November
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Week 49
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Opening gong ceremony in honour of the partnership between Stichting de Regenboogboom and Accenture.
The ‘gongers’ are children symbolizing the inner strength of children. “All children of the world deep within are good, strong and special. Sometimes they forget this because of what’s happening to them or around them. The Rainbow Tree helps them remember their greatness.” The ‘gongers’ appeal to all the people in the world to cherish the inner strength and dignity of children and to keep addressing that inner strength and dignity within all people.
30/11/2009

Week 48
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Organizers celebrate start Amsterdam Financial Forum by sounding the gong.
This year’s debate is entitled: Reshaping Our View Of Finance.
27/11/2009
Jean-Pierre Gaillard, a French journalist specialized in stock exchange and financial information, nicknamed «the voice of the CAC 40 », opens the trading day.
27/11/2009
Celebration of the 50th issue of Commerzbank AEX Limited Speeders on Euronext Amsterdam.
As an issuer of (Limited) Speeders, Reverse Exchangeable Notes and Warrants, Commerzbank offers a wide and comprehensive range of derivative financial instruments.
26/11/2009
The Gaia Index provides a rating for Small & Midcaps that measures their extra-financial activity - providing another stock-picking tool.
Gaël Faijean, Chairman of IDMidcaps and Emmanuel de la Ville, Chairman of EthiFinance have formulated and developed Gaia Index in partnership with Middlenext and the SFAF. This formula will analyse the extensive data of 230 Small & Midcaps.
26/11/2009
The 25th anniversary of De Nederlandsche Vereniging van Participatiemaatschappijen (NVP) (the Dutch Association of Venture Capital Companies).
André Olijslager, chairman of the NVP sounds the gong.
25/11/2009
Launch of the Financial Telethon for muscular dystrophy research
Laurence Tiennot-Herment, Chairwoman of the Association Française contre la Myopathie (French Muscular Dystrophy Association), Jean-Pierre Jouyet, Chairman of the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (French Securities regulator), Geoffroy Catrice Associate Director of Neuflize OBC Corporate Finance, ring the opening trading day.
25/11/2009
Stanley van Russel, director of Chewee, the 1,000th student company in the Young Entrepreneurs’ intermediate and higher professional education programme, opens trading day.
He is accompanied with Bernard Wientjes, Chairman of the VNO-NCW (Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers).
24/11/2009
Paul-Henri de La Porte du Theil, Chairman of Association Française de la Gestion financière (French association of financial Management) opens the trading day
24/11/2009
Stichting Opkikker opens the trading day in honour of the 1000th Opkikkerdag this year
Stichting Opkikker (which means ‘cheer up’ in Dutch) is a certified organisation working primarily with volunteers whose goal is to arrange special Cheer Up Days for children facing extended treatment in one of the foundation’s participating hospitals and their families.
23/11/2009
BNP Paribas Personal Investors opens the European trading day from Paris
BNP Paribas Personal Investors is the leading European broker in personal investing and online trading. It offers a complete range of products and investment services through various distribution channels to more than one million customers.
23/11/2009

Week 47
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Jan Franssen, Royal Commissioner in the province of South Holland.
In the coming months the southern section of the Randstad conurbation will be updating its Innovation & Investment economic programme.
20/11/2009
Capital Amsterdam: 400 years of financial history.
An exhibition opening today in the Amsterdam City Archives marks 400 years of financial history in Amsterdam. Diana Düttenhofer, director of the city’s oldest lending institution, the Stadsbank van Lening, opens the trading day.
19/11/2009
BioAlliance Pharma, winner of the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards, and Deloitte for the Fast 50 event open the European trading markets day from Paris
The Deloitte Technology Fast 50 is the awards of the fastest growing French technology firms.
19/11/2009
Global Entrepreneurship Week.
During the week of 16 to 22 November 2009, the Netherlands will join the 77 other countries participating in this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week.
18/11/2009
Within the Global Entrepreneurship’s week, NYSE Euronext hosts entrepreneurs to ring the bell
NYSE Euronext is a partner of the Global Entrepreneurship’s week in Europe and in the United States. For this occasion, NYSE Euronext hosts entrepreneurs for a presentation of its surveillance room.
18/11/2009
Belgian Excellence Investment Seminar in New York.
Belgium’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, His Excellency Didier Reynders, and Luc Popelier, CEO market activities of the Merchant Banking Business Unit, KBC Group, ring The Closing Bell® in New York.
17/11/2009
Gerard Krans, CEO of Transmark Fcx, opens the trading day.
The company, and its predecessors, is active in the flow control equipment market since 1920.
17/11/2009
Philipe Lagayette, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the French-American Foundation (FAF) – France, rings the opening trading day at the occasion of the FAF gala dinner “Climate Change”.
Philippe Lagayette is Vice Chairman in EMEA, Chairman of Sovereigns group in Europe and member of the European Advisory Council of JP Morgan Chase Bank NA.
17/11/2009
Peter van Rossum, CFO Unibail Rodamco, opens trading day.
Unibail-Rodamco is the leading listed European commercial property operator, investor and developer.
16/11/2009
NYSE Euronext launch ExpertLine a continuous push and pull communication and information platform located directly in the trading room.
Marc Lefèvre Head of European Listing Coverage and Head of Cash and Listing France and Oliver Jovic Head of ExpertLine ring the opening bell in NYSE Euronext Paris for the launch of ExpertLine.
16/11/2009

Week 46
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Ton Smit, Chairman of the Amsterdam Circle of Economists, celebrates the organisation’s 80th birthday by closing the trading day.
The Amsterdam Circle of Economists is the oldest alumni association in the Netherlands.
13/11/2009
Start of the National Career Fair.
Director Geert Nab of Memory Group opens the trading day.
13/11/2009
Listing of first AMG options.
Mr. William Levy, CFO of AMG sounds the gong.
12/11/2009
Mr. Yusli Mohamed Yusoff, Chief Executive Officer of Bursa Malaysia
Courtesy rings the opening bell in NYSE Euronext Paris

Courtesy visit to NYSE Euronext
12/11/2009
European launch of the Global Impact Investing Network.
Antony Bugg-Levine, Chairman board of Directors GIIN, closes trading day.
11/11/2009
Dean of the Nyenrode School of Accountancy & Controlling Leen Paape opens trading day.
The Nyenrode School of Accountancy & Controlling is market leader for the education of both chartered accountants and chartered controllers.
11/11/2009
Michel Laviale, the head of Club Finance of ORSE and Lavaud, in charge of the Club Finance of ORSE open the trading day. ORSE, the Study Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility in France
ORSE is gathering the players of the Paris market place for the promotion of SRI.
10/11/2009
Invesco PowerShares seminar on FTSE RAFI indices organised in partnership with NYSE Euronext.
ETFs managers Dick Ponsen, Olivier Brouwers and Thibaud de Cherisey open the trading.
10/11/2009
Mr Pierre Fleuriot has just been appointed CEO of Credit Suisse in France, he rings the opening trading day
Pierre Fleuriot is replacing François Roussely, he has been promoted to vice-chairman of Credit Suisse in Europe.
09/11/2009
George Keune, owner of the largest family-owned hair cosmestics company in the world, sounds the gong in honour of the opening of a new office in Paris.
Tens of thousands hairdressers in over 62 countries use Keune’s professional haircare products in their salons.
09/11/2009

Week 45
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Marcel Niggenbrugge, member of the managing board and CFO of NV Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), opens the trading day.
NS is a Dutch railway operator, transporting over 1.1. million passengers in the Netherlands every day.
06/11/2009
DNB director Joanne Kellermann opens the trading day.
She is responsible for monitoring pension funds and insurers and for legal matters.
05/11/2009
Kim Lieuwen opens Belegger.nl Gouden Stier 2009.
De Gouden Stier (The Golden Bull), the Oscar prize for Dutch investment professionals.
04/11/2009
Launch of Traders Trophy The Netherlands 2009.
2008 winner Julien Suzor opens trading to start the nationwide search for a new student trading champion.
04/11/2009
School children mark the end of a successful Children’s Stamp Campaign by sounding the closing gong.
Today children from group 8 of the Roomburg elementary school in Leiden sound the closing gong to mark the end of the 2009 Children’s Stamps campaign.
03/11/2009
Listing of Delta Lloyd Group on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam.
Delta Lloyd Groep is a financial services provider.
03/11/2009
Thomas Krantz, Secretary General, World Federation of Exchanges opens the trading day.
03/11/2009
Mr Krauss, director/partner of Wilton Investment Services, celebrates his company’s new AFM license by opening the market.
Wilton Investment Services B.V. is one of the first family offices with a license from the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets.
02/11/2009