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IMMOBEL retail bond issue

IMMOBEL celebrates retail bond issuance

Alexander Hodac, CEO of IMMOBEL, opens the trading day at the Brussels exchange to celebrate Immobel’s retail bond issuance.

In October 2018, IMMOBEL launched an initial issue of 5 or 7 years, for a maximum amount of 100 million euros. IMMOBEL herewith confirms its financial strategy of diversification of its funding sources and its commitment to pursue the development of its real estate portfolio in Europe.

For more information: www.immobelgroup.com

Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship

Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship sounds gong at the Amsterdam exchange

The Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship (ECE) opens trading together with Erasmus alumni to raise awareness for a new scale-up program for young entrepreneurs. The ECE, as part of the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, is the leading entrepreneurship centre of Europe.

A group of young entrepreneurs, selected from the start up programme of the ECE, are now supported in a new scale-up program. The ECE and the Erasmus Trustfonds joined forces this year to help ‘the next generation entrepreneurs’ grow. The Erasmus Trustfonds is partly supported by entrepreneurial alumni of the Erasmus University Rotterdam and part of the funds are reserved for stimulating entrepreneurship and the new generation. 

The program focuses on ‘doing business’ and opening up the network of the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

For more information: www.ece.nl

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Bickerton

Bickerton celebrates official launch by sounding the gong

The Bickerton-team opens trading at Euronext Amsterdam to mark the official launch of Bickerton, a new independent strategic communications agency in the Netherlands. 

From offices in Amsterdam and The Hague (Public Affairs), the agency will meet growing demand for high-quality integrated communication strategies that effectively address the challenges that shape today’s business and society. Active in both ongoing business and special situations, including M&A transactions and capital markets events, Bickerton provides financial and corporate communications, internal communications, and governmental affairs advice to public and private corporations and institutions, boardroom executives, funds, industry bodies and NGOs.

The Bickerton team has held leading roles with listed companies, strategic communications agencies and the international media.

For more Information: www.bickertonstrategies.com

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Volksbank Eurowijs

Eurowijs, initiative of de Volksbank, celebrates fifth-year anniversary

Eurowijs initiator Hilde Krens today opened trading on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange to celebrate its 5-year anniversary. She is joined by six students from primary and secondary schools. Eurowijs teaches children in primary and secondary school ‘how to deal with money’.

One out of three primary schools is already using their teaching material and method, thereby reaching more than 220,000 students, of which almost ten percent is located in Amsterdam. Eurowijs is an initiative of de Volksbank and has been developed to teach primary and secondary school students of all ages how to deal with money.

Children are taught how to save, spend and count with the euro in a playful way.

For more information: www.eurowijs.nl

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Cinekid festival

Cinekid opens trading at the Amsterdam exchange

Cinekid is the world's largest media festival for young people aged between 3 and 14 years. Almost 65,000 children and their supervisors visit the festival at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam and 40 film theaters in the Netherlands every year. The festival hosts and organizes safaris in the MediaLab: the largest digital playground in Europe with interactive art installations, games and workshops.

Cinekid takes place from October 20th to 26^th 2018.

For more information: www.cinekid.nl

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TCS Amsterdam Marathon

Sounding of the gong by Le Champion and NN for TCS Amsterdam Marathon

Le Champion and NN open trading to raise awareness for the TCS Amsterdam Marathon, which takes place on Sunday 21 October. Tadelech Bekele , athlete of the NN Running Team, sounded the gong. NN is sponsor of the TCS Amsterdam Marathon, in which 45,000 runners participate.

This upcoming Sunday 45,000 athletes will enjoy their participation during the full marathon, half marathon, 8K or Kids Run. The full marathon, in possession of the IAAF Gold Label, has one of the fastest courses in the world. Highlights are the start and finish in the Olympic Stadion, the passage through the Rijksmuseum and the Vondelpark and along the Amstel River.

In total Le Champion brings annually about 200,000 people in motion. There 20,000 members of the association.

For more Information: www.lechampion.nl

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Robeco conservative equity funds

Robeco sounds gong to raise awareness for ‘conservative retail investors’

Robeco and investment experts Pim van Vliet and Jan Koning sound the gong to raise awareness for the investment behaviour of the conservative retail investors. Van Vliet and de Koning wrote a book two clearly explain the phenomenon and setup of a conservative investment portfolio for private investors.

With this book they pay attention to the private investor who, according to them, invests in a non-sustainable investment strategy, can become the profitable investment expert.

This is also the philosophy behind Robeco's conservative equity funds, a value range that Van Vliet himself is at the basis of, and said more than 10 years ago. An example of this is Robeco US.

For more information: www.robeco.com

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Neoen lists on Euronext

Xavier Barbaro, CEO of Neoen, opens the trading day in Paris.

Neoen is a leading independent producer of renewable energy (the first independent producer of electricity from renewable energy in France), whose activity focuses on solar and wind power production, as well as on the development of advanced energy storage solutions. Neoen is mainly present in three geographical areas, namely the Europe-Middle East-Africa region (notably in France, Portugal and Ireland), Australia and the Americas region (notably in El Salvador, Mexico, Jamaica, Argentina and the United States).
As at June 30, 2018, the group owned and operated photovoltaic and wind power facilities, representing a combined installed capacity of 1,830 MW in operation and under construction (including 126 MW for energy storage facilities), plus 15 MW of installed capacity for the group's biomass plant. Of the 1,830 MW, 1,011 MW came from photovoltaic installations and 819 MW from wind farms.

Secretary of the year 2018

Gong for Jolanda Maasakkers, as secretary of the year 2018

Jolanda Maasakkers, executive secretary of real estate developer SDK Vastgoed (holding company VolkerWessels) has been awarded with the price of ‘Secretaresse van het Jaar 2018’ in the beginning of this year.

Shoevers organized in association with Pimm solutions and Experis the 33rd edition of this prestigious event. The theme of this year was Fit for the Future.

After three exciting preliminary rounds there were only three finalists left. The day of the finals, 250 colleagues and a jury (consisting of Marguerite Collot d’Escury secretary of Prime minister Mark Rutte, Annelies Bessels  Chairman of the Dutch association of executive secretaries and the winner of the title from last year Kelly Moerbeek) voted for the winner.

According to the jury report, Jolanda Maasakkers is “a true professional that showed tremendous growth during her nomination period for the title. Jolanda encouraged people to keep on learning and because of this she is an amazing ambassador for the field of secretaries”.

For more information: sdkvastgoed.nl

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IPO Shurgard Self-Storage

Listing of Shurgard Self-Storage on Euronext Brussels

Marc Oursin, CEO of Shurgard Self-Storage, opens the trading day in Brussels.

Pioneer of self-storage in Europe raises €575 million, making it the second largest newly-listed company to join Euronext Brussels over the last decade.

Shurgard Self-Storage is the largest owner and operator of self-storage facilities in Europe with 228 self-storage centres and approximately 1.2 million net rentable square meters in 7 countries: the Netherlands, France, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany and Denmark. 

For more information : www.shurgard.be

Top woman of the year

‘Topvrouw van het jaar’ opens trading at the Amsterdam Exchange

Eugenie van Wiechen, General Manager of FD Mediagroep, has been named top woman of the year 2018 and celebrates this by sounding the gong.

According to the jury, headed by Pamela Boumeester, it was van Wiechen’s authenticity, and the courage to be vulnerable, that led to great results.  She ensured that the culture in the company has changed into a transparent and safe working environment for both men and women.

In doing so, she has successfully guided the company through a shrinking market over the past 7 years with her strategic choices.

The annual election is held by the Topvrouw van het jaar Foundation and wants to give female talent the attention it deserves.

For more Information:  www.topvrouwvanhetjaar.nl

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Forbion

Forbion celebrates success fourth closed end fund by sounding the gong

Sander Slootweg, Managing Partner at Forbion, one of the high profile VC investment firms in Europe, opens trading..

Forbion recently announced the final close of its new flagship fund, Forbion IV. The fund closed above its original target at EUR 360 million and was significantly oversubscribed. With this new fund under its belt, Forbion intends to build and invest in around 15 companies, which develop new medicines for high and unmet medical needs, impacting patients’ lives. These development-stage companies will be either acquired by strategic buyers like major pharma or biotech companies or will be listed on an exchange.

For more Information: www.forbion.com

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Alfen joins AScX

Alfen celebrates joining the AScX by sounding of the gong

Richard Jongsma, Chief Commercial Officer at Alfen (ticker symbol: ALFEN), opens the trading day at Euronext Amsterdam to celebrate their inclusion in the Amsterdam Small cap Index (AScX).

“We are proud that Alfen has been included in the AScX Index so soon after our initial public offering on Euronext in Amsterdam. This is an important milestone for our company and further increases our visibility in the market. We believe that we are well-positioned for further growth, benefitting from our unique position in the heart of the energy transition”, said Richard Jongsma.

Netherlands-based Alfen is operating internationally in the heart of the energy transition, as a specialist in energy solutions for the future. With its 80-years’ history, Alfen has a unique combination of activities. Alfen designs, develops and produces smart grids, energy storage systems, and electric vehicle charging equipment and combines these in integrated solutions to address the electricity challenges of its clients. In the period between 2015 and 2017 Alfen grew its revenues with 21% on average with a positive net profit. Alfen has market leading positions in the Netherlands and experiences fast international growth benefitting from its first mover advantage.

For more Information: www.alfen.com

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20th anniversary IMC Weekendschool

IMC Weekendschool sounds the gong at Euronext for their 20th anniversary

The IMC weekend school Foundation has been providing additional education for young people between the ages of ten and fourteen years old, from neighbourhoods where this is most needed.

Since the start in Amsterdam Zuidoost, the weekend school has grown immensely; covering  ten branches in the big cities and with an alumni network of 2600 former pupils. They already offer their education during school hours, at twenty regular primary schools across the Netherlands (IMC Basis) and at eight locations for newcomers children in international language classes (IMC on Tour). Year to date, they reach 2400 pupils from 38 different locations on a weekly basis. Their initial concept is still at heart: stimulating the curiosity of young individuals by introducing them to enthusiastic professionals who will introduce them to their business.

Success should be celebrated. And that's what they will do at the jubilee party in the Amsterdam Westerkerk on October 13 on the occasion of which they open trading at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange on 11 October.

For more information: www.imcweekendschool.nl

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IR Magazine Global Forum & Awards

Sounding of the gong by IR Magazine for Global Forum & Awards in Amsterdam

In occasion of their Global Forum & Awards in Amsterdam on October 9 and 10 IR Magazine opens trading by sounding of the gong.

The IR Magazine Global Forum & Awards is an international and independent event that focuses on sharing best practice and discussing the big issues facing investor relations globally. IR Magazine presents their Global Top 50, which is a global ranking of IR, and the Global People’s Choice Awards at the event.

IR Magazine is an award-winning publication of IR Media Group, a business media company renowned for its magazines, websites, events and research. IR Magazine, available both digital and in print, helps IR professionals globally to achieve more with their IR programs, benchmark their efforts and connect to their peers in the IR community. In addition to reporting the latest developments, writing in-depth features, producing research reports and broadcasting podcasts, IR Magazine hosts events around the world. 

IR Magazine also hosts conferences and webinars as part of their commitment to providing ongoing education to the IR community.

For more information: www.irmagazine.com

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Ebbinge Investment Program

Ebbinge Investment Program opens the exchange for the kick-off program 2018-2019

On the occasion of the kick-off for the Ebbinge Investment Program 2018-2019, Eline Verhagen (Consultant at Ebbinge) opens trading at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

The Investment Program is a separate initiative from Ebbinge. During a college year it will introduce a selected group of approximately 80 top students to the world of private equity, and leading private equity houses. The participating private equity firms are AAC Capital, ABN Amro Participations, Bencis Capital Partners, Egeria, Foreman Capital, Gilde Buy Out, HAL Investments, Nedvest, Nordian Capital Partners, NPM Capital and Torqx Capital Partners.

Ebbinge started the Ebbinge Investment Program in 2015. Over the past few years the program has grown into the number one network for private equity parties and the absolute top of young academics.

On Friday 12 October, the fourth edition of the Investment Program starts with an event in which students and private equity parties get to know each other in an enterprising way.

For more Information: www.investmentprogram.nl

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EY Entrepreneur Of The Year

Gong for Entrepreneur Of The Year winners 2018

The winners of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year program visit the Euronext Exchange in Amsterdam and open trading by sounding the gong.

During the final of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year program at the Theater Amsterdam, the following winners were announced:

- John Huiberts (IGM Resins), winner EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018

- Daniel de Boer (ProQr), winner EY Emerging Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018

- Smit & Zoon, winner EY Family Business Legacy Award 2018

The EY Entrepreneur Of The Year award has been awarded in over 60 countries for more than 30 years. The award is intended to encourage and support entrepreneurs in their business and development, to support their clients and their employees.

For more Information:  www.ey.com

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Capital increase Leasinvest

Leasinvest celebrates capital increase

Michel Van Geyte, CEO of Leasinvest Real Estate, opens the trading day to celebrate the listing of new shares on Euronext Brussels.

Leasinvest Real Estate announced a capital increase for a maximum amount of EUR 84 million to continue its growth strategy and bring its debt ratio back to a level between 50% and 55%.

Listed on Euronext Brussels, Leasinvest Real Estate invests in high quality and well-located retail and office buildings in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, in Belgium and in Austria.

For more information: www.leasinvest.be