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Gong for Certified Pensioenexecutive

Bart Oldenkamp, academic director of the Certified Pension Executive program at the Erasmus School of Accounting & Assurance (ESAA), sounds the gong. He does this for 44 participants who successfully finished their program, with 17 participants of a recently started program aimed at investment management.

Both ESAA programs are suited for board members as well as professionals within the pensions sector, who want to extend their pensions knowledge from a multi-disciplinary scientific perspective. On July the 3rd, the first class of participants graduated from the new Certified Pension Executive Investment Management program. With this program, participants will be better suited to offer countervailing power to investment professionals within the pensions sector.

The Erasmus School of Accounting & Assurance (ESAA) is a cooperation between the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) and the Erasmus University Rotterdam Accounting, Auditing & Controlling (Eurac) BV. As a result of this cooperation, all education and research in the areas of Accounting & Assurance are organized under the same umbrella, including post-master and post-initial programs, executive programs, masterclasses as well as continuing education.

For more information: eur.nl

11/07/2019 - 9:50AM CESTAmsterdam

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Gong for ABP

mr. Xander den Uyl, board member of pension fund ABP, sounds the gong prior the work visit of ABP on the Amsterdam stock Exchange. 

For nearly 100 years, ABP has been the pension fund for people working in government and education. No less than 1 in 6 people in the Netherlands will receive a pension from ABP now or in the future. Pension is the income you receive when you stop working, if you become incapacitated or for your surviving relatives if you pass away.

For more information: abp.nl
 

ABP 10/07/2019 - 11:15AM CESTAmsterdam

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NBWM opens trading

Since the beginning of this year, Nederlandsche Betaal- en Wisselmaatschappij (NBWM.nl), has new office space at Beursplein 5. In honor of this Joost Derks, director, sounds the gong.

About NBWM
Founded in 2013, NBWM handles currency exchange and international payments, especially for large, medium and small businesses. The currency company serves customers in Europe, America and Asia from Amsterdam. "We are seeing a great deal of interest in our solutions in Germany," says director Joost Derks. “That's getting more and more.’’

For more information: nbwm.com
 

NBWM 09/07/2019 - 11:15AM CESTAmsterdam

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Flatex NL opens the trading day

The opening bell is hit by Jeroen Sonsma, director of flatex NL. The German broker Flatex has just been launched on the Dutch market. "We are setting the new standard by offering investing through a safe bank without having to pay transaction costs".

Flatex is coming to the Netherlands with a lasting offer: trading at 0 euro transaction costs and no service fee. The product range includes (worldwide) equities, bonds, funds, ETFs, turbos and CFDs. Options and futures will be added in the near future.

Flatex Bank A.G. is part of FinTech Group A.G., listed on Deutsche Börse. The company has more than 500 employees, is headquartered in Frankfurt and processes approximately 12.5 million transactions annually for 275,000 customers. In addition to its brokerage activities, the company also provides B2B services to other financial institutions.

For more information: flatex.nl

Flatex 08/07/2019 - 12:23PM CESTAmsterdam

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Groenstate Asset Management sounds the gong

Groenstate Asset Management celebrates its 20-year Jubilee. In honor of this Erno Franke opens the trading day.

The asset manager located in Hengelo was established in 1999 and manages assets of individuals, families, foundations & associations. Groenstate started in 1999 with the idea of customer interest first. That means, among other things, not wanting to earn anything from products and sales. The relationship must pay for the management and personal attention of his or her own permanent advisor.

For more information: groenstate.nl

 

Groenstate Asset Management 06/07/2019 - 11:05AM CESTAmsterdam

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Salesforce – 20 years

Salesforce is celebrating its 20th anniversary - To celebrate, initiators Eva Heffernan and Tom Keuleneer open the trading day.

On March 8, 1999, Marc Benioff, Parker Harris, Frank Dominguez, and Dave Moellenhoff started the Salesforce journey. They would build a company based on three ideas: pioneering a new technology model in the cloud; a subscription business model; and an integrated philanthropy model.

Twenty years later, Salesforce’s 36,000 employees are democratizing cloud, mobile, social, IoT, and AI technologies for companies of every size and industry.

For more information: salesforce.com

05/07/2019 - 11:05AM CESTAmsterdam

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Kendu opens the trading day

Kendu is the newest app from ABN AMRO (for both customers and non-customers) and was launched at the beginning of April 2019. To celebrate the launch and first successes Jeroen de Beest will open the trading day, together with the rest of team Kendu.

About Kendu

Kendu makes accessible asset management possible from €50. The app guides and informs its users to work on their financial ambitions. The Kendu app is an initiative of ABN AMRO. ABN AMRO serves customers within the retail, private banking, and corporate banking.

For more information: abnamro.nl

Kendu 04/07/2019 - 11:05AM CESTAmsterdam

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‘’Scholenstrijd’’ winners sound the gong

Pupils from the Havo 5-class economy of the Hillesum Lyceum in Deventer, sound the gong as winners of the investment competition ‘’Scholenstrijd’’.

About ‘’Scholenstijd’’

‘’Scholenstrijd’’ is an investment competition for students of HAVO and VWO. It is a serious game and aims to increase the financial and economic knowledge of pupils. Pupils and teachers can use the game for free throughout the year. Twice a year a prize is given – the best class based on return and the best class based on risk-return.

The project has a number of fantastic sponsors: Stichting Capital Amsterdam, Van Lanschot Kempen, Rabobank, BNP Paribas, IEX.nl Think Etfs, Vecon and De Nederlandsche Bank.

For more information: scholenstrijd.nl

‘’Scholenstrijd’’ 03/07/2019 - 11:05AM CESTAmsterdam

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VLK 20th anniversary on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange

Twenty years ago Van Lanschot got a listing on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. To celebrate this CFO Constant Korthout sounds the gong today, together with colleagues who have been working for Van Lanschot Kempen for twenty years.

In 1999, Van Lanschot announced it would seek a listing on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in order to improve its access to the capital markets and boost brand awareness. By increasing shareholder numbers, Van Lanschot also wanted to emphasize its independence. In 2017, the ticker symbol VLK (Van Lanschot Kempen) was introduced.

Van Lanschot Kempen, a wealth manager operating under the Van Lanschot, Evi and Kempen brand names, is active in Private Banking, Asset Management and Merchant Banking, with the aim of preserving and creating wealth for its clients. Van Lanschot Kempen, is the Netherlands’ oldest independent financial services company with a history dating back to 1737.

For more information: vanlanschotkempen

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02/07/2019 - 11:05AM CESTAmsterdam

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Kendrion 60th anniversary on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange

Joep van Beurden sounds the gong together with Executive Board Member Jeroen Hemmen and colleagues from the Kendrion head office. Today Kendrion celebrates 60-years as a listed company and next to this the move from Zeist to the new headquarters in Amsterdam beginning of July 2019.

About Kendrion

Kendrion develops, manufactures and markets high-quality electromagnetic systems and components for industrial and automotive applications. For over a century, they have been engineering precision parts for the world's leading innovators in passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial applications. Rooted in Germany, headquartered in the Netherlands and listed on the Amsterdam stock exchange. ‘’Created with passion and engineered with precision. Kendrion - we magnetise the world.’’

For more information: kendrion.com

60th listing anniversary Kendrion 01/07/2019 - 17:25PM CESTAmsterdam

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Gong for winner CBS-ConjuctuurBekerStrijd 2019

VWO-students of the Montaigne Lyceum have won the annual national Economics contest, the CBS-ConjunctuurBekerstrijd for 2019. As a result of this Bram Boers is going to strike the gong to open the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.

CBS ConjuctuurBekerStrijd:

In order to promote the use of statistics in secondary education, CBS has created the business cycle BekerStrijd. This is a competition in which pupils from the secondary school and VWO with economics in their profile predict the development of the Dutch economy.

The Montaigne Lyceum

The Montaigne Lyceum houses several courses: Gymnasium, VWO, Havo, secondary school and secondary education. They say the fact that pupils with different talents go together to the same school, is an important social endeavor.

 

For more information: montaignelyceum / cbs

27/06/2019 - 11:05AM CESTAmsterdam

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Antwerp Management School

At the occasion of the presentation of the results of a study on Stockholm’s Entrepreneurial and Tech financing ecosystem, students from Antwerp Management School rang the Bell to open the financial markets.

To find out more about Antwerp Management School: https://www.antwerpmanagementschool.be/

Antwerp Management School 26/06/2019 - 19:45PM CESTBrussels

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Business Angels Netwerken sounds the gong

Business Angels Netwerken Nederland sounds the gong in honor of their 10th anniversary. The gong is sounded by the president of BAN Nederland, Harry Helwegen.

About BAN Nederland

Business Angels Network Netherlands (BAN Nederland) is the National Interest Association that represents the business angels market and the interests of its members and the affiliated business angels in other stakeholders. 

For more information: bannederland

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26/06/2019 - 11:05AM CESTAmsterdam

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’De Zonnebloem’’ thanks Royal Lemkes and ALDI

Marc Damen, Director of the National Association De Zonnebloem, would like to thank Royal Lemkes and ALDI for their successful sunflower campaign ‘Sunsation Sunflower’, which saw one Euro from every sunflower sold, being donated to De Zonnebloem.

This year, National Association De Zonnebloem celebrates its 70-year anniversary and growers' association Sunsation Sunflower has developed a special potted sunflower in honour of this occasion. Royal Lemkes and ALDI have successfully taken this promotion on board and have sold the potted sunflower in all 500 ALDI stores across the Netherlands. This resulted in a fantastic donation of € 50,000 going to National Association De Zonnebloem.

About ‘’de Zonnebloem’’

De Zonnebloem enriches the lives of 113,000 people with physical disabilities. For the past seventy years, the association has been making home visits, day trips and adapted holidays possible. The association’s 38,000 volunteers are active in almost every neighbourhood, village and city in the Netherlands. De Zonnebloem strives for a society in which people with a physical disability can participate naturally and with peace of mind.

’De Zonnebloem’’ 25/06/2019 - 10:46AM CESTAmsterdam

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Gong for the InspiringFifty women in tech

Neelie Kroes sounds the gong in honor of the InspiringFifty women in tech list. InspiringFifty is a non-profit that aims to increase diversity in tech by making female role models in tech more visible.

The Inspiring Fifty initiative was established by Janneke Niessen and Joelle Frijters to spotlight the incredible women excelling in tech careers, first in the Netherlands and increasingly around the world.

For more information: inspiringfifty.com

InspiringFifty women in tech 24/06/2019 - 9:40AM CESTAmsterdam

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Listing day for Fastned

Listing day for Fastned on Euronext Amsterdam

Fastned, today received a listing on Euronext Amsterdam. On this occasion, founder and CEO Michiel Langezaal, sounds the gong.

Fastned builds on a European network of fast charging stations. Fastned has a network of 101 stations: 88 in the Netherlands, 12 in Germany and one in the United Kingdom.  The listing on Euronext Amsterdam increases the access of Fastned to the capital market and gives Fastned additional financing flexibility to help realize the growth strategy.

The IPO also proves the appeal of Euronext for fast-growing, innovative tech companies.

For more information: fastned.nl

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21/06/2019 - 11:05AM CESTAmsterdam

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MAEX

Start Amsterdam Impuls on MAEX

Besides the financial Amsterdam Exchange Index, the city has ánother Index: the Social Exchange Index, the MAEX Amsterdam. On June 20th, Deputy Mayor Rutger Groot Wassink will open the AEX trading day on the occasion of the start of the Amsterdam Impuls on MAEX.

After the gongceremony the Amsterdam Impuls will start too. This Impuls is a dedicated fund in which the City of Amsterdam and several Amsterdam funds have donated with the goal to reinforce social initiatives in the city.

MAEX Amsterdam is the transaction platform for social impact in Amsterdam. Social initiatives in Amsterdam can register for free and create a profile by which they will be able to show their social impact, what their needs are, who their partners are, and what they have to offer to Amsterdam. MAEX Amsterdam connects these initiatives with companies, funds, knowledge institutes and individuals.

20/06/2019 - 23:05PM CESTAmsterdam

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Celebration of 5 year Euronext IPO

Celebration of 5 years Euronext IPO

Euronext, the pan-European market place, today celebrates its first five years as a listed company. To mark the occasion, Maurice van Tilburg, CEO of Euronext Amsterdam, today sounded the gong.

Since its IPO in June 2014, Euronext has become the largest trading platform in Europe, with markets in Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon and London, and Oslo to be added soon.

Euronext’s share price has more than tripled in those five years.

19/06/2019 - 11:05AM CESTAmsterdam