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Prince Bernhard Culture Fund sounds gong for Culture Fund Scholarships

The Prince Bernhard Culture Fund sounds the gong to highlight the presentation on 3 July of this year’s Culture Fund Scholarships during the Young Talent Awards ceremony in Amsterdam’s DeLaMar Theater.

This year the Culture Fund is awarding scholarships (BA and MA) to 151 talented students who wish to continue their education abroad. The scholarships are presented annually. The Prince Bernhard Culture Fund is a dedicated advocate of culture and the natural sciences, providing financial support, commissions, prizes and scholarships in recognition of exception initiatives and talent. The fund supports approximately 3,500 different projects every year. The financial advisor and coordinator of the Culture Fund Scholarships programme, Henriëtte Vluggen, and seven of this year’s winners, sound the gong.

For more information: www.culturfonds.nl

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EnterNext welcomes ASK on Euronext in Paris

Julien Zuccarelli, CEO of ASK, rings the closing bell.

ASK provides secure contactless solutions for sensitive applications linked to individuals. Founded in 1997, ASK has developed patented technology based on a unique silver printing process. It creates genuine solutions to the security and reliability challenges of its markets. ASK offers a full range of contactless cards and inlays (electronic covers and integrated antennas) for passports, transport cards, tickets, terminals, operating systems and personalisation services.

ASK’s innovative technology and global organisation, with manufacturing units in Europe (France), Asia (China) and the USA, make it the reference player in secure contactless solutions for identity (e.ID) and transport markets. In e.ID, since 2006 ASK has worked with top global customers, providing inlays for US, UK, French, Israeli, Philippine and other passports. On the transport market, ASK has strengthened its leadership position since 2001, assisting over 103 cities including Atlanta, Chicago, Dubai, Lisbon, London, Mexico City, Miami, Paris, Singapore, Sydney and Tel Aviv, in 27 countries.

For more information, see www.ask-contactless.com

Gong marks IPO NN Group

By sounding the gong, NN Group celebrates the IPO on Euronext Amsterdam.

CEO of NN Group, Lard Friese celebrates the company’s listing by sounding the gong which denotes the opening of trading on Euronext. He is joined by the Management Board of NN Group, Ralph Hamers, CEO of ING Group and Cees Vermaas, CEO of Euronext Amsterdam.

NN Group is a leading Dutch insurer with a strong European insurance and investment management footprint and an attractive Japanese business, including its main business lines Nationale-Nederlanden, ING Insurance Europe, ING Investment Management and ING Life Japan.

Friese: “Listing on Euronext Amsterdam marks an important milestone for NN. After 23 years we’re back on the stock exchange of Amsterdam. We are excited to start this new phase and we believe our listing on Euronext Amsterdam will further raise NN’s profile. The focus we will have as a standalone company helps us in our dedication to provide our clients with an excellent experience and to deliver on our company´s business objectives.”

For more information: www.nn-group.com

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Welcome to Viadeo on Euronext Paris

Dan Serfaty, co-founder & CEO of Viadeo, rings the opening bell.

Viadeo is a key player in the Professional Social Networking space, with around 60 million members worldwide. The market leader in France with almost 9 million members and in China with more 20 million, Viadeo has recorded exceptional growth since its creation, particularly in French-speaking countries and emerging markets such as China, Russia and Africa. Boost your career, find new contacts and uncover new opportunities: these are just some of the things professionals, companies and students can do on Viadeo website and mobile applications (smartphones, tablets).

Celebrating the “ Université d’été de la traduction financière » at the Brussels Stock Exchange

Euronext celebrated the 7th edition of the « Université d’été de la traduction financière » . 
Both organizers, Chris Durban and Dominique Jonkers, rang the Opening Bell in Brussels on 2 July 2014.

The event itself takes place from 2 til 4 July 2014.

To know more : www.sft.fr

New Venture Award 2014 winners sound gong

The winners of the New Venture Award 2014 visit Beursplein 5 and sound the gong.

A panel of investors chose three winners for being the most innovative start-up of the Netherlands. The final of New Venture is the conclusion of an annual program of nine months in which the winners were selected from nearly 500 entries. Winners are the companies Fleet Cleaner, Tide Microfluidics and Sigmascreening. Cornelis de Vet of Fleet Cleaner sounds the gong.

For over 15 years, New Venture is a leading program that encourages innovative entrepreneurs to transform innovative ideas into valuable businesses. New Venture is initiated and supported by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the absolute top of the Dutch industry. This year's winners are characterized by their highly innovative solutions and their ability to disrupt the industry tomorrow.

For more information: www.newventure.nl

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Gong marks Robeco SummerNights 2014

By sounding the gong Robeco SummerNights’ Muse, Mimy Chantal Jadoenathmisier, opens trading at Euronext Amsterdam. The Muse, who embodies passion and inspiration at the Royal Concertgebouw’s summer festival, will be joined by amongst others Edwin Rietkerk, head of marketing at Robeco and Simon Reinink, general director of the Royal Concertgebouw.

The longlasting co-operation between Robeco and the Royal Concertgebouw in the shape of Robeco SummerNights is unique in the Netherlands. The co-operation started 26 years ago and was innovative from the beginning. With this co-operation the two partners underline their shared values of quality, passion and innovation. The diversity and quality of the programme of Robeco SummerNights embodies all these values. As always, Robeco SummerNights offers a whole summer of exciting music and events at the Concertgebouw. Over 80 concerts, ranging from classical and jazz to pop and comedy, will inspire and entrance visitors. Pop band De Dijk plays the opening concert of on 28 June and on 31 August Janine Jansen closes the festival with The Four Seasons by Vivaldi.

For more information: www.concertgebouw.nl/robecosummernights

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Welcome to Worldline on Euronext Paris

Gilles Grapinet, Chief Executive of Worldline rings the opening bell.

Worldline is one of the European No. 1 providers of electronic payment and transactional services. Net sales break down by market as follows:

• banks and financial institutions (34.5%): issuing and management of credit and debit cards, acquisition and processing of electronic payment transactions, provision of online bank services, development of electronic wallet solution, sale of payment software, etc.;
• government businesses and entities (33.4%): e-ticketing services for public transport and railway companies, provision to traffic and parking automatic control solution to the authorities, development of digital services for governments and public companies (tax online collections management, cryptographic archiving services, fingerprints biometrics data collection and storage, etc.), provision of shared medical information digital services, etc.;
• retailers and distributors (32.1%): acquisition of payment orders, acceptance and management of online payments, sale and rental of payment terminals, sale of security modules for cryptographic purposes, provision of private payment cards, of commercial animation tools, and self-service terminals, management of loyalty programs, etc.

Net sales break down geographically as follows: France (36.4%), Belgium and the Netherlands (29.4%), the United Kingdom (13%), Germany/Central Europe/Eastern Europe (9.8%), Iberian Peninsula and Latin America (6 5%), Asia and India (4.9%).

Euronext welcomes Coface on Euronext's market in Paris

Jean-Marc Pillu, CEO of Coface, opens the European trading day in Paris.

Coface is one of the world’s leaders in credit insurance. The group provides solutions to companies designed to protect them, in the frame of the management of their trade debtors, against financial default risks from of their debtors, both on the local and export markets. Net sales break down by activity as follows:

• loan insurance (74.3%);
• services (16.9%): services related to loan insurance, corporate information (solvability and marketing information), debt management, management of public procedures for the account and with state guarantees, etc.;
• factoring services (4.8%): insured in Germany and Poland;
• surety insurance (4%).

Net sales break down geographically as follows: Western Europe (32.6%), Northern Europe (25.5%), the Mediterranean and Africa (15.1%), Central Europe (7.6%), North America (7.1%), Asia/Pacific (6.6%) and Latin America (5.5%).

Gong marks IPO IMCD Group

CEO, Piet van der Slikke and CFO, Hans Kooijmans, sound the gong to celebrate the IPO of IMCD Group.

With a passion for excellence, extensive industry knowledge and a commitment to creating value through expertise, IMCD is a market-leader in the sales, marketing and distribution of speciality chemicals and food ingredients.IMCD has built a dedicated team of more than 1400 technical and commercial experts that work in close partnership to tailor best in class solutions for customers and producers in more than 30 countries. Its dedicated local experts provide market-focused solutions across Europe, Africa and Asia-Pacific, with business units offering a range of comprehensive product portfolios, including innovative formulations that embrace industry trends.

For more information: www.imcdgroup.com

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The students challenge : How to work effectively in a multicultural environment?

During their internship in Euronext Group, 16 high school students worked on the following topic : "How to work effectively in a multicultural environment?"

From June 23th to 27th, with the help from NGO "Crée ton avenir!!!" Euronext group welcomed 16 high school students for a one-week internship. During this week, they participated to several workshops which help them to build their educational and vocational guidance. With the participation of volunteers from the company, they discovered activities, organization, and several jobs of Euronext group. "Cree ton avenir!!!" also worked with them to develop their soft skills such as team spirit, creativity, sense of organization, sense of responsability, initiative spirit, self-confidence, perseverance, sense of communication, autonomy, mastering of their environment. They learned how to make the connection between themselves, their soft skills, their wishes, the professional world, and school. To have a better overall view of the specificities of Euronext Group, all along the week, by team of four, they worked on the advantages and disadvantages of multiculturalism  in a company

Gong marks launch of “The European Institute for Energy Trading & Risk Management”

By sounding the gong ‘The European Institute for Energy Trading & Risk Management (Entrima)’ is launched.

Entrima offers a solution to compliance and accountability, to be in control and handle regulation. The institute includes ‘The Academy’ which covers learning requirements and offers an extensive curriculum of educational programmes and a registration of responsible persons (governance). The institute is steered by all kinds of market participants from the energy sector and commissioners from the field are installed to assure the embedding of market initiatives and support from the sector. Director, Ruud Noorlander, sounds the gong.

For more information: entrima.org

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Sergeferrari Group celebrates IPO

Mr Sébastien Ferrari, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer and Mr Romain Ferrari, Chief Operating Officer of Serge Ferrari Group ring the closing bell, while the company celebrates its IPO.

Listing of Ontex on Euronext Brussels

As of 25 June 2014 Ontex will be listed on Euronext Brussels.

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The Ontex group is the leading European producer of disposable hygiene solutions for babies and adults.

To celebrate this event, Charles Bouaziz, CEO of Ontex opened the European markets with a Bell Ceremony.

The ticker code of Ontex is : ONTEX

If you would like to find out more : www.ontexglobal.com

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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Mr Jacques Aschenbroich, Valeo CEO, rings the bell to open the European trading day in Paris

To mark Valeo's return to the CAC 40, Jacques Aschenbroich, Valeo CEO, rings the bell to open the June 23, 2014 trading session.

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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