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Masterclasses Financiële Journalistiek

Opening of trading with Masterclasses Financiële Journalistiek

The gong is sounded by ‘Masterclasses Financiële Journalistiek’ because of the Masterclass Financial Markets (Financiële Markten) held at Beursplein 5.

The Masterclass Financial Markets provides an overview of the financial markets and deals with questions like who are key players, what happens on unregulated markets and the relationship with the ‘real’ economy? The masterclass is held at Euronext Amsterdam. Speakers include economics professor Bas Jacobs, Lukas Daalder, CIO Robeco and Maurice van Tilburg, CEO Euronext Amsterdam.

The Masterclasses Financiële Journalistiek offers journalists the opportunity to gain more knowledge of current financial issues without the pressure of deadlines. At each masterclass experts from the financial and academic industry speak and are meant to broaden experience and knowledge. The masterclasses are organized by journalists for journalists.

For more information: www.financielejournalistiek.nl

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Vanguard lists ETFs

Vanguard sounds gong for new ETFs listings in Amsterdam

Vanguard expands its low-cost Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) range in the Netherlands with the listing of four low-cost fixed income ETFs on Euronext Amsterdam. Cees Bezuijen, Senior Institutional Sales Executive Netherlands, sounds the gong.

Wim van Zwol, Head of Institutional Sales Northern Europe: “Our business in the Netherlands is gaining momentum as Dutch investors increasingly value the low costs, liquidity and transparency of ETFs. This launch complements our existing range of index mutual funds and ETFs, enabling investors to build a broadly diversified fixed income and equity portfolio at a low-cost.”

Vanguard Asset Management, Limited is authorized and regulated in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Vanguard Group Inc., a leading provider of high-value investment services, whose mission is to help clients achieve their goals by being one of the world’s highest value providers of investment products and services. Since establishing the first indexed mutual fund in the U.S. in 1976, The Vanguard Group Inc., has grown into one of the world’s largest and most respected investment management companies.

For more information:  www.vanguard.co.uk

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Wolters Kluwer annual report

Wolters Kluwer presents annual report and sustainability report

Wolters Kluwer (ticker symbol: WKL) visits the Amsterdam exchange for the announcement of the publication of the 2015 edition of their annual report and the sustainability report. Nancy McKinstry, CEO, opens trading by sounding the gong.

Wolters Kluwer, founded in 1836, is a global leader in professional information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services.

For more information: www.wolterskluwer.com

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Thyld bonds

Thyld bonds listed on Alternext in Brussels

Dirk Thys and Bart Verhavert, both member of the board of directors of Thyld, opened the Euronext stock markets with a Bell Ceremony in Brussels, celebrating the listing on Alternext of bonds issued by Thyld for an amount of € 4.875.000, with maturity of 5 years. The coupon amounts to 6% gross per year.

The bond has the ISIN CODE of BE0002243120, more information can be found on the following link:
www.euronext.com/en/products/bonds/BE0002243120-ALXB

Merit Capitalacted as general coordinator in this transaction.

Dia Internacional da Mulher

Este ano, em celebração pelo Dia Internacional da Mulher, 33 Bolsas de Valores de todo o mundo uniram-se à UN Global Compact, UN Women, WFE, WE, SSE e IFC para a Cerimónia do Toque do Sino a favor da Igualdade de Género. Em Portugal, o United Nations Global Compact, em articulação com a Euronext Lisbon, integrou esta iniciativa mundial e promoveram uma conferência para discutir o tema, que contou com a presença da Secretária de Estado para a Cidadania e a Igualdade, Catarina Marcelino. Na mesa redonda, vários foram os testemunhos partilhados sobre “A importância do setor empresarial na promoção da igualdade de género e do empoderamento das mulheres".

Ringing the Bell for Gender Equality

Euronext joins 34 stock exchanges around the world that are ‘Ringing the Bell for Gender Equality’

The theme of this ceremony is Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Principles

Today, Euronext joins 34 stock exchanges around the world that are ‘Ringing the Bell for Gender Equality’ to commemorate International Women’s Day (8 March) and raise awareness on the importance of gender equality to capital markets.
The 35 exchanges are supported by a global partnership between the Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) Initiative, UN Global Compact, IFC, UN Women, Women in ETFs and the World Federation of Stock Exchanges.
Euronext, as a partner to the SSE initiative, joins this global collaboration to highlight the business case for women’s economic empowerment, as well as opportunities for the private sector to advance gender equality and sustainable development.

International Women’s Day

WOMEN Inc. sounds gong on International Women’s Day

WOMEN Inc. opens trading on International Women’s Day at the Amsterdam exchange on the occasion of the investment in gender-specific health care made by the Ministry of Health. Jannet Vaessen, director WOMEN Inc., sounds the gong.

Minister Edith Schippers invests 12 million Euros in research on women’s health over the next few years. This was announced by Director General of Public Health, Angelique Berg at a meeting of WOMEN Inc. on gender-specific health care.

The money will be invested in a multi-year National Knowledge Program on Gender and Health. Jannet Vaessen, Director WOMEN Inc.: ‘’We are very proud and excited about the good news of Minister Schippers about this investment in a National Knowledge Program on Gender and Health. We see it as a recognition of the longstanding commitment of the Gender & Health Alliance.’’

WOMEN Inc. is an agenda-network for women who want to strengthen themselves and one another. WOMEN Inc. calls for a tailored health care. This is necessary because health care is now based largely on the male body. Custom tailored health care contributes to the quality and thereby provides costs savings. WOMEN Inc. founded  the Gender & Health Alliance in 2011, a collaboration of medical specialists, general practitioners, psychologist, professors and policy makers to jointly recognize and acknowledge the importance of gender sensitivity in order to improve the quality of physical and mental health.

For more information: www.womeninc.nl

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International Women’s Day

On 8 March 2016, Euronext Brussels celebrated International Women’s Day.

In Brussels Elke Sleurs, Secretary of State for Equal Opportunities, opened the trading day together with other female leaders and senior executives representing listed companies that have achieved the objectives regarding the gender quota imposed by l’Institut pour l’Egalité des Hommes et des Femmes. This initiative was organised by the international event “Ring the Bell for Gender Equality” organised by UN Global Compact, UN Women, Sustainable Stock Exchanges and Women in ETFs. The aim is to raise awareness for women’s economic empowerment. More than 25 stock exchanges worldwide were being part of this event, including the 4 Euronext locations : Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon and Paris.

Speech Elke Sleurs (secretary of state for equal opportunities)
Speech Isabelle Bourcier (co-head of marketing and board member for Women in ETFs for EMEA)

Stichting DOEN and New Venture

Stichting DOEN and New Venture open trading

Stichting DOEN, in cooperation with New Venture, launched the DOEN Energie[s]topper, a national competition for entrepreneurs with innovative energy saving solutions. Stichting DOEN and New Venture open trading together with the finalists.

Five finalists were selected from more than 100 participants, the winner will be awarded 100.000 euro in order to further develop their product or service. 

SpeedComfort and Nerdalize have creative solutions involving radiators and computer servers to heat houses. Senergine creates comfortable indoor climates using a technical innovation that converts sound into heat. PowerWindow aims to make the glass surface of our built environment smarter by integrating energy generation and saving solutions into glass windows. To conclude, EnergyParty introduces a variation of the well-known Tupperware party to encourage homeowners to save energy in a playful manner.

For more information: www.doenenergiestopper.nl

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Lymph&Co Hollandse 100

Lymph&Co sounds gong for De Hollandse 100

On Sunday March 6 2016 is the second edition of De Hollandse 100. A winter duathlon with two sports the Dutch grew up with: skating and cycling. For this occasion a delegation of organizer Lymph & Co. opens trading at Beursplein 5.

The Lymph & Co fund is a fund that supports research to improve the treatment of lymphoma. Lymph & Co believes in innovation as a solution to the current challenges in the field of health. The key to this is excellence: the best ideas from the best researchers provide the best solutions for people and society.

For more information: www.dehollandse100.nl

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Heineken Club Quadrathlon

Opening trading for Heineken Roeivierkamp

On March 12 and 13 the Heineken Roeivierkamp will be held for the 44th time in Amsterdam. The river Amstel is the setting for the official opening of the Dutch rowing season. Trading will be opened by Student Rowing Club Nereus.

In 1973 it started as a game for a few teams and has since become an international regatta with more than 3.5 thousand participants. The Heineken Roeivierkamp is organized by Amsterdam Student Rowing Club Nereus for 44 years and is sponsored by the Euronext Amsterdam listed Heineken (ticker symbol: HEIA).

The official FISA event traditionally marks the opening of the Dutch rowing season. The Roeivierkamp features a unique route of the river Amstel and is close to the historic center of Amsterdam. Crews row four distances: 250 meters, 750 meters, 2500 meters and 5000 meters.

For more information: www.nereus.nl/heineken

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WarChild

WarChild visits Beursplein 5 for Move Forward project

WarChild visits Beursplein 5 and sounds the gong to draw attention to their new ‘Move Forward’ project for refugee children in the Netherlands.

The social-emotional needs of refugee children in the Netherlands are easily overlooked. Refugee children have a great need for structure, stability, regularity and relaxation, so they can be a child again. WarChild, UNICEF and Save the Children Netherlands therefore combined their years of global expertise and developed a program for refugee children in the Netherlands. The joint project ‘Move Forward’ provides refugee children activities such as sports, games and dance. They can relax, process their bad experiences and be a child and feel safe again.

For more information: www.warchild.nl/help

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Crowdfunded security on Euronext

First trade of a crowdfunded security on Euronext

The first secondary transaction in a crowdfunding instrument on a transparent and secure trading platform in Europe took place today on Euronext Expert Market, an electronic trading platform for non-listed securities. The traded instruments are participatory notes in the Belgian company Domobios, issued by the crowdfunding platform MyMicroInvest. This first trade opens new perspectives for crowdfunding investors looking to transfer their participation to a third party in a secure and transparent environment. To celebrate this transaction, Willy Borsus, Belgian Minister for SMEs, responsible for the regulations concerning the financing of companies and crowdfunding, and Philippe De Backer, Member of the European Parliament and Rapporteur for the Prospectus Regulation in the European Parliament, rang the bell.   

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Bikkels

NSGK and Bart de Graaff Foundation sound gong for the Bikkels

The trading day is opened by sounding the gong by the Bart de Graaff Foundation alongside with NSGK, the Dutch Foundation for Disabled Children.

The Bart de Graaff Foundation receives a contribution of 33,250 euros from the NSGK. This is symbolically handed over at Beursplein 5 in the form of a check. The contribution is intended for the Bikkels at the Bart de Graaff Foundation. These Bikkels are young people with a life-determining physical limitation, they receive a year of intense support in getting their own business set up. Aegon, as a listed company and partner of the Bart de Graaff Foundation, is present at the gong ceremony and the presentation of the check.

For more information: www.bartfoundation.nl

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Sport Club Only Friends

Sport Club Only Friends sounds gong with ABN AMRO

Only Friends sport club, for children and young people with disabilities, opens trading with supporter ABN AMRO (ticker symbol: ABN).

Only Friends was founded by Dennis Gebbink sixteen years ago. He started playing football with eight boys and in sixteen years the club has grown to more than 600 children and 24 sports. 150 volunteers and 50 interns make the sports possible for the children. Meanwhile, for elderly people with disabilities sports are available (Older Friends), there is a successful obesity program (Friends in Shape), children are taken care of after school (Friends at Home) and coming soon is Friends at Work (work for young people with disabilities in our own sports).

For more information: www.onlyfriends.nl

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National Compliment Day

Bell Ceremony “National Compliment Day”!

On Tuesday 1 March 2016, Euronext Brussels celebrated “National Compliment Day”. This initiative aims to encourage businesses and employees to increase satisfaction at work and create a positive vibe on the workplace through mutual respect. For this special occasion,the Belgian Minister of Finance Johan Van Overtveldt and the International Valuation Expert Nathalie Arteel rang the opening bell. Numerous companies supporting the initiative (such as CFK, Torfs, VDAB, VOKA, AXA, Berghoff, Carglass,…) were also present.

To learn more about this day go to journeedescompliments.be

Deloitte High Tech Competence Center

Deloitte High Tech Competence Center celebrates first anniversary

In 2015 Deloitte Consulting in the Netherlands launched their High Tech Competence Centre (HTCC) located in the city of Eindhoven. To celebrate their first anniversary they sound the gong at Beursplein 5.

The southern region of the Netherlands has a particularly strong High Tech ecosystem that is home to organizations such as ASML, NXP, DSM and Philips HealthTech. Deloitte HTCC provides a wide range of solutions for specific challenges in the High Tech ecosystem related to, for example, innovation, business transformation, mergers, acquisition as well as the current high demand for technical talent.

Based on tech industry experience of Deloitte in Silicon Valley and Deloitte Japan, the Deloitte HTCC has carried out a wide range of projects. In close cooperation with the leading companies, public sector organizations, startups, and universities, which all have their unique roles in High Tech, their aim is to further build and strengthen the ecosystem and increase the impact it has on the economy and society.

For more information: www.deloitte.com

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DNB Whistleblowing Desk

DNB sounds gong for Whistleblowing Desk

Willemieke van Gorkum, Division Director of De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), sounds the gong to open trading. She will use the occasion to draw attention to the Whistleblowing Desk, which DNB recently launched for professionals in the financial sector.

Their Desk provides another channel to prevent or halt irregularities in the financial sector. Professionals working in the financial sector, as well as consultants and legal service providers, may notice serious breaches of laws and regulations at a financial institution. Examples include fraud, corruption, conflicts of interests, money laundering and terrorist financing.

This type of crime is often highly secretive, and therefore difficult to trace. The Whistleblowing Desk will make it easier for those working in the sector to notify us of any potential problems. Their Desk will handle your report if you are unable to report any wrongdoing directly to the institution concerned.

For more information: www.dnb.nl

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