BNP Paribas
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.
BNP Paribas adds two in FX sales to hedge funds
BNP Paribas has hired Peter Snasdell and Peregrine Hood to its London-based hedge fund sales desk for foreign exchange.
BNP hires European structurers
BNP Paribas has hired four fixed-income and foreign exchange specialists for its London-based structured products team.
Two iTraxx ETFs licensed by IIC
Two exchange-traded funds are due to be launched referenced to the Frankfurt-based International Index Company’s (IIC’s) series of European credit default swap indexes.
BNP recruits Nittenberg to structured credit
Ronald Nittenberg has joined BNP Paribas' London-based structured credit group.
BNP Paribas hires regional head of structured product sales
Stéphane Goursat has been named head of structured products sales at BNP Paribas for the UK, Ireland and South Africa.
BNP hires two from Wachovia in equities and derivatives
BNP Paribas has made two hires from Wachovia Securities for its equities and derivatives business in New York.
BNP hires Docherty as global head of financial institutions advisory
BNP Paribas has today announced the appointment of Adrian Docherty as global head of financial institutions advisory within the investment bank’s fixed-income division.
BNP hires two in hedge fund equity finance sales
BNP Paribas has filled two new positions on its European team selling equity finance to hedge funds.
BNP expands credit derivatives team
BNP Paribas has created four new posts on its fixed-income structured products and derivatives team in London.
BNP adds five to metal derivatives team
BNP Paribas, the Paris-based bank, has appointed five base and precious metal marketers to its commodity derivatives group.
BNP Paribas hires Osborn-Barker to expand pensions coverage
BNP Paribas has appointed Tony Osborn-Barker as global head of pensions in the fixed-income global risk solutions group, a newly created position based in London.
BNP Paribas hires Swaddling and Small in hedge fund drive
BNP Paribas has appointed Paul Swaddling and Cameron Small as senior salesmen to its European institutional client unit, within the French bank's fixed-income division.
BNP makes new appointment to European high-yield team
BNP Paribas has appointed Max Biagosch to the European high-yield capital markets group. Biagosch is based in London and will report to Youssef Khlat, head of European high-yield capital markets.
Cool response to quarter-point interest rate rise in Japan
The Bank of Japan (BOJ) today raised interest rates to 0.25% from 0% in a move that the Japanese central bank hopes will signal the end of a lengthy period of deflation and a decade-long economic slump.
BNP Paribas appoints new head of metals within commodity derivatives
BNP Paribas has promoted Russell Plackett to head its metals products business within its commodity derivatives unit.
BNP Paribas adds to London fixed-income sales
BNP Paribas has recruited two senior fixed-income salesmen from Deutsche Bank for its flow rates sales team in Europe.
BNP Paribas lures Flannery from Deutsche Bank
Matthew Flannery has jumped ship from Deutsche Bank to BNP Paribas’ equity finance trading division. As a New York-based director at BNP Paribas, he will be responsible for helping build the French dealer's equity swaps and synthetic prime brokerage…
BNP Paribas expands structured credit team
Olivier Vigneron has joined BNP Paribas as global head of structured credit risk management in London. The move is part of a raft of appointments at the French bank as it seeks to expand its structured credit business in the hedge fund and institutional…
BNP Paribas adds to Iberian flow sales team
BNP Paribas has added a salesman to its London-based Iberian institutional flow equity sales team.
BNP Paribas hires two for fixed-income insurance team
BNP Paribas has added two new structurers to the insurance unit in its fixed-income global risk solutions group.