BNP Paribas
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.
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BNP Paribas hires Sansaricq
BNP Paribas has hired Richard Sansaricq as a managing director and head of equity finance sales in its equities and derivatives division in New York. He will initially report to Todd Steinberg, head of equities and derivatives for the Americas at the…
BNP Paribas boosts London derivatives teams
BNP Paribas has announced two new senior appointments to its derivatives teams in London.
BNP hires Citi forex options head
BNP Paribas has hired a number of foreign exchange employees from rivals Citigroup and Barclays Capital, as the French bank continues a drive to increase its presence in the US and Europe.
BNP Paribas to expand equity derivatives team by 200
BNP Paribas is increasing the headcount of its equity derivatives division by almost a third, in an effort to tap the growing demand for equity-linked products from emerging markets. In an interview with RiskNews , the bank’s global head of equities and…
BNP reshuffles credit research team
BNP Paribas has reorganised its London-based European credit research group to include a new relative-value desk.
BNP Paribas' Steinberg to head equity derivatives for the Americas
Todd Steinberg, previously deputy head of equity derivatives, Americas, at BNP Paribas in New York, has been promoted to head of the team, sources close to the French bank told RiskNews' sister publication, Structured Products Extra .
Goldstein to head BNP options sales
BNP Paribas has hired Daniel Goldstein to head hedge fund option sales in London.
Shakeup for BNP Paribas' London equity team
BNP Paribas has reorganised its London equity department as part of an effort it says is to increase the department's size and revenues.
BNP Paribas merges interest rate and forex trading businesses
BNP Paribas has combined its interest rate and foreign exchange trading capabilities as part of a reorganisation aimed at improving efficiency.