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  • Women in Science

     |  Amsterdam

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    Women in Science

    Winners For Women in Science sound gong

    Doris van Halem and Femke Nijboer are this year’s winners of the For Women In Science-fellowships and open trading at Beursplein 5.

    For Women in Science is an initiative of Euronext-listed cosmetics company L’Oréal (ticker symbol: OR), UNESCO, LNVH and the Netherlands Institute for Advance Study, and yearly awards excellent female scientists. For Women in Science offers two female scientists support for their research by granting them 25.000 euro and a stay at the prestigious NIAS campus.

    Van Halem (33) is assistant professor at the department Water Management and Sanitary Engineering at the TU Delft and won the fellowship with her research to the use of nanotechnology for creating safe drinking water. Nijboer (35) won the fellowships for her research to systems that help people with a neurologic disease to better communicate.

    For more information: www.loreal.com 

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    Amsterdam
  • Direct Energie

     |  Paris

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    Direct Energie

    Listing on Euronext of Direct Energie

    Xavier Caïtucoli, CEO, Direct Energie, closes the European trading day in Paris.

    The group Direct Energie is the France's third player on the electricity and gas market. The group has already secured the loyalty of over 1.5 million residential and business customer sites. Direct Energie has also developed its offer for companies and local authorities with more than 100,000 delivery locations.As an integrated actor in energy, Direct Energie operates in France in the production and supply of electricity, supply of gas, and offers energy services to its customers. The group is also present in Belgium.In 2014, the group realized a consolidated net sales excluding energy management of more than 810 million Euros and delivered 8.4 TWh of energy.Direct Energie's success has been underpinned for more than the past decade by its technical expertise, excellent customer relationships and capacity for innovation.

    Paris
  • Week of the Entrepreneur

     |  Amsterdam

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    Week of the Entrepreneur

    Sounding of the gong dedicated to Week of the Entrepreneur

    The opening of the Amsterdam exchange is dedicated to the Week of the Entrepreneur. This week, the 128th edition of the Week of the Entrepreneur takes place at the RAI in Amsterdam. Over 235,000 businesses have attended the event over the past 18 years. 3000 visitors are expected to visit this week.

    The Week of the Entrepreneur is a platform for entrepreneurs who focus on the future of their business. In a single day, SME entrepreneurs are inspired by top entrepreneurs and specialists, and meet many fellow entrepreneurs. Maarten van Druten and Remko Wouters are the founders of Synpact, organizers of the Week of the Entrepreneur. Together they sound the gong to open trading.

    For more information: www.weekvandeondernemer.nl

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  • Startupbootcamp HighTechXL

     |  Amsterdam

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    Startupbootcamp HighTechXL

    Startupbootcamp HighTechXL visits EnterNext

    Startupbootcamp HighTechXL opens trading to introduce the participating start-ups in their accelerator program.

    Ten startup teams participate in the third edition of Startupbootcamp HighTechXL. They were selected from over 10.000 high-tech start-ups worldwide. Today they are guests at Euronext to pitch to potential investors and relations of program partners such as EY and ABN AMRO. After an intensive three months at High Tech Campus Eindhoven, the teams will present themselves to the public on Thursday 26 November during Demo Day ‘3X Stronger’.

    Patrick Gabriëls, cofounder of Startupbootcamp HighTechXL and partner at EY, sounds the gong:  “Startupbootcamp HighTechXL helps promising high-tech start-ups in their growth acceleration. By opening our network to these start-ups, we stimulate them to have a smooth lift off. Opening trading with the teams and our business relations is a symbolic moment.”

    For more information: www.hightechxl.com

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    Amsterdam
  • IPO ABN AMRO

     |  Amsterdam

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    IPO ABN AMRO

    ABN AMRO lists on Euronext Amsterdam

    ABN AMRO (ticker code: ABN) began trading today on the Amsterdam market of Euronext, after its successful Initial Public Offering (IPO).

    ABN AMRO is a leading Dutch full service bank with a transparent and client-driven business model, a moderate risk profile, a clean balance sheet with predominantly traditional banking products, and a strong capital position and funding profile.

    “This is a special day for ABN AMRO and we congratulate them on their successful IPO and listing”, Maurice van Tilburg, CEO of Euronext Amsterdam said. “The privatisation of ABN AMRO through a listing on our market is a great achievement and a logical step for this leading Dutch bank with long-standing roots in the financial industry. Euronext Amsterdam is proud to fulfill its role as a capital raising centre for companies, large, mid and small, which is fundamental for the Dutch economy.”

    Gerrit Zalm, Chairman of the Managing Board, celebrated the company’s listing by sounding the gong which denotes the opening of trading on Euronext.

    For more information: www.abnamro.com 

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    Amsterdam
  • Residential wood pellet futures

     |  Paris

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    Residential wood pellet futures

    Residential wood pellet future contract launch party

    Euronext launches its Residential Wood Pellets future contract on 20 November 2015, cleared by LCH Clearnet.SA, Enplus A1 certified for delivery.

    The wood pellets industry celebrate the launch of the residential wood pellet contract alongside EPC, brokers, banks, clearers, Euronext and LCH.Clearnet SA.
    With the launch of this future contract with Enplus A1 certified pellets for delivery, Euronext creates a tool to hedge and trade pellets and related biomass products.

    Wood pellets are a renewable energy source which should help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, one of the main goals of the climate conference in Paris this year.

    Paris
  • Beleggersfair

     |  Amsterdam

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    Beleggersfair

    Closing gong Beleggersfair marks ending Week of the Investor

    The sounding of the closing gong concludes the Investor Fair, as well as the Week of the Investor 2015. Martine Hafkamp of Fintessa performed the symbolic act on stage at the RAI Congress Centre in Amsterdam.

    The Week of the Investor started last Saturday. During the Week of the Investor, there was a lot of attention for information and education for both beginners and experienced investors. The Investors Fair in the Amsterdam RAI Congress Centre concluded the week. Besides Euronext, knowledge partners included Nyenrode Business University, VEB, NIBUD and Hogeschool van Amsterdam. The association for sustainable investment, VDBO, provided a number of program elements.

    For more information: www.beleggersfair.nl 

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    Photo: Frans Kurstjens

    Amsterdam
  • iShares AEX UCITS ETF

     |  Amsterdam

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    iShares AEX UCITS ETF

    iShares celebrates 10 year anniversary iShares AEX UCITS ETF

    Today iShares, the exchange-traded funds offering of BlackRock, celebrates the 10 years’ listing of its iShares AEX UCITS ETF on Euronext Amsterdam. This fund was one of the first ETFs to come to market in continental Europe, a market that has evolved to a whole new stage of growth with new users and new uses emerging for ETFs.

    The iShares AEX UCITS ETF is a physically replicating fund which offers an opportunity to track the performance of an index composed of 25 of the largest Dutch companies listed on Euronext Amsterdam. As investors are increasingly looking for ways to diversify their portfolios, the fund has steadily grown in size over the years, with even more interest over the last few months. Since inception, the fund has grown to 396 M Euro, and currently has a total expense ratio of 30 basis points.

    For more information: www.blackrock.com 

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  • WDP

     |  Brussels

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    WDP

    WDP also listed on Euronext Amsterdam

    After having opened the Euronext Amsterdam markets this morning, WDP,  the Belgian specialist in logistics real estate, closed the markets at Euronext Brussels. Tony De Pauw, CEO of WDP rang the Closing Bell in Brussels to celebrate the dual listing of the company. With Brussels as reference market, WDP strengthens its profile and visibility on the Benelux markets.

    Brussels
  • Dual listing WDP

     |  Amsterdam

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    Dual listing WDP

    Euronext Amsterdam welcomes WDP

    Euronext Amsterdam welcomes the listing of logistics real estate company WDP (ticker symbol: WDP), a market leader in the Benelux.

    WDP has a growing share of the Netherlands’ region in the company’s property portfolio. Its strong property portfolio in the Dutch market includes warehouses for wehkamp, Action and Kuehne + Nagel. This listing on Euronext Amsterdam strengthens the company’s profile and visibility on the Dutch property market and among Dutch investors.

    To celebrate the listing, Tony De Pauw and Joost Uwents, CEO’s of WDP, sound the gong to open trading on Euronext’s markets.

    For more information: www.wdp.be

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    Amsterdam
  • Young Captain Award

     |  Amsterdam

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    Young Captain Award

    Young Captain Award winner sounds gong at Beursplein 5

    Aukje Doornbos, Senior Advisor to the CEO of Royal DSM, is the winner of the 2015 Young Captain Award and sounds the gong at Beursplein 5.

    The Young Captain Award is an annual award given to a business leader who, at an early stage in his or her career, already has a major impact on the company itself and displays an option on economic and social level. The finalists are the Captains of Industry of tomorrow.

    For the first time in the eleven-year history of the award, all three finalists were female. Besides winner Aukje Doornbos, Wendy Hamburg, Head of Projects at the Port of Rotterdam, and Wendy Verschoor, Director Division Buildings for Arcadis Netherlands were nominated.

    The award was presented in Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. The accompanying sculpture was presented by Secretary General Maarten Camps, who did so on behalf of Minister of Economic Affairs Henk Kamp.

    For more information: www.youngcaptainaward.nl 

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    Amsterdam
  • Belfius RMBS

     |  Brussels

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    Belfius RMBS

    Belfius launches Residential Mortgage Backed Securities

    On 17 November 2015 Belfius celebrated the successful launch of its first Belgian ‘Residential Mortgage Backed Securities’ (RMBS) with a Bell Ceremony.  The RMBS, the first publicly placed Belgian RMBS since 2007, was offered to institutional investors and. The 800 million Euro of RMBS notes, with the highest possible rating AAAsf/Aaa(SF) (Fitch/Moody’s), attracted a well-diversified and international investor base. The notes are listed on Euronext Brussels as of 16 November 2015.

    Brussels
  • Week of the Investor

     |  Amsterdam

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    Week of the Investor

    Partners of the Week of the Investor open trading

    Partners of the Week of the Investor open trading at Beursplein 5.

    The Week of the Investor, in which the Week of Sustainable Investment of the VBDO is integrated, is an initiative of TRIPLE i. The week started on Saturday 14 November with a twelve page special in De Telegraaf, and an item in RTL Business Class the following day. Throughout the week, there will be several educational programs each day, culminating in the Investor Fair on Friday 20 November at the RAI Amsterdam. The VEB organizes its annual congress, the Nibud a seminar, The Asset its conference and the Mortgage Business Club a master class, along with twenty master classes and webinars of several financial parties.

    The Investors Fair is the largest Dutch platform where thousands of investors and financial providers meet to share knowledge and vision.

    For more information: www.weekvandebelegger.nl 

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    Amsterdam
  • Orange Trade Mission Fund

     |  Amsterdam

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    Orange Trade Mission Fund

    Winners Orange Trade Mission Fund open trade at Beursplein 5

    The winners of the Orange Trade Mission Fund open trade in Amsterdam. The Orange Trade Mission Fund is an initiative of ING, KLM, SME Netherlands and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland.

    Each year, the Orange Trade Mission Fund helps 10 SME’s achieve their international ambitions. Thanks to their international network, knowledge and experience, they can help the company successfully enter new foreign markets. The ten companies this year are: Arte Viva, Anker Stuy, Guide ID, NAÏF, Netics, Octatube, Oesterij, Oxipack, Tony Chocolonely and Yays.

    For more information: www.oranjehandelsmissiefonds.nl

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  • Amundi

     |  Paris

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    Amundi

    Euronext welcomes Amundi on Euronext Paris

    Yves Perrier, CEO of Amundi, rings the bell to mark the opening of the European trading day in Paris.

    Amundi features among the world's leading asset management firms. The group performs active management of shares, bonds and yields. It also conducts passive management of indexed funds as well as management of non-liquid assets (property assets and private debts).At the end of 2014, Amundi had 866 billion of EUR outstandings under management, spread over the following customer types: insurers (45%), institutional customers and employee savings schemes (31%), partner networks and third-party distributors (24%).

    Paris
  • New AFM board member

     |  Amsterdam

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    New AFM board member

    New AFM board member Femke de Vries sounds gong

    Femke de Vries, new member of the board of the Executive Board of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), sounds the gong at Beursplein 5. De Vries (1972) has been on the Executive Board since 1 October 2015 and has been appointed for a period of four years. As board member, her responsibilities include the departments that monitor the quality of financial services and the behavior of banks and insurers.

    She joined de Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) in 2003, initially as a Supervisor, and later as Head of department and Division Director. Subsequently, she became Secretary-director, in which position she managed the internal operations of DNB. As Division Director she was first responsible for supervising pension funds and investment firms, and subsequently for the Division supervisory expertise centers. In this position, she played a key role in changing the supervisory culture at DNB.

    Since March 2015, Dr. de Vries has been Professor by Special Appointment of Regulatory Enforcement at the University of Groningen. In her research and teaching work, she focuses on supervisory developments relating to such issues as how transparency and the effects of supervision can boost compliance with the set norms and help to satisfy society’s expectations in this context.

    For more information: www.afm.nl

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  • Violas-SGPS

     |  Lisbon

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    Violas-SGPS

    Violas-SGPS rings the closing bell to celebrate the listing of €100 million in Bonds

    To celebrate the raising of €100 million in bonds, Violas-SGPS rang the Closing Bell. The chairman, Manuel Violas, was accompanied by management team, along with the Euronext team.

    Violas SGPS owns participations in Cotesi (textiles), Solverde (leisure) and Unicer (drinks). For the group, raising € 100 million in bonds was a financing alternative different of the ones used before, and considering current interest rates, an opportunity to review part of long-term debt.

     

    Lisbon
  • Curetis

     |  Amsterdam, Brussels

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    Curetis

    Curetis celebrates dual listing on Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Brussels

    EnterNext, the Euronext subsidiary designed to promote and grow the market for SMEs, today celebrates the listing of Curetis. Trading in Curetis’ shares started this morning on Euronext Amsterdam and Euronext Brussels under the ticker code CURE.

    Founded in 2007, Curetis is a molecular diagnostics company which focuses on the development and commercialization of reliable, fast and cost-effective products for diagnosing severe infectious diseases.

    Oliver Schacht, CEO of Curetis said: “The IPO is a major milestone in Curetis´ corporate history and we are proud to join the group of renowned healthcare companies listed on Euronext. The proceeds of the transaction will mainly be used to expand the commercialization of our Unyvero Platform and to expand our product portfolio to address additional infectious diseases.”

    For more information: www.curetis.com

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    Amsterdam, Brussels