* 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…

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…

Vassil Chalashkanov, appointed Chief Executive Officer Paul Milcent appointed Deputy Executive Director Since November 2007, JetFinance International, leading consumer credit specialist, has been the Bulgarian subsidiary of BNP Paribas (N°1 in Europe in personal finance). Now, after the successful integration,…

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…

An extract of the August 2008 edition of Investment Strategy: Technical rebound in equities fizzles outAfter a disastrous first two weeks of July for equity markets during which share prices fell below their previous lows of March in response to…

Abdelhakim Doukkali, director of Human Resources for the Gulf region, talks about the conference organised in May by the Group in Bahrain, highlighting the crucial role that women in leadership play in the region. 2008-06-13-WomenLeadershipVA.mp3 Read the press release regarding…