BNP Paribas
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.
Setting the scene
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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.
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.