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Amundi ETF is launching the first ‘Multi Smart Beta’ ETF, a new proof of its ‘smart beta’ product innovation strategy

This launch fits with the expertise of Amundi, a major global asset manager, in the mapping, selection and implementation of smart beta solutions. Amundi ETF is 5th  European  ETF provider.

Amundi ETF is launching an innovative ETF on Euronext Paris providing investors with exposure to the Scientific Beta Developed Multi-Beta Multi-Strategy ERC strategy index.

This launch follows Amundi’s recent partnership with Edhec Risk Institute Scientific Beta, announced last February, initiated to develop and promote ETF and Index solutions to meet increasing demand from institutional investors.

With an existing range of single ‘Smart Beta’ strategy ETFs (Minimum Volatility, Mid Cap, Small Cap, Growth, Value and High Dividend), Amundi ETF is now entering the ‘Multi Strategy’ era of Smart Beta development.

The global equity 'Scientific Beta Developed Multi-Beta Multi-Strategy ERC' Index is combining efficiently four main risk factors (Value, Size, Low Volatility and Momentum ) with five popular diversification smart beta strategies, and finally uses an Equal Risk Contribution (ERC) weighting scheme.

This new ETF is offered with a TER of 0.40% and is available in EUR, GBP and USD share classes.

BPI rings the closing bell in Lisbon

Executive Committee of Bank BPI's rang the closing bell to commemorate the results of the Offer of debt for Equity swap. With this operation, the bank increases the share capital in more than EUR103 million.

Dalian Commodity Exchange opens the European markets in Paris

Mr. Ming Li, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Dalian Commodity Exchange, along with Anthony Attia, Chief Executive Officer of Euronext Paris open the European trading day in Paris.

Euronext today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).  Its aim is to carry out joint research into the promotion, distribution and trading of commodity products, develop new strategies for improving the safe operation of orderly futures and options markets and discuss the feasibility of cooperatively developing new products.

Read the full press release: Euronext and Dalian Commodity Exchange sign MOU

Deloitte Technology Fast50 celebrates 15th anniversary

The Deloitte Technology Fast50 program celebrates its 15^th anniversary in 2014. Every year Deloitte searches for the 50 fastest growing tech companies in the Netherlands. To celebrate the anniversary, the winners of 15 years Fast50 are invited to sound the gong.

Deloitte organizes the election in collaboration with partners ABN AMRO, Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland, AKD, Euronext and MT MediaGroep & Prime Ventures. The competition started 15 years ago to recognize the exceptional performance of these fast growing tech companies. The Fast50 companies have the best entrepreneurs of the future, who think fast and play a leading role in their field. The Rising Star is a special price that is destined for emerging innovative companies that are less than five years old. CEO of TTY, Maarten Beucker Andreae, sounds the gong as the winner of the Fast 50 Sustainable Grower award in 2011.

For more information: www.fast50.nl

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ING Private Banking visits Beursplein 5

ING Private Banking visits Beursplein 5 and organizes a seminar and visit to the Amsterdam Exchange Experience for its clients. Sounding the closing gong marks the launch of the ING campaign ‘Financieel Fit’.

‘Financieel Fit’ is a program that started earlier this year and is launched aimed at helping clients get into financially sound shape and to make them aware of the possibilities of investing. Rising health care costs, uncertain pension payouts and a limited tax rebate on mortgage interest all make it more relevant for people to accumulate wealth. By combining the certainties of saving with the prospect of greater revenue by long term investing, future financial goals can be reached.

For more information: www.ing.com

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Euronext welcomes Elior on Euronext's market in Paris

Gilles Petit, CEO of the Elior group, opens the European trading day in Paris.

Elior is one of the world’s leaders in contract catering. Net sales break down by activity as follows:

• institutional catering (69.5%; world’s No. 4): management of restaurants located in businesses and public buildings (46.3% of net sales), educational institutions (28%), health care facilities and nursing homes (25.7%). The group also offers related services (cleaning, security, maintenance, etc.);
• concession restaurants (30.5%; world’s No. 3): management of restaurants located at airports (38.6% of net sales), along highways (35.8%) and in towns (25.6%).

Restaurants and points of sale are operated under company-owned names (L’Arche, Philéas, Ars, Medas, MyChef,  Axxe, etc.) and through franchises (Paul, Quick, Courtepaille, Costa Coffee, Burger King, Starbucks Coffee, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Dunkin’ Donuts, etc.).
France accounts for 56.1% of net sales.

Nyenrodian Stock Trading Organization De Zilveren Rijder celebrates 18th anniversary

New chairman Ruud Schreijer visits Euronext Amsterdam to sound the gong in commemoration of the 18th anniversary of The Nyenrodian Stock Trading Organization, De Zilveren Rijder.

De Zilveren Rijderis the student investment club of Nyenrode Business University. The board has the main objective to create a learning environment for fellow students, and to gather more experience in the dynamic world of investing. Eight fund managers who each analyze their own industry support the board.

For more information: www.dezilverenrijder.com

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Net4kids launches Social Business Community

Net4kids opens trading at Euronext Amsterdam and launches the ‘Social Business Community’.

The Net4kids Social Community is founded for entrepreneurs and companies to share knowledge, ideas and network regarding Corporate Giving. Managing Director Net4kids, Odette van Zijdveld, sounds the gong. Van Zijdveld: "How to do good and how this can benefit your company, is the central approach of this initiative. In our business network we have noticed a great need to meet, connect and share knowledge, ideas and network with one another." Net4kids is a B-t-B platform for child aid. Projects in Asia & Africa are connected to project investors.

For more information: www.net4kids.org

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STOPbraintumors.nl sounds gong for World Brain Tumor Day

Founder and chairman of the STOPbraintumors.nl foundation, Klaske Hofstee, opens trading together with oncological researchers, surgeons and volunteers to raise awareness for brain cancer and World Brain Tumor Day.

June 8th is celebrated as world Brain Tumor Day and has been initiated with the aim to spread awareness and to honor the victims of this lethal disease. STOPbraintumors.nl foundation was founded in 2007 and starts five to six promising brain tumor studies, each year, to improve healing and treatment opportunities for this disease.

For more information: www.stophersentumoren.nl

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Dance4life celebrates 10th anniversary at Euronext Amsterdam

Dance4life celebrates her 10^th anniversary at Euronext Amsterdam and sounds the gong for their special event in The Royal Concert Building in Amsterdam: DANCE4LIFE  10 YEARS, that takes place on 6 June.

The evening starts with a dinner and auction for dance4life ambassadors, sponsors and other VIP guests. They will enjoy a special show with a surprising mix of content and entertainment, with the cooperation of the Metropole Orkest, the National Ballet and dance4life’s new ambassador: Hardwell, the number one DJ of the world. Xander de Buisonje hosts the evening. At 11 PM doors open for guests coming to enjoy the dance event with Dutch top DJ’s Hardwell, Fedde Le Grand and Dannic. All proceeds go to the education programmes of dance4life, which are still badly needed since still every 14 seconds someone gets infected with HIV. Executive director Eveline Aendekerk sounds the gong at Euronext Amsterdam.

For more information: www.dance4life.nl

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Invesco PowerShares celebrates ETF milestone

Invesco PowerShares, a global provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), part of Invesco Ltd, celebrates that its PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 UCITS ETF, which is listed on Euronext, reached Assets under Management in excess of US$200m. Powered by investors’ appetite for alternative ways to invest in US equities and its proven track record, the ETF has nearly tripled in size over the past twelve months. 

Bryon Lake, Head of Invesco PowerShares EMEA, sounds the gong and says: “Celebrating together with Euronext Amsterdam this important step in our journey for one of our flagship ETFs is of significant importance to us. The Netherlands have long been at the heart of Invesco PowerShares’ capabilities offering and servicing Dutch investors with quality ETFs is our key priority.”

For more information: www.invescopowershares.net

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FC Porto SAD lists bonds on Euronext Lisbon

FC Porto SAD lists bonds on Euronext Lisbon. After Strong demand the football club increases its issue to Eur20 million.

Gong marks Roparun 2014

The gong marks the 23^rd Roparun which starts Saturday 7 June in both Hamburg and Paris and finishes Whit Monday on the Coolsingel in Rotterdam.Nelli Cooman, ambassador of the Roparun Foundation and former Indoor Athletic World Champion 60 metres, sounds the gong.

The Roparun is a relay race of more than 500 kilometres from Paris and Hamburg to Rotterdam, in which people work as a team to give a combined sports performance in order to raise money for people who suffer from cancer. A Roparun team consists of a maximum of eight runners, who each run an average of about 65 kilometres, which is well over the distance of a marathon.

For more information: www.roparun.nl

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Global Summit of Women

Ms. Irene Natividad, CWDI Chair and Global Summit of Women President, opens the European trading day in Paris.

Forty women board directors and executives, many from leading CAC40 companies, come together with CWDI at the Market Open to salute French women’s contributions to the country’s economy as well as to France’s commitment to increasing women’s access to corporate leadership.

EnterNext welcomes Anevia on Alternext in Paris

Tristan Leteurtre, CEO of Anevia, opens the markets in Paris.

Anevia specializes in developing software infrastructures for the broadcasting of live and on-demand television. Products, used by the media groups, telecom operators, hotels, cruise ships, schools, administrations, maritime companies and aviation, etc., allow the audience to choose what they watch on television, any time and on any peripheral.

Lyxor lists ETF’s on Euronext NAV Trading Facility Service

Lyxor ETFs and Indexing sounds the gong to celebrate the listing of three Lyxor ETF’s; Euro Stoxx 50, CAC 40 and DAX, on Euronext ETF NAV Trading Facility service.

Euronext is the first exchange to trade ETFs on the NAV Trading Facility. This initiative opens up the ETF market to a broader investor base by offering a regulated on-exchange forward pricing solution for order execution at Net Asset Value (NAV). The NAV Trading Facility is regulated, transparent and efficient and provides investors with greater accessibility and a simpler process for NAV trading, thanks to the electronic management of order entry, accumulation, execution, clearing and settlement. The NAV Trading Facility is available, in addition to trading via the Central Order Book, for all Euronext-listed open-end funds, including ETFs.

Standing among the most experienced ETF providers, Lyxor ranks 3rd in Europe with more than USD 46.7 billion of ETF Assets under Management. Lyxor offers investors a highly flexible opportunity to diversify their allocation across all asset classes (equities, bonds, money markets, commodities) with access to 181 ETFs listed on 13 regulated exchanges across the world. Ranking #2 in terms of liquidity of its ETFs in Europe, Lyxor also commits to performance, risk control, liquidity and transparency as illustrated by the first ETF quality charter launched by Lyxor in 2011.

For more information: www.lyxor.com

Areva celebrates 3rd listing anniversary

Mr Aubouin of AREVA opens the European trading day in Paris. On the occasion of the third anniversary of the listing of AREVA's ordinary shares on Euronext.

Mr Aubouin joined AREVA in July 2011, as Chief Executive Fianncial Officer and Member of the Executive Board, a few weeks after the listing of AREVA's ordinary shares. He takes the opportunity of this anniversary to go through the developments of the company during the last three years and to celebrate the success of several operations on the debt market.

Euronext Lisbon lists new Banif shares

Leading Portuguese Bank's Capital Increase Fully Subscribed.

Euronext announced today that on 6 June it will list 13,850,477,957 new Banif shares on its regulated market as a result of a capital increase that was on offer from 19 to 30 May. Banif is one of the leading banks in Portugal  and  has been part of the finance industry for 25 years with a network of branches in diverse regions.

This capital increase is part of Banif's capitalisation plan that also includes a public investment element of EUR 700m, issued to the government on 25 January 2013, and the issue of Tier 1 capital instruments conditionally convertible into shares worth EUR 400m.