BNP Paribas
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.
In the frame
Seven of the industry's top op risk executives debated framework implementation at a recent roundtable discussion in New York, moderated by Ellen Davis and sponsored by enterprise-wide risk solution firm FRS
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.
BNP Paribas hires Hervella for LatAm structuring role
Francisco Hervella has joined BNP Paribas as a New York-based director and senior Latin American structured products marketer in the equity and derivatives sales group. He reports to Nick Kello, US head of equity and derivatives sales for financial…
Abner named head of ETF trading at BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas has recruited David Abner as head of exchange-traded fund (ETF) trading in New York.
IIC launches euro iBoxx ABS index
Frankfurt-based International Index Company (IIC) has launched the iBoxx EUR ABS 50 index, which consists of the 50 largest and most liquid AAA-rated European floating rate asset-backed securities (ABS) and mortgage-backed securities (MBS). Each…
Questioning the numbers
Model risk has become a key focus for financial institutions. But how do dealers ensure their models are implemented correctly and that they accurately reflect the risks an institution is running? By Laurence Neville
BNP Paribas expands European forex teams
BNP Paribas has made a trio of hires in forex sales and trading across Europe.
BNP Paribas sets up soft commodites team
BNP Paribas has hired seven ex-Refco employees to build its worldwide presence in the soft futures market, and the Paris-based bank has also become a member of the New York Board of Trade (Nybot).
BNP Paribas snaps up West LB trader for high yield expansion
BNP Paribas has appointed ex-West LB credit trader Alvaro Ballesteros as part of its drive to further its growth in the European high yield market.