In 2008 BNP Paribas CIB broke new ground in M&A markets abroad while maintaining strong results in markets close to home. Over the past year BNP Paribas CIB advised on 93 announced transactions in Europe totaling 219 billion dollars and…

BNP Paribas notes today’s ruling by the Brussels Commercial Court. The project already under way, in which Fortis Bank and Fortis Insurance Belgium will join forces with BNP Paribas, in partnership with the Belgian and Luxembourg States, will continue as…

* With a hypothetical 30% tax rate (1.6bn euros before tax). The Board of Directors of BNP Paribas met on 4 November 2008. The meeting was chaired by Michel Pébereau and the Board examined the Group’s results for the third…

BNP Paribas Securities Services (‘BNP Paribas’) is pleased to announce the latest developments in the Bank’s post-trade support on Multilateral Trading Facilities (‘MTFs’). In the wake of MiFID and the code-of-conduct, BNP Paribas has been taking important steps to offer…

Last Friday, at a conference in Paris, organised by BNP Paribas Investment Partners on “Finance and Environmental issues”, NYSE Euronext announced the launch of a new carbon index identifying European companies with a low carbon footprint: the “Low Carbon 100…

BNP Paribas Wealth Management: a new brand for the private banking business BNP Paribas is a major player in the private banking sector, employing more than 4,500 professionals in 30 countries, and managing assets valued at nearly €150 billion at…

Following the acquisition of IMS Ltd in April this year and a successful period of integration, BNP Paribas Investment Partners’ multi-management specialist FundQuest, today confirms the structure of the combined business with IMS being re-branded FundQuest UK. Operationally, FundQuest activities…

BNP Paribas becomes the Eurozone’s largest deposit bank Addition of two new domestic markets to BNP Paribas’ European footprint A unique opportunity to get access to high quality, market leading banking and insurance franchises consistent with BNP Paribas’ acquisition strategy…

For the first time this year, BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) won the “World’s Best Global Bank in Trade Finance 2008” award from Global Finance magazine. The “World’s Best Banks” were selected based on performance over the past…

BNP Paribas CIB decides to create a new activity called “Distressed Finance Group” and appoints Alain Dib as Global Head of DFG, reporting to Frederic Janbon, Global Head of Fixed Income, and Dominique Rémy, Global Head of Financing businesses. Alain…