200th birthday Euronext Brussels
- November 5, 2024, marked the 200th birthday of stocks being listed at the Brussels Stock Exchange, known today as Euronext Brussels. To celebrate this important milestone, a finance and history workshop was organized. As one of the co-organizers, Leentje Moortgat had the honor of opening the trading day during the bell ceremony and of presenting her research on dual-class equity in interwar Belgium. The day ended with an interesting panel discussion on the role of stock exchanges for fostering innovation, during which insights from academic research and practitioners in the field were combined.
A nice example of collaboration between academic institutions (Ghent University and University of Antwerp) and practitioners (Euronext Brussels).