one of the most popular investment products for active, experienced investors. RBS, with a market share of 44% of the turnover in this product on Euronext Amsterdam in 2014, is the market leader in this segment. Erik Mauritz, who is responsible for Turbos at RBS, believes that the enduring success of the Turbo is due to transparent price formation, the range of products available, and the clarity of the information provided about the processing, cost and risk involved in trading Turbos.

For more information: www.rbs.nl

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Euronext s'introduit en bourse! À Paris, Amsterdam et Bruxelles, le 20 juin 2014

Rijnhard van Tets, président du conseil de surveillance d’Euronext N.V, et Dominique Cerutti, directeur général et président du directoire d’Euronext N.V., sonnent le gong et la cloche lors de la première cérémonie pan-européenne d’ouverture des marchés en présence des membres du Management

Euronext est un groupe paneuropéen de gestion de marchés financiers qui propose une large gamme de produits et de services, combinant des titres à revenu fixe et autres marchés dérivés, à la fois transparents, efficaces et réglementés, à Paris, Amsterdam, Bruxelles, Lisbonne et Londres. Le groupe propose notamment : des listings, des négociations au comptant, des instruments dérivés, des données concernant les marchés et les cotations, ainsi que des solutions post-négociations et adaptées aux marchés.

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Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers

Equity analyst Tom Muller (68) of Theodoor Gilissen Bankiers is the oldest equity analyst currently working in the Netherlands. With 45 years' experience in the profession, he can justifiably be considered the most experienced equity analyst in the country.

Tom Muller sounds the closing gong at the Amsterdam exchange as part of a surprise celebration marking his 45 years in the profession. Tanja Nagel, CEO of Theodoor Gilissen, presents Tom with the cup for the most experienced equity analyst in the Netherlands, which has been designed especially for the occasion. Theodoor Gilissen is a private bank offering services in the areas of investing, financial planning and financing and has branches in Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Groningen and Rotterdam.

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ETF Securities annonce la cotation du premier ETF sur l'indice MSCI China A avec réplication physique sur Euronext Paris

ETF Securities, en partenariat avec E Fund, une des plus grandes sociétés de gestion chinoises, lance le premier ETF UCITS sur l'indice MSCI China A avec une réplication physique. "ETFS-E Fund MSCI China A GO UCITS ETF" est disponible en Euro et listé sur Euronext Paris à dater de ce jour.

Cet ETF offre une brique supplémentaire dans le cadre d'une allocation d'actifs strategique; et peut aussi servir pour une exposition tactique au marché des actions domestiques chinoises (actions de "catégorie A") qui reste très attractif en termes de valorisation.
L'indice MSCI China A offre une exposition large et représentative du marché local chinois, avec une performance historique supérieure à d'autres benchmarks sur ces actions domestiques. Henri Boua, Directeur Associé pour la France et Monaco a déclaré: “ETFS-E Fund MSCI China A GO UCITS ETF a pour objectif de répliquer la performance de l'indice MSCI China A qui rassemble plus de 460 actions chinoises. Cet indice fournit une couverture sectorielle plus diversifiée que d'autres indices composés d’actions A, souvent fortement concentrés sur un petit nombre de secteurs et de titres.»
«ETF Securities est ravi de travailler sur ce produit avec E Fund, qui détient le deuxième quota RQFII le plus important, avec environ 27 milliards RMB. E Fund est l’un des principaux gestionnaires de fonds en Chine et possède une riche expérience de l’industrie, avec plusieurs lancements d’ETFs similaires à son actif.»

BAM marks 55th listing anniversary by sounding the gong

Member of the Executive Board of Royal BAM Group, Rob  van Wingerden , marks the 55th anniversary of the BAM listing by sounding the gong.

Royal BAM Group shares have officially been listed on the stock exchange at Beursplein 5 in Amsterdam since 19 June 1959. The shares were provisionally included in the listing from the beginning of March 1959. ‘Very soon the shares of Bataafsche Aanneming Society formerly Fa. J van der Wal & Zoon N.V. will be introduced on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange’, wrote the daily newspaper Telegraaf on 18 February 1959. Meanwhile, BAM has more than 269 million shares outstanding and the total market capitalisation at the end of 2013 was just over €1 billion. Royal BAM Group has approximately 23,000 personnel members active in the construction and mechanical and electrical engineering, property and public-private partnership sectors.

For more information: www.bam.nl

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«CFO de l’année» a sonné la cloche à Bruxelles

Le 19 juin 2014,Karen van Griensven (Melexis), élue CFO de l’année, a sonné la cloche d’ouverture des marchés à Euronext Bruxelles en présence d’autres nominés.

Pour en savoir plus sur la 3^ème édition du Trends CFO of the Year

Michel Chabanel, Président de l'AFIC, clôture les marchés européens à Paris

A l'occasion de son élection comme président de l'AFIC, Michel Chabanel sonne la fermeture des marchés européens. Ce geste illustre la coopération entre les marchés financiers et le capital-investissement.

EnterNext accueille Pixium Vision sur Euronext à Paris

Bernard Gilly, Président directeur général de Pixium Vision, ouvre les marchés boursiers.

Pixium Vision est spécialisé dans le développement d’implants rétiniens électroniques. Les produits sont destinés aux personnes ayant perdu la vue suite à des troubles dégénératifs de l’oeil tels que la rétinite pigmentaire.

Orange Babies sound gong for Mont Ventoux Expedition

Baba Sylla, the director the Orange Babies Foundation, sounds the gong to mark the start of the Mont Ventoux Expedition from 20 to 23 June of this year. He is accompanied by the director of DESTIL, Orange Babies’ partner and also the initiator of the Mont Ventoux Expedition.

On 22 June over 70 participants will run or bike up the Mont Ventoux. They face a daunting challenge on the mountain (elevation 1912m), which is known as the Giant of the Provence. The participants have found sponsors for 1, 2, 3 or 4 climbs up the mountain. Orange Babies will use the proceeds of the Expedition to finance a programme in Africa, which treats babies born with HIV. As was the case last year, the foundation has decided to invest in the Ng’ombe Home Based Care project. The goal of the project is to reduce the rate of mother-to-child HIV transmission in the slums of Ng’ombe, Zambia, from 10% to 2% by 2018.

For more Information: www.orangebabies.nl

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Bell Ceremony pour célébrer la cotation des obligations (Medium Term Notes) émises par Home Invest Belgium

Ce mercredi  18 juin 2014, Sophie Lambrighs, CEO de Home Invest Belgium, a ouvert les marchés financiers à Euronext Bruxelles avec une Bell Ceremony afin de célébrer la cotation des obligations émises par Home Invest Belgium d’une valeur de 40 millions d’euros chez Euronext Bruxelles. Le taux d’intérêt fixe s’élève à 3.79% brut par an.

^{Sophie Lambrighs, CEO de Home Invest Belgium}

Belfius étaient le Sole Lead Managers pour cette opération. 

Pour en savoir plus sur la société Home Invest Belgium, une sicafi résidentielle belge, cliquez sur le lien : www.homeinvestbelgium.be

EnterNext accueille Bluelinea SA sur Alternext à Paris

Laurent Levasseur, Président du Directoire de Bluelinea SA, sonne la cloche qui ouvre les marchés boursiers.

Bluelinea SA est spécialisé dans la conception et le développement de systèmes électroniques de surveillance et de téléassistance médicalisée. Le groupe propose notamment des badges d'identification et d'authentification des soignants, des bracelets de protection individuelle des nouveau-nés, des dispositifs de maintien et de prise en charge à domicile des personnes âgées vulnérables ou atteintes de maladies chroniques.

International Corporate Governance Network visits Euronext Amsterdam

By sounding the gong, The International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) marks the ICGN annual meeting, the world’s leading convention for the global corporate governance community, held between 16-18 June in Amsterdam.

ICGN is an investor-led organisation of governance professionals and ICGN's mission is to inspire and promote effective standards of corporate governance to advance efficient markets and economies world-wide. The conference programme features over 30speakers including Jeroen Dijsselbloem,Dutch Finance Minister of Finance and Eurogroup President, Jeroen Hooijer, Head of Corporate Governance, European Commission, Stéphane Hallegatte, Senior Economist, World Bank, Steven Maijoor, Chair, European Securities and Markets Authority and Anne Louise van Lynden, Head of Listing, Euronext Amsterdam. Managing Director Corporate Governance & Responsible Investment at BlackRock, Michelle Edkins and Executive Director at Eumedion, Rients Abma sound the gong.

For more information: www.icgn.org

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REN shares admitted to trading at Euronext Lisbon

Transaction generates proceeds of EUR 157 million

Lisbon – 16 June 2014– Euronext announced today that the sale of the 11% of the share capital of REN-Redes Energéticas Nacionais, SGPS, S.A. still held by the Portuguese State, generated proceeds of EUR 157 million. The 58,740,000 shares offered for sale will be admitted to trading in the regulated market Euronext Lisbon on June 17^th, allowing the company’s free-float to increase from the current 20% to 30%.

The price of the second phase of the reprivatisation of REN was set at EUR 2.68. The company’s shares closed today at EUR 2.72, which means a market capitalization of approximately EUR 1,500 million, considering the 534 million shares corresponding to its share capital.

The Portuguese State decided to sell the remaining 11% which it still held in the company led by Rui Vilar through a Public Offering (IPO) in the national market and a direct institutional sale aimed at national and foreign qualified investors.

Of the 58,740,000 shares offered for sale, 11,748,000 shares were allocated to the IPO, including 587,400 shares offered to the employees and 11,160,600 shares offered to the general public. The Direct Institutional Sale was of 46,992,000 shares. Approximately 1,7 million shares of the IPO tranche were reallocated to the institutional sale.

Following the IPO, REN raised 2,155 new shareholders.

“We are very pleased with the success of REN’s Offering, a transaction which underlines the importance of the Portuguese capital markets and Euronext Lisbon as a supporting tool for privatizations open to all the investors”, said Luís Laginha de Sousa, Chairman and CEO of Euronext Lisbon. “The increase in REN’s free float created by this transaction is also a positive element for the market as a whole”, he added.

“The complete privatization of REN´s capital closes a cycle that began with the autonomization of the transport function in the energy value chain. Today we reach a full independence between the concession grantor State and the concession grantee REN, and therefore the conclusion of the institutional model”, said Emílio Rui Vilar, CEO of REN.“I am pleased with the outcome of the transaction because, in addition to the clear demonstration of investors’ confidence, it allowed the increase in the free-float and stock liquidity, which is a positive sign to the shareholders and a greater challenge to both the management and employees”, he added.

Four MENA Exchanges close Euronext Markets in Paris

Euronext hosted the CEOs of Amman, Beirut, Tunis and Muscat Exchanges. The CEOs closed Euronext European Markets in Paris.

Mr. Marwan Bataineh - Chairman of Amman Stock Exchange, Mr. Chadi Salameh - Beirut Stock Exchange, Mr. Mohamed Bichiou - CEO of Tunis Stock Exchange, Mr. Ahmed Al-Marhoon - Director General of Muscat Securities Market, along with Mr. Nick Thornton - SVP Global Head of Euronext Market Solutions closed the European trading day in Paris.

Euronext previously announced that it has successfully signed agreements with four exchanges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for the implementation of its new UTP solution, UTP-Hybrid.

Read the full press release: Euronext signs agreement on UTP implementation with four MENA exchanges (www.euronext.com)

EnterNext accueille Reworld Media sur Alternext à Paris

Pascal Chevalier, Président de Reworld Media, sonne la cloche qui ouvre les marchés boursiers.

Reworld Media est un groupe media multi canal générateur de relations entre les consommateurs et les marques à travers un process éditorial novateur.Le groupe exploite des marques medias propriétaires, notamment Marie France, Télé Magazine, Gourmand, Papilles, Vie Pratique Féminin et Vivre en Grand, sur leur support historique et les décline sur les supports digitaux soit, sites web, Newsletters, réseaux sociaux et applications mobiles. Il conçoit ainsi des dispositifs medias réactifs et qualifiés, à forte valeur ajoutée pour le consommateur et les marques.Fort d'expertises on line et off line, Reworld Media représente aujourd'hui un réseau de près de 13 millions de contacts mensuels, 3,6 millions d'exemplaires diffusés bi-mensuels et la visibilité de 20 millions de passages en caisse hebdomadaires grâce à son réseau de distribution exclusif en Grande surface.Le groupe est présent en France ainsi qu'à l'international (Espagne, Angleterre, Belgique, Italie, Asie).