An extract of the September 2008 edition of Investment Strategy: Many questions, particularly about emerging economies The behaviour of equity markets over the summer reflects the current uncertainty about the outlook for the global economy, the soundness of the financial…

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…

The Swiss agency Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) recently published the results of its Corporate social responsibility assessment of more than 1,200 companies listed in the Stock Exchange around the World. For the banking sector, BNP Paribas is among 13 European…

The webTV for BNP Paribas economists, is presented by the journalist Sybille Deshedin. On the agenda every month is Philippe d’Arvisenet, Director of Economic Research; as well as two interviews regarding the top headlines in the international economic world. EcoTV…

We are pleased to announce that Avtomotor Corporation AD – authorized importer of Citroen for Bulgaria – contracted on the 15th of August 2008 a syndicated credit facility in the amount of EUR 55,000,000. BNP Paribas S.A. – Sofia Branch…

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…

1.5 BILLION EUROS IN NET QUARTERLY PROFITS (GROUP SHARE) IN A DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT AND WITH NO SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL GAINS The Board of Directors of BNP Paribas met on 5 August 2008. The meeting was chaired by Michel Pébereau and the…

The ‘Cards and Payments Europe 2008’ conference held in Brussels in June was the occasion for the presentation of the Cards International Global Awards. The conference, organised by the magazine Cards International for more than 20 years now, brought together…

UkrSibbank, the Ukrainian subsidiary of the BNP Paribas Group, received the “Best Bank in Ukraine” award from the magazine Euromoney. In its July edition, the magazine rewarded the Ukrainian bank’s excellent results in a tumultuous economic and financial climate. UkrSibbank…