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Belgian National Day

Belgian Ambassador sounds gong to celebrate Belgian National Day and the relations with the Netherlands

H.E. Chris Hoornaert, Ambassador of Belgium in The Netherlands opens trading at Euronext Amsterdam, together with Dries van der Vossen, CEO of Bilderberg Hotels and Honorary Consul of Belgium in Amsterdam, and Katharina Desmet, Economic Representative of Flanders for the Belgian Embassy.

By sounding the gong, the ambassador not only launches a new day at the exchange, he also celebrates the Belgian National Day: 185 years ago, on the 21st of July 1831, Belgium got its very first king, Leopold van Saksen-Coburg-Gotha. For the last three years, Belgians have also been commemorating the crowning of their current king, Filip, who succeeded his father, Albert II, on the 21st of July 2013.

‘Belgium and the Netherlands cooperate so well that there can be no doubt about it’, assured a Dutch Minister recently. Belgium celebrates its independence, however, on a day like this they also look at the successful and intense bilateral relations with The Netherlands, culturally, in the field of national security as well as economically. The good economic cooperation, and even interpenetration, translates also into the strong trade relations: The Netherlands are the first provider and the third customer of Belgium, which is in its turn the third importer of goods into the Netherlands.

For more information: www.netherlands.diplomatie.belgium.be

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Nationale-Nederlanden Pensions

Nationale-Nederlanden Pensions sounds gong for Income for Later

Nationale-Nederlanden Pension start with a different outlook on Income for Later. New initiatives include a collaboration with the women’s brand VIVA to inspire women to think about later and put them into action. To bring attention to this subject they open trading on the Amsterdam exchange.

Nationale-Nederlanden launched a collaboration with VIVA and known active bloggers at the beginning of this month. New is the magazine ‘Jouw Later’. This magazine has a central theme, creative pensions, with inspirational stories, some DIY instructions and helpful tips. More information is also available on Pensioenistedoen.nl. This is an online platform initiated by Nationale-Nederlanden, with interviews, videos with tips and activities organized by Nationale-Nederlanden.

Nationale-Nederlanden is a financial services provider with over 5 million private and business customers in the Netherlands. Nationale-Nederlanden has been active in the Dutch market and offers insurance, pensions and banking products for more than 170 years. It is part of NN Group (ticker symbol: NN), an international insurance and asset management listed on Euronext Amsterdam.

For more information: www.nn.nl

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The Challenge Engineering

Sounding of the gong for The Challenge Engineering

Yacht Engineering, Het Financieele Dagblad and BNR Nieuwsradio open trading at the Amsterdam exchange for The Challenge Engineering. The gong is sounded by Ard Kistemaker, Operational Director Yacht Engineering & Supply Chain Management & Procurement, accompanied by members of The Challenge-team.

Media companies Het Financieele Dagblad and BNR Nieuwsradio and recruitment agency Yacht organize a series of events called The Challenge; a quest for the best professional in a certain domain. During dynamic, interactive business events five selected finalists battle for the win in their field of expertise. By participating in The Challenge, professionals can show off their knowledge and skills and make a difference both to their area of expertise and the community/society.

The grand finale of The Challenge Engineering took place on 23 June 2016. The case at hand was how to make a Super Smart Energy City out of a city such as Amsterdam before 2050. The Challenge Engineering 2016 was won by Jasper Tonen, a policy officer at the city of Groningen. Both the jury and the audience valued his plans and input best. Prior to The Challenge Engineering Yacht and Het Financieele Dagblad organized The Challenge Finance 2016. The next Challenge, in March 2017, will be focusing on the search for the best IT Professionals of 2017. Yacht is part of Euronext listed Randstad (ticker symbol: RAND).

For more information: www.fd.nl/thechallenge

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100th Four Days Marches Nijmegen

Gong marks start 100th Four Days Marches Nijmegen

To celebrate the start of the 100th Four Days Marches Nijmegen, Ton Thomassen, member of the board of the Four Days Marches, sounds the gong.

The Nijmegen Four Days Marches is the world's largest multi-day walking performance event with 47,500 participants in the 100th edition. Participants from 70 countries come to Nijmegen to walk respectively 30, 40, 50 or 55 kilometres per day for four days. Participants are encouraged by hundreds of thousands of supporters along the route that finished on the Via Gladiola. This year, His Majesty King Willem-Alexander will attend the final day of the Marches. The 100th Four Days Marches start at Tuesday, 19 July at 4AM.

For more information: www.knblo.nl

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Gong ceremony Amsterdam

This morning, Euronext reflected on the events that took place in Nice last night. The traditional gong ceremony was subdued out of respect for all the victims. The opening of trading commenced as normal today.

Gong ceremony Amsterdam

This morning, Euronext reflected on the events that took place in Nice last night. The traditional gong ceremony was subdued out of respect for all the victims. The opening of trading commenced as normal today.

NIBC acquires SNS Securities

NIBC finalises acquisition SNS Securities

NIBC recently completed the acquisition of SNS Securities. The corporate bank has now effectively added capital market solutions, equity and fixed income brokerage, research and execution services for independent asset managers to its service offering under the name NIBC Markets. Rob ten Heggeler, CCO NIBC, sounds the gong.

The combined offering, next to the current financing, co-investment and advising activities is exceptional in the Dutch mid-cap market. With the combination of NIBC and SNS Securities, NIBC has now completed the financial life cycle for its clients: from advising, structuring, financing and co-investing to IPO’s and bonds. This enables NIBC to service its already loyal customers with a wider choice of financial services, which is becoming increasingly important for clients who are seeking growth. The proof is in the eating of the pudding, as is evidenced by the roles in the recent initial public offering of Basic-Fit on the Amsterdam exchange. NIBC has already done two financial transactions with Basic-Fit in the previous years.

For more information: www.nibc.com

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Evi4Kids by Van Lanschot

Sounding of the gong for Evi4Kids of Van Lanschot

Trading on the Amsterdam exchange of Euronext is opened by Van Lanschot’s ‘Evi team’, who are the initiators behind Evi4Kids. Evi, Van Lanschot’s online savings and investment service, launched Evi4Kids at the beginning of June: online wealth creation for anyone under the age of 18 years.

By setting the entry point for investment at EUR1,000, Evi4Kids makes Van Lanschot’s expertise available to all wealth levels. All parents want to give their children a great start in life – and the sooner wealth creation starts, the better the chance of building a solid foundation.

Evi was launched in the summer of 2013 and is a service offered by Euronext listed Van Lanschot (ticker symbol: LANS). Evi manages a total amount of EURO1.5 billion in assets divided over Belgium and the Netherlands.

For more information: www.evivanlanschot.nl

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‘Bull and Bear’ certificates

Société Générale sounds gong for launch ‘Bull and Bear’ certificates

With the launch of the ‘Bull and Bear’’ certificates, Société Générale, a leading provider of listed investment products, enters the retail investor market in the Netherlands for the first time. Ernst Gevaerts, Head of Cross Asset Retail Distribution Sales Netherlands, sounds the gong.

Société Générale is one of the largest European financial services groups. Based on a diversified universal banking model, the Group combines financial solidity with a strategy of sustainable growth. Their aim is to be the reference for relationship banking, be recognized on its markets, be close to clients, chosen for the quality and commitment of their teams. Société Générale has been playing a vital role in the economy for 150 years. With more than 148,000 employees, based in 76 countries, they accompany 30 million clients throughout the world on a daily basis.

For more information: www.sgbeursproducten.nl  

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Flow Traders 1-year listing anniversary

Flow Traders celebrates its one-year listed anniversary

With the opening of trading on the Amsterdam exchange, Flow Traders (ticker symbol: FLOW) celebrates its first anniversary as a listed company. As a leading global liquidity provider in ETFs, with over 300 employees spread across offices in Amsterdam, Cluj, New York and Singapore, Flow Traders can look back on a successful first year as a listed company.

The listing has helped the company to improve its visibility towards investors and potential new employees for Flow Traders. Flow Traders has noticed that more institutional counterparties considered Flow Traders as a good company to trade ETFs. On top of that, they also show clear interest in Flow Traders itself. "It is amazing to notice how many people are familiar with Flow’s "success story" and we hope it can act as an example to others," said co-CEO Dennis Dijkstra.

The listing also raised awareness amongst the investment community about the growth of the ETF market and index trackers. The ETF market has become a mature market and ETFs have become an essential part of the asset management landscape and is foreseen to grow in the future. In 2015, Flow Traders traded € 645 billion value in ETFs and realized a Net Trading Income of EUR305 million.

For more information: www.flowtraders.com

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Entrepreneurship Summer School

Sounding of the gong for Entrepreneurship Summer School

The gong is sounded for the yearly Entrepreneurship Summer School, organized by Rabobank Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship (ACE). Prof. dr. Enno Masurel, Scientific Director at Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship and initiator of the Entrepreneurship Summer School, opens trading together with (future) student-entrepreneurs, the team of ACE and Rabobank Amsterdam.

The Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship encourages entrepreneurship by providing a broad education and research program and contributes to the development of entrepreneurship skills and knowledge.

The Entrepreneurship Summer School provides 35 students the opportunity to develop their business idea into a solid business plan in one week. By following workshops and attending the entrepreneurship helpdesk. During the finals, five finalists pitch their idea to a professional jury. The student entrepreneurs can win entrepreneurship consultation from Rabobank Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship when starting their business. During the forthcoming final on July 10th, the results of a research that has been conducted under the 256 participants in the Summer school Entrepreneurship over the past 9 years will be announced.

For more information: www.ace-amsterdam.org

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DSI registry investment planners

DSI sounds gong for new registry for investment planners

Chairman Dick Garritsen of the FVP foundation, the federation for investment planners, will sound the gong to start the trading day on the Amsterdam exchange together with the DSI foundation, celebrating the start of the new DSI-certification registry for investment planners.

By starting this registry and cooperating, DSI and the FVP wish to integrate investment and financial planning. The symbiosis of investment planning starting from an all-encompassing financial plan will be given its first registry. This is a new breed of top financial advisers, operating in the interest of the investing client and working with a more integrated vision.

The members of the FVP association will register with DSI. The well-known DSI system offers pre-employment screening, permanent education, integrity testing and disciplinary rules, to which FVP wishes to subscribe. The FVP association counts 60 members. The DSI foundation counts 6100 registrations spread over 14 registers in the financial sector.

For more information: www.dsi.nl

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Deloitte Technology Fast50

Sounding of the gong for Deloitte Technology Fast50

Every year Deloitte searches for the 50 fastest growing tech companies in the Netherlands to include them in the Technology Fast50 list. A mix of successful Fast50 alumni and relatively young successful growers will open the trading day at Euronext by sounding the gong.

This year, Deloitte organizes the Technology Fast50 for the seventeenth time, in collaboration with program partners ABN AMRO, Euronext, Kennedy Van der Laan and Vitruvian. The competition was initiated to recognize the exceptional performance of these 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. The ranking of the Deloitte Technology Fast50 2016 and the Rising Star 2016 will be announced in October.

For more information: www.fast50.nl

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2016 European Athletics Championships

NN Group sounds gong for 2016 European Athletics Championships

NN Group (ticker symbol: NN), the insurance corporation that celebrates its second anniversary as a listed company on the Amsterdam exchange this month, is proud sponsor of the European Athletics Championships 2016. The ECH are this year’s biggest sporting events in the Netherlands.

NN Group is an international insurance and asset management company, active in more than 18 countries, with a strong presence in a number of European countries and Japan. With around 11,500 employees the group offers retirement services, insurance, investments and banking to more than 15 million customers. NN Group includes Nationale-Nederlanden, NN and NN Investment Partners. NN Group is listed on Euronext Amsterdam.

The European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam (6-10 July) form the most important sports event in the Netherlands in 2016. Recreational and professional sports go hand-in-hand at beautiful venues like the Olympic Stadium and the Museum Square. During the ECH, many activities are organized to stimulate sports, athletic behavior in the Dutch society and a healthy lifestyle.

For more information: www.amsterdam2016.org

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North Sea Jazz Festival

North Sea Jazz Festival sounds gong with sponsor BNP Paribas

Festival Director Jan Willem Luyken opens trading at the Amsterdam exchange together with sponsor BNP Paribas The Netherlands leading up to the North Sea Jazz Festival. This year the festival starts Friday 8 July.

North Sea Jazz is the largest indoor music spectacle in the world and is known nationally and internationally as the event which in three days leads you through the past, present and future of jazz. Besides this steady basis of jazz many other genres are played like blues, soul, funk, hiphop , world, pop and more. The biggest names will be performing at the festival, while at the same time many visitors will discover new favourites. Last year marked the festival’s fortieth edition, and simultaneously the tenth in Rotterdam.

For more information: www.northseajazz.com

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Robeco SummerNights

Gong ceremony to mark the start of the Robeco SummerNights concert series

The collaboration between Robeco (ticker symbol ROBP) and The Royal Concertgebouw on Robeco SummerNights – the longest-running and most successful partnership in the cultural sector – is about to start again.

As this 28th year also marks the start of a further three-year extension, Edwin Rietkerk, Head of Global Marketing and Retail at Robeco and Simon Reinink, Director of The Concertgebouw, sound the gong at Euronext Amsterdam, to open trading. They will be preceded by jazz singer Fay Claassen singing ‘I’ve Got the World on a String’, as a preview to her forthcoming concert on 12 August.

During Robeco SummerNights, which this year will be held between 1 July and 31 August, audiences can enjoy over 80 concerts in The Concertgebouw in the classical, pop, jazz and world music genres. The music will vary from Kyteman’s jam session during the opening concert to master pianist, Denis Kozhukhin, playing Mozart’s Fifteenth Piano Concerto. The season will also include special theme nights, such as on 12 August when the Main Hall will be transformed into a Jazz Club in honour of the First Lady of Jazz, Rita Reys, and the Tribute to the Beach Boys by various Dutch artists such as Yorick van Norden and The Kik.

For more information: www.robecosummernights.nl

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Partnership JCDecaux & Het Rijksmuseum

JCDecaux The Netherlands and Het Rijksmuseum sound gong for partnership

JCDecaux The Netherlands (ticker symbol: DEC) and Het Rijksmuseum have formed a partnership. René Witzel, CEO JCDecaux The Netherlands, sound the gong on this occasion and opens trading at the Amsterdam exchange.

This partnership is intended to give more visibility to Het Rijksmuseum. René Witzel: ''JCDecaux bears art a warm heart and promotes various cultural projects around the world, because art is close to one of the pillars of the company: high-quality design. We are very proud of our partnership with the ultimate icon in the field of Dutch art.''

JCDecaux is leader in Outdoor advertising and street furniture in the Netherlands and worldwide. In Amsterdam JCDecaux been responsible for the deployment, management and operation of bus shelters carrying advertising since 1987. In Amsterdam alone, the company has about 1,500 bus shelters and another few hundred freestanding billboards. With this partnership Het Rijksmuseum will benefit from the high range of the street furniture and this may bring them even more to the attention of residents and millions of visitors of Amsterdam.

For more information: www.jcdecaux.nl

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30th anniversary Optiver

Optiver sounds gong to celebrate 30th anniversary

Optiver opens trading at the Amsterdam exchange by sounding the gong to celebrate their 30th anniversary. A global electronic market maker, Optiver uses their own capital, at their own risk, to trade on major financial markets around the world.

Their story begins in 1986, with a single trader on the floor of Amsterdam’s options exchange. Today, they are at the forefront of trading and technology, employing more than 950 Optiverians of 40 nationalities across offices on four continents. Their wide range of products includes listed derivatives, cash equities, exchange-traded funds, bonds and foreign exchange.

For more information: www.optiver.com

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