LONDON, May 17 (IFR) - BNP Paribas has appointed Christopher Marks as global head of debt capital markets with immediate effect, the bank announced on Thursday. Marks, a veteran of the French bank, was previously the head of DCM for the EMEA region and ...

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(The following statement was released by the rating agency) May 16 - Fitch Ratings has affirmed BNP Paribas InstiCash EUR's 'AAAmmf' rating. The Luxembourg-domiciled money market fund is managed by BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM).

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Joris Dierckx moves from his position as chief of BNP Paribas' Greece office to take a similar role in Seoul. By Rupert Walker | 14 May 2012 BNP Paribas has appointed Joris Dierckx as country head for Korea and general manager of its Seoul branch, ...

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PTI | 04:05 PM,May 13,2012 Mumbai May 13 (PTI) BNP Paribas Securities Services today announced that it has appointed Viraj Kulkarni as head of securities services in India. Kulkarni will drive the custodian's business activities in the booming Indian ...

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30 in the world into the Grand Slam of the West, announced Friday he has stepped down from management of the BNP Paribas Open after 31 years. The day-to-day operations of the BNP Paribas Open and the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, the 54-acre facility ...

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Former pro player Charlie Pasarell is leaving his management post with the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament after 31 years to develop a resort in Puerto Rico. Since 1981, Pasarell has served variously as tournament director, owner and managing ...

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BNP Paribas SA, France's largest bank, said Ray Attrill has left his position as senior currency strategist in New York to move back to Australia. Attrill, who joined BNP in July as the head of currency strategy for North America, departed the firm ...

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By Marta Waldoch on May 09, 2012 BNP Paribas SA (BNP), France's largest bank, plans to cut as many as 410 jobs in Poland as growing competition and slowing economy hurt its revenue in central Europe's biggest country. The job reductions, which account ...

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The colonial ties that bound French and Portuguese banks such as BNP Paribas SA (BNP) and Banco Espirito Santo SA (BES) to Africa are being loosened by the European debt crisis. Lenders from Lisbon and Paris are retreating from funding projects in ...

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May 7 (Bloomberg) -- BNP Paribas SA, Societe Generale SA and Credit Agricole SA, France's biggest banks, face higher taxes and may have to split off some of their riskiest operations after Francois Hollande was elected president.

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Under these conditions, and without totally ruling out the possibility of further monetary easing before the end of the year, the Monetary Policy is likely to vote in favour of the status quo when it meets on 9 and 10 May" Caroline Newhouse, BNP ...

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French bank BNP Paribas said Friday a gain on the sale of its property arm helped lift first quarter earnings, despite difficulties at its corporate and investment banking arm. France's largest bank said it made (EURO)2.87 billion ($3.77 billion) in ...

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By Fabio Benedetti-Valentini on May 04, 2012 BNP Paribas SA (BNP), France's largest bank, said first-quarter profit rose 9.6 percent, helped by the sale of a stake in property company Klepierre SA and a rebound in fixed-income trading revenue.

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FRANKFURT – The following is a summary of analysts' forecasts for BNP Paribas SA (BNP.FR) first-quarter results, based on a poll of five analysts conducted by Dow Jones Newswires (figures in million euros, EPS, dividend and target price in euro, ...

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BNP Paribas on Tuesday lowered its gold and silver price forecasts for 2012 and 2013 saying the US Federal Reserves' statement last week was less dovish than anticipated. BNP lowered its 2012 gold price forecasts to $1715 per ounce from $1855 an ounce ...

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The country's two biggest banks by market value, BNP Paribas and Societe Generale, report earnings this week, just days before the final run-off in the French presidential election. Credit Agricole publishes earnings the following week.

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BNP Paribas Investment Partners is buying emerging-market debt because of a “virtuous cycle” of strong economic growth and improved national finances, while hedging against a worsening of Europe's debt crisis. BNP's Fischer Francis Trees & Watts unit, ...

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Unipec Asia Company Ltd., a subsidiary of China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., sued BNP Paribas SA (BNP) in Hong Kong to recover $46.6 million from the French bank. Unipec Asia's suit alleges that BNP Paribas breached a stand-by letter of credit, ...

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CHENNAI: Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance plans to raise around Rs 2700 crore through non-convertible debentures and refinancing from National Housing Bank in this fiscal (2012-13), a top company official today said. Sundaram BNP Paribas Home Finance ...

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Borrower BNP Paribas SA Issue Amount 30.0 million Turkish lira Maturity Date March 09, 2014 Coupon 8.5 pct Issue price 100.29 Reoffer price 99.29 Yield 8.3 pct Reoffer Yield 8.905 pct Payment Date May 02, 2012 Lead Manager(s) BNP Paribas Ratings Aa3 ...

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In addition, nearly all of BNP Paribas' Houston- and Calgary-based employees associated with this energy lending business joined Wells Fargo. "This acquisition significantly expands our client base, loan portfolio and presence in the industry," said ...

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"Kinetic", a team from Singapore emerged as winners at the grandfinal on Wednesday 18 April of Ace Manager - The Fourth Set, the fourth annual round of the BNP Paribas online business game. At the grand final's in Paris, five teams competed for the ...

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The Cambodia men's tennis team made an historic Davis Cup debut this week by winning promotion from the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV event in Doha, Qatar. The event was staged at The Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex.

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* FTSEurofirst 300 flat, Euro STOXX 50 up 0.4 pct * BNP-Paribas, Soc Gen lead bank rebound as BofA-ML calls valuations "attractive" * Nokia falls as analysts cut numbers after results By Francesco Canepa LONDON, April 19 (Reuters) - A rebound in bank ...

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