BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas appoints commodity derivatives head in Asia
Frederic Hervouet has been appointed head of commodity investor derivatives for Asia at BNP Paribas, reporting to Lionel Semonin, global head of commodity investor derivatives.
BNP in trading shake-up
BNP Paribas has moved its global head of interest rate and foreign exchange trading, Guillaume Amblard, to a new position as global head of fixed-income trading.
BNP Paribas expands in London fund derivatives sales
BNP Paribas has appointed two salespeople to its fund derivatives sales team within its equities and derivatives division in London.
BNP Paribas rejigs CLO team, bolsters CDOs
BNP Paribas is understood to be reviewing its collateralised debt obligation (CDO) activities, with a particular focus on the cash side of the business.
BNP names first European equity derivatives flow sales head
BNP Paribas has named Nick Tranter as its London-based head of European equity derivatives flow sales, a newly created role.
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Risk Awards 2008
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Deutsche dethroned
Dresdner hit by credit crisis, but BNP sails through
Dresdner Bank, the banking arm of the German insurance group Allianz, has seen a sharp drop in income in the wake of the summer's upheavals, but BNP Paribas has been able to avoid the worst of the damage.
Short iTraxx funds begin trading
Three exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on the total return of short European credit derivatives index positions begin trading this week.
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BNP and Grosvenor close first Italian property derivatives deal
BNP Paribas has closed the first Italian property derivatives deal with the UK property company Grosvenor.
BNP Paribas appoints new head of ABS correlation trading
BNP Paribas has appointed Peter Nowell as head of asset-backed security (ABS) correlation trading within fixed income, as of October 17.
BNP hires equity flow and finance traders
BNP Paribas has added six people to its London equity and derivatives division.
BNP Paribas strengthens European fixed-income team
BNP Paribas has made three new appointments within the fixed-income team of its debt capital markets financial institutions group (DCM FIG).
BNP rejigs global debt syndicate teams
BNP Paribas has made changes to its New York and London debt syndicate teams.
BNP Paribas appoints senior prop trader
BNP Paribas has appointed Edmund Shing as senior proprietary trader within its equities and derivatives business. Shing will run a sector-based proprietary book and will be based in Paris.
Credit funds: Behind the rhetoric
As fund after fund succumbs to emergency measures to halt redemptions, shore up funding or sell off structured credit assets, the terms used to describe them are too often blurred and confused.
Sovereigns step in as ABS funds reel
The fund management arm of French bank BNP Paribas has suspended redemptions on three of its funds - Parvest Dynamic ABS, BNP Paribas ABS Euribor and BNP Paribas ABS Eonia.
BNP Paribas further expands commodity derivatives team
BNP Paribas has made nine new appointments to its commodity derivatives team in London and New York. These hires follow that of Jose Cogolludo, global head of sales and marketing, commodity derivatives, who joined from JP Morgan last week.
BNP Paribas launches global synthetic prime business
BNP Paribas has launched its global synthetic prime sales and trading group within its equities and derivatives business.
BNP names head of Gulf debt capital markets
BNP Paribas has named Mark Waters as head of debt capital markets for the Gulf region, a newly created post.
BNP Paribas takes Credit Suisse equity derivatives team
BNP Paribas has poached a three-strong equity derivatives sales team from Credit Suisse in Frankfurt.
BNP Paribas hires European securities lending head
BNP Paribas has appointed David Lonsdale to the newly created position of European head of securities lending, within its equities and derivatives business.