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USG Restart sounds gong to mark National Prokkelweek

By sounding the gong Cristel Poortenaar, CEO of USG Restart (ticker symbol: USG), marks the launch of the National Prokkelweek that takes place from 2 to 7 June, together with Perez Dalloe and Mireille Bruer, who have a mentally handicap.

A Prokkel is a tantalizing encounter between people with and without a mentally handicap. In the first week of June all kind of companies organize activities where people with and without a mentally handicap can meet. Experience shows that these meetings contribute to strengthening the position of people with intellectual disabilities in society. Perez and Mireille stay at Beursplein 5 after the gong ceremony for an one-day internship at Euronext.

For more information: www.prokkel.nl

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02/06/2014 - 9:17AM CEST Amsterdam

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Chairwoman Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014 visits Beursplein 5

Chairwoman of the Rabobank Hockey World Cup 2014, Heleen Welschen, opens trading to start the tournament which takes place from May 31 to June 15.

The Kyocera Stadium in The Hague, home of football club ADO Den Haag, will be used for the hockey tournament. In total, 76 matches will take place, involving the best 24 men’s and women’s teams in the world. The Dutch hockey association KNHB organizes the tournament on behalf of the International Hockey Federation and in cooperation with The Hague city council and other partners. The event takes place under the motto ‘Let’s celebrate hockey!’

For more information: www.rabobankhockeyworldcup2014.nl

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30/05/2014 - 9:26AM CEST Amsterdam

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Football coach Erwin Koeman and his daughter Wendy sound gong for Dutch Epilepsy Foundation

Football coach, former player and ambassador of the Dutch Epilepsy Foundation, Erwin Koeman, opens trading together with his daughter Wendy, who has epilepsy. By sounding the gong they mark the national collection week of the Epilepsy Foundation between June 2^nd and 7^th.

When she was young, Wendy Koeman (22) had a lot of epileptic seizures. Luckily, Wendy is seizure free now, but due to irreversible brain damage she has some learning difficulties. Nevertheless, Wendy doesn’t think of her epilepsy as a disability. She has a catering job, an active social life and plays football. In the Netherlands approximately 120.000 people have epilepsy and in spite of medication 30 percent of them keep getting seizures. Epilepsy cannot be cured yet. Consequently, scientific research into the causes of epilepsy is of vital importance.

For more information: www.epilepsie.nl

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29/05/2014 - 9:15AM CEST Amsterdam

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EnterNext Welcomes Visiativ on Alternext Paris

Visiativ co-founders & CEOs Christian Donzel & Laurent Fiard ring the opening bell, while the company celebrates its IPO.

28/05/2014 - 9:31AM CEST Paris

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Dutch Olympic speed skaters Michel and Ronald Mulder sound gong on World MS Day

Dutch Olympic speed skaters Michel and Ronald Mulder open trading on World MS Day to inform the Dutch population that more research needs to be done on Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The cause of MS is still unknown and therefore a cure has not been found.

From this moment on, the Mulder brothers can officially call themselves ambassadors of the MS Research Foundation, which funds scientific research on MS. They are not the only ones calling upon the audience to help solve the “MS puzzle”. The first Dutch edition of the International MS Atlas will officially be presented to Her Majesty Queen Máxima on the same day. The MS Atlas contains news facts & figures on MS in the Netherlands and throughout the world. In addition, Wolter Kroes, a famous Dutch singer who is also an ambassador of the foundation, visits all 12 Dutch provinces by train within 24 hours for performances and handing out free children’s books about MS. Scientists, patients, high officials, and other ambassadors will call upon the Dutch audience to donate money. 

For more information: www.msresearch.nl

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27/05/2014 - 9:13AM CEST Amsterdam

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ING and UNICEF celebrate successful collaboration by sounding gong

Trading at Beursplein 5 is opened by Global head of sustainability ING, Leon Wijnands, and the National director of UNICEF Netherlands, Jan Bouke Wijbrandi, in honor of the great results of the global ING-UNICEF partnership.

ING and UNICEF have already been working together since 2005 to create a better future for children. They do this by investing in education, the key to development. In 2013 ING has raised more than EUR 3.1 million for UNICEF, which brings the total donations for UNICEF on a total amount of EUR 26.7 million since 2005. Because of this, more than 885,000 children have been given the opportunity to realize their dreams and achieve their ambitions. The goal for 2015 is to have positively impacted the lives of at least one million disadvantaged children, providing them with access to school, better quality education and safer and healthier living conditions.

For more information: www.ing.nl/unicef or www.unicef.nl/ing

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27/05/2014 - 9:11AM CEST Amsterdam

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CFA Society of the Netherlands celebrates 15th anniversary

President of the Society of Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) in the Netherlands, Hilko de Brouwer, sounds the gong to celebrate the 15th CFA anniversary.

Exactly fifteen years ago, the Dutch association was founded by fifteen volunteers. Nowadays CFA Society is a large global association with more than 120,000 members in 145 countries. This year over 2,000 candidates will take the CFA exam in Amsterdam.

De Brouwer says: “the Dutch Society is proud that it is known as one of the most active societies in the world when it comes to activities in the field of educational conferences and seminars. It also takes a leading role in developing local best practices and in the transfer of knowledge about ethics and professional conduct. We're on to the next 15 years with the motto: 'The future of finance, starts with you!”

For more information: www.cfainstitute.org

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26/05/2014 - 9:14AM CEST Amsterdam

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Voorzitter van de Society voor Chartered Financieel Analisten (CFA) in Nederland, Hilko de Brouwer, luidt de gong en markeert daarmee het derde CFA lustrum.

CFA Society is precies vijftien jaar geleden in Nederland opgericht door een vijftiental vrijwilligers en is momenteel een grote, wereldwijd actieve vereniging, met meer dan 120.000 leden in 145 landen. Dit jaar doen in Amsterdam meer dan 2.000 kandidaten het CFA examen.

De Brouwer zegt: “de Nederlandse Society is er trots op dat zij bekend staat als een van de meest actieve verenigingen ter wereld als het gaat om activiteiten op het gebied van educatieve conferenties en seminars. Ze neemt daarnaast ook graag een voortrekkersrol in de ontwikkeling van lokale 'best practices' en overdracht van kennis op het gebied van ethiek en professioneel gedrag.  En daarin gaan we op naar de volgende 15 jaar onder het credo: 'The future of finance, starts with you!”

 

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The Deloitte Ladies Open tournament starts with gong ceremony

Tournament director Liz Weima sounds the gong and opens the three-day golf tournament Deloitte Ladies Open.

From all over Europe, 162 golfers came to Amsterdam to play in the tournament that takes place at the golf course The International in Amsterdam this weekend. The tournament will be played for the 20th time in 2014. For the fourth year in a row, Deloitte is the title sponsor. KLM and ABN AMRO are tournament partners. The Deloitte Ladies Open is part of the Ladies European Tour, the highest professional tournament circuit in Europe. Through public actions during the tournament, funds are raised for the Diabetes Research Foundation Netherlands (DON), which finances research to cure this debilitating disease.

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23/05/2014 - 9:54AM CEST Amsterdam

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Kindy celebrates the 20th anniversary of its IPO

Thierry Rousseau, Chairman of Kindy, closes the trading day in Paris.

Kindy is the leading French sock company, with products sold in large specialized stores (GMS). Net sales break down by family of products as follows:

• socks (72.7%): products sold under the Kindy, Thyo, Innov'Activ, Achile, Le Coq Sportif, Duarig and Daniel Hechter names;
• high-end children's shoes (27.3%): GBB, Catimini, and IKKS brands.

Products are marketed through GMS stores, selective distribution, pharmacies, and the Internet (Chaussettes.com, Kindy.fr, Thyo.fr and Achile.com).Products are made mainly by subcontractors.

22/05/2014 - 17:43PM CEST Paris

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Gong ceremony marks the publication of MKB in Beeld report

MKB in Beeld, a project dedicated to raising the profile of small and medium-sized businesses in the Netherlands, sounds the gong to mark the publication of a report that will also be made available to the public. The purpose of the report issued by the knowledge project MKB in Beeld is to provide institutional investors with current, up-to-date information about small and medium-sized enterprises in the Netherlands.

The report provides factual information that highlights the benefits of investing in Dutch SMEs; it addresses issues such as investment potential, risk, yield and sustainability. MKB in Beeld is a joint initiative of the government, interest groups, asset managers, banks, insurers, pension funds and Euronext. It is subsidized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Chief Investment Officer of Stichting Pensioenfonds Medisch Specialisten, Marcel Roberts, and Senior Investment Manager at Appolaris Pensioenbeheer, Marcel de Berg, sound the gong.

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22/05/2014 - 9:11AM CEST Amsterdam

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BNP Paribas OBAM celebrates 60th listing anniversary

BNP Paribas OBAM celebrates its 60^th listing anniversary and 75^th birthday at Beursplein 5, Amsterdam.

OBAM N.V. was founded in 1936 to assist French nuns in keeping their savings out of the hands of the government. In 1954 OBAM was introduced at the Amsterdam stock exchange. After several mergers and acquisitions the fund’s official name has been BNP Paribas OBAM since 2009. Fund manager Sander Zondag, responsible for the strategy of the investment fund since January 2013, sounds the gong. Thanks to several strategic changes he managed to decrease the vulnerability of the fund to future consternation on stock markets worldwide.

For more information: www.obam.nu

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21/05/2014 - 9:40AM CEST Amsterdam

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Euronext Hosts Second Annual Pan European Days at the NYSE

On Monday, May 19, and Tuesday, May 20, Euronext will host the second annual Pan European Days at the New York Stock Exchange, bringing together European issuers, government officials, investors and chief economists from leading financial institutions.

The two-day event will begin at 2pm on May 19 with a panel discussion among chief economists from major financial institutions. This will be followed by a panel discussion with American and European government officials and finance industry leaders. The conversation will focus on the economic developments in the European market.

The program will feature remarks by Bertrand Badré, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, World Bank Group, as well as a special address by His Excellency João Vale de Almeida, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States.

Pan European Days will continue with the Opening Bell® ceremony on May 20 at the New York Stock Exchange. Representatives from four of the European markets of Euronext (Belgium, France, The Netherlands and Portugal) will ring the Opening Bell®.

20/05/2014 - 15:17PM CEST United States

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EnterNext hosts the 1st Forum of Software companies in the Paris region

Gilbert Ferrand of Midcap Partners opens trading day in Paris.

Midcap Partners, the French specialist of Small & Mid Caps always aims to provide a better coverage; with its specific features the software industry is one of the most attractive to us.

20/05/2014 - 9:57AM CEST Paris

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ETF Securities celebrates launch China ETF

ETF Securities celebrates the launch of the first physical UCITS ETF to track the MSCI China A Index. The ETF gives investors cost efficient exposure to local Chinese stocks listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges.

ETF Securities, a provider of exchange-traded investment products and a pioneer in exchange-traded commodities, is dedicated to develop liquid, transparent investment solutions that can be traded on world stock exchanges. ETF Securities listed the world’s first gold exchange-traded commodity in 2003, and many other market-leading investment solutions have since followed. Head of Benelux at ETF Securities, Philippe Roset, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.etfsecurities.com

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20/05/2014 - 9:10AM CEST Amsterdam

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Gong marks start Bio€quity Europe 2014 conference

By sounding the gong the start of the Bio€quity Europe 2014 conference is marked. The conference takes place on 21 and 22 May at the Hilton hotel in Amsterdam.

With bringing the Bio€quity Europe to Amsterdam, the Regional Host Sponsor, consisting of Amsterdam BioMed Cluster (powered by the Amsterdam Economic Board), Van Campen Liem, Deloitte and Axon Lawyers, aims to create the much required momentum for the regional biotech industry by putting the spotlight on Dutch biotech and bridging the gap to investors. Cluster manager Life Sciences & Health at Amsterdam BioMed Cluster / Amsterdam Economic Board, Quido Valent, sounds the gong.

For more information: www.biocentury.com/conferences/bioequityeurope

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19/05/2014 - 9:11AM CEST Amsterdam

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Aids Fonds sounds gong for AmsterdamDiner Foundation

CEO of Aids Fonds, Ton Coenen, sounds the gong together with board members of the AmsterdamDiner Foundation.

On May 17th, the charity dinner will take place for the 22nd time. The benefit is organised annually to help invest in the national and international responses to HIV and AIDS. It mobilizes the business world to join partners and politicians in supporting innovative projects to address HIV and AIDS.

This year, the Amsterdam Dinner is entitled: ‘What a difference a day makes’. It refers to the importance of early treatment of acute HIV infection. The funding raised through the Amsterdam Dinner will mostly go to Prof. Dr. Joep Lange’s research. He is examining the effect of immediate treatment shortly after HIV infection. Weakening the virus directly after infection creates the possibility of eliminating the health risk of the patient as well as the risk of transmission to others. These effects would even hold after treatment has stopped.

For more information: www.amsterdamdinerfoundation.nl

16/05/2014 - 9:11AM CEST Amsterdam