BNP Paribas has won four major derivatives categories at this year’s Risk Awards, including the highest honour, “Derivatives House of the Year”.

The Risk Awards are recognised for celebrating leadership and innovation in the finance industry, highlighting banks which deliver the very best service, break new ground for clients and help them navigate tough market conditions.

Overall, the bank won:

  • Derivatives House of the Year
  • Credit Derivatives House of the Year
  • Currency Derivatives House of the Year
  • Interest Rate Derivatives House of the Year

Commenting on the four wins, Olivier Osty, Head of Global Markets, BNP Paribas, said: “This is a great honour for us.

“I am very grateful to our clients for their continued trust and support; to our teams, who are always striving to perform and deliver the best service possible; and of course to Risk for this fantastic recognition.”

Since the creation of the Global Markets business with BNP Paribas four years ago, it has developed into a strong, integrated platform across asset classes and around the world. While the business has evolved around client needs, it has stayed true to its roots; delivering best-in-class derivatives solutions, strong financing and balance sheet capabilities, and commitment to markets for the long-term.

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Simon Danaher          simon.danaher@uk.bnpparibas.com           +44 (0)20 7595 9108

Sarisher Mann           sarisher.mann@uk.bnpparibas.com            +44 (0) 20 7595 8150

Andrew Achimu        andrew.achimu@uk.bnpparibas.com          +44 (0) 20 7595 6647

BNP Paribas CIB on Twitter – @BNPParibasCIB

 

About BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including around 149,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets, International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors.

BNP Paribas employs more than 9,000 people across 10 business lines in the UK. These include Corporate & Institutional Banking, Exane BNP Paribas, Leasing Solutions, Arval, Real Estate (including Strutt & Parker acquired in September 2017), Asset Management, Cardif Pinnacle, Commercial Finance, Personal Finance and Vauxhall Finance. Around half of its employees are in Corporate & Institutional Banking, based in London, while the others are based in various offices across the country, including Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester.

Pioneering positive impact advertising solution in partnership with JCDecaux, Airlabs and Chiltern Railways launches on United Nations World Cities Day

London, 31 October 2018 – Helping to mark United Nations World Cities Day (WCD) and its theme of ‘building sustainable and resilient cities’ and coinciding with the first WHO global conference on air pollution and health, BNP Paribas unveils today a ground-breaking green tech advertising solution that adapts traditional Out Of Home (OOH) advertising space to create four ‘Clean Air Zones’ that help tackle air pollution in Marylebone station, which is situated a stone’s throw away from BNP Paribas’ UK headquarters on Harewood Avenue.

The solution is the first of its kind to be installed in a UK train station and is the result of a partnership led by BNP Paribas with green-tech start up Airlabs, Chiltern Railways, and JCDecaux. It serves to help raise awareness of and support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (#3 Good Health & Wellbeing and #11 Sustainable Cities and Communities).

The positive impact advertising solution is powered by Airlabs’ technology that combines atmospheric chemistry and airflow engineering alongside a proprietary dual filter system combining nano-particles. This air filtration system sits within specially adapted OOH advertising units provided by JCDecaux. The result is the removal of >95% of PM2.5, PM10 and gases like NOx, SOx, CO2 and Ozone in the area immediately around the units, significantly improving air quality.

Anne Marie Verstraeten, UK Country Head, BNP Paribas said:

“BNP Paribas has integrated the UN SDGs into its business globally and as part of this is committed to developing solutions which contribute to the long-term sustainability of our cities. Where we have an opportunity to partner with our clients, start-ups and the local community to make an immediate, positive impact we should take it, and that’s just what we’ve done here. We hope that our employees, clients – many of whom use Marylebone station daily – and local community will benefit from the clean air zones.”

Satya Tripathi, UN Assistant Secretariat General, UN Environment said :

“Air pollution is a public health emergency causing seven million premature deaths annually. We therefore welcome BNP Paribas’s leadership and contribution to restoring clean air, a basic human right. Air pollution and climate change can seem insurmountable, but when the power of innovation is unleashed, and the private sector takes on its responsibility we can overcome these challenges for current and future generations.”

Philip Thomas, Co-Chief Executive Officer at JCDecaux UK said, “JCDecaux is delighted to be involved in BNP Paribas’ Clean Air Partnership alongside Airlabs and Chiltern, companies that share a commitment to sustainability, resulting in this exciting environmental initiative. This inspirational campaign delivers on three fronts – raising public awareness about the global issues of pollution, delivering cleaner air to the 14 million people visiting Marylebone station every year and providing a powerful communications’ platform for BNP Paribas. This campaign underlines the power of OOH to champion social causes and to make a difference to the travelling public.”

Sophie Power, co-founder of Airlabs said:

“The 40 official air quality monitoring stations in London only measure the air directly surrounding them. But what really matters to our health is the air that we actually breathe throughout our day – while commuting, working and at home. From our research, we know that there are air pollution hotspots across the transport network, where our clean air technology could be used to reduce exposure. However, these are not currently picked up by official monitoring stations. We need to do more to protect people in their workplace, as well as during their commute, which starts with understanding their exposure.”

Dave Penney, Managing Director of Chiltern Railways said:

“This exciting partnership with Airlabs, JCDecaux and BNP Paribas is a great opportunity for Chiltern Railways to continue to minimise our environmental impact and compliments the work we are doing to introduce hybrid trains to our network. Chiltern Railways takes seriously its role in reducing pollution and we believe this technology from Airlabs will provide a better environment for our passengers, neighbours and staff at Marylebone.”

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Press Contacts

Alexandra Umpleby alexandra.umpleby@uk.bnpparibas.com +44 (0) 207 5955 2436
Sarisher Mann sarisher.mann@uk.bnpparibas.com +44 (0) 20 7595 8150

 

BNP Paribas UK on Twitter – @BNPParibasUK

Notes to Editors

About BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including around 149,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets, International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors.

In the UK, BNP Paribas employs more than 9,000 people across 10 business lines. These include Corporate & Institutional Banking, Exane BNP Paribas, Leasing Solutions, Arval, Real Estate (including Strutt & Parker acquired in September 2017), Asset Management, Cardif Pinnacle, Commercial Finance, Personal Finance and Vauxhall Finance. Around half of its employees are in Corporate & Institutional Banking, based in London, while the others are based in various offices across the country, including Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester.

About JCDecaux

JCDecaux UK is the brand-first digital media company that is bringing new opportunities for our clients and partners, delivering 1 billion digital Out-of-Home ‘viewed’ impressions in every week. As part of JCDecaux, the world’s leading Out-of-Home company, the company is developing innovative solutions to environmental challenges, integrating sustainability into the fabric of its products.

The company has worked with over 200 world-renowned designers and architects to produce street furniture and advertising products that embody the city of tomorrow. All of our products are designed and built to meet the needs of our partners, our brands and the people who interact with them daily. JCDecaux UK is committed to providing a powerful brand-first environment for clients where accountability, measurability, viewability and brand safety are paramount – and has introduced BranDO, a brand-safe charter for digital Out-of-Home.  For more information, visit jcdecaux.co.uk

About Airlabs

Airlabs is a pioneer in providing clean air to breathe in polluted cities.  Its team of atmospheric chemists, airflow engineers and sensor specialists combine to understand air pollution, clean it and deliver that clean air for people to breathe.  Airlabs’ unique nano-technology effectively removes all pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide and can be used to provide clean air zones across a city – from inside buildings to outside spaces.

The Airbubbl, Airlabs’ product which cleans the heavily polluted air inside your vehicle, launches 6th November, solving one of the key exposure risks of workers and commuters.  Previous installations in London have included clean air bus shelters supported by the Body Shop, and the first clean air retail store – the Stella McCartney store on Bond Street.

About Chiltern Railways

Chiltern Railways operates commuter and regional rail passenger services from its Central London terminus at London Marylebone to destinations in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, as well as long-distance services to the West Midlands.  Chiltern Railways is part of the Arriva group, one of the leading providers of passenger transport in Europe. Arriva employs more than 60,000 people and delivers over 2 billion passenger journeys across 14 European countries each year.  For more information, visit chilternrailways.co.uk.

About the UN Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.

https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/

About UN World Cities Day

https://unhabitat.org/wcd/

London 26 September 2018 – BNP Paribas today unveils Markets 360, its rebranded and reorganised research platform which will go live this month.

Markets 360 – so called because it provides a 360⁰ view of the market across all asset classes, around the world – will provide clients with the following:

  • Event-driven content: delivering commentaries based on events and market movements  to clients
  • In-depth thematic notes: bringing economic and strategy notes together to provide both fundamental and market views, across asset-classes
  • Advanced navigation: Interactive Global Trade Tool (iGT2) enabling clients to visualise US trade balance data by country and product

The new platform is formed of four core areas:

  • Emerging Markets (EM)
  • Global Macro (encompassing developed markets & China Economics, FX, Equity Derivatives and Rates Strategy)
  • Macro Quantitative & Derivative Strategy
  • Credit Strategy & Desk Analysts.

BNP Paribas also announces the following new roles in Markets 360, effective immediately:

  • Olivia Frieser, formerly head of Global Markets Research, is appointed Global Head of Markets 360.
  • Marcelo Carvalho, formerly Head of Latin America Economic Research, is appointed Head of Global Emerging Markets Research, reporting to Olivia Frieser. He will be based in London.
  • Michael Sneyd, formerly Global Head of FX Strategy, is appointed Head of Macro Quantitative & Derivatives Strategy, reporting to Olivia Frieser and Joe Bonnaud, Global Head of Quantitative Research. He will be based in London.
  • José Carlos de Faria is appointed Head of Latin America Economic Research, based in São Paulo. José joins from Deutsche Bank where he served as Chief Brazil Economist.
  • Gabriel Gersztein is appointed Head of Global Emerging Markets Strategy, based in São Paulo.

Both José Carlos and Gabriel will report to Marcelo Carvalho and to Ricardo Guimaraes, Head of Global Markets Latin America & Brazil.

Olivia Frieser, Global Head of Markets 360, said: “The launch of Markets 360 reaffirms our commitment to delivering market-leading research to clients in the most integrated and holistic way possible. In today’s MiFID II environment, Markets 360 is also about how we leverage and deploy our own talent.”

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Press Contacts

Alexandra Umpleby   alexandra.umpleby@uk.bnpparibas.com    +44 (0)20 7595 2436

Sarisher Mann          sarisher.mann@uk.bnpparibas.com              +44 (0)20 7595 8150

Simon Danaher         simon.danaher@uk.bnpparibas.com          +44 (0)20 7595 9108

BNP Paribas CIB on Twitter – @BNPParibasCIB

 

About BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including around 149,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets, International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors.

BNP Paribas employs more than 9,000 people across 10 business lines in the UK. These include Corporate & Institutional Banking, Exane BNP Paribas, Leasing Solutions, Arval, Real Estate (including Strutt & Parker acquired in September 2017), Asset Management, Cardif Pinnacle, Commercial Finance, Personal Finance and Vauxhall Finance. Around half of its employees are in Corporate & Institutional Banking, based in London, while the others are based in various offices across the country, including Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester.

London, UK – 5 September 2018 – BNP Paribas has been awarded “Most Innovative Investment Bank for Equity Derivatives” and “Most Innovative Investment Bank for Structured Investor Products” in The Banker magazine’s annual Investment Banking awards 2018.

This is the second consecutive year in which BNP Paribas has won the Structured Investor Products category, while it last won the Equity Derivatives award in 2013. Emmanuel Dray, global head of equity derivatives institutional sales at BNP Paribas, received the awards at a ceremony in London last night.

In an article published in the September issue of the magazine, The Banker said: “In 2017, BNP Paribas’ market share increased some 15% year on year, according to data firm Coalition. But what sees it take home the trophy for equity derivatives is its structuring track record, embrace of digitisation, and expansion of the equity derivatives investor base.

“While Europe is still its core market, the group’s recent revenue growth has been fuelled by business in the US and Asia-Pacific.”

Nicolas Marque, global head of equity derivatives said: “We have been in the equity derivatives business for more than 20 years and our business model is based on long-term client relationships. We look forward to continuing to serve our clients globally through our innovative solutions.”

The Banker magazine has been a trusted source of banking information since 1926. It strives to inform and offers a wide range of news, features, analysis, interviews, and in-depth coverage of all the key issues facing the financial sector. The Banker Investment Banking awards celebrate the most innovative and creative players in the industry over the past 12 months.

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About BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including around 149,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets, International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors.

BNP Paribas employs more than 9,000 people across 10 business lines in the UK. These include Corporate & Institutional Banking, Exane BNP Paribas, Leasing Solutions, Arval, Real Estate (including Strutt & Parker acquired in September 2017), Asset Management, Cardif Pinnacle, Commercial Finance, Personal Finance and Vauxhall Finance. Around half of its employees are in Corporate & Institutional Banking, based in London, while the others are based in various offices across the country, including Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester.

London, Paris – 12th July 2018  BNP Paribas is the world’s best bank for Sustainable Finance according  to the Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2018.

In granting this award, Euromoney underlined the significant steps taken by BNP Paribas aimed at having a positive impact on society.

Helen Avery, Sustainable Finance Editor, Euromoney said: “BNP Paribas has committed itself to sustainable finance in a way that is unmatched in the sector. By turning down deals and pulling out of sectors that are not sustainable, as well as driving new sustainable finance initiatives across all of its businesses.”

In particular Euromoney highlighted the Group’s decision to cease financing of oil and gas from shale and oil from tar sands, and its decision to cease financing and investment activities of tobacco companies. At the end of 2017, BNP Paribas had allocated 155bn euros towards financing projects which contribute directly to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Jean Laurent Bonnafe, CEO, BNP Paribas said:
“We are delighted to be recognised by Euromoney in their annual awards for excellence. At BNP Paribas, we put sustainable finance at the heart of our business model. We believe banks have a crucial role to play, leveraging our place at the centre of the economy, in order to bring together individuals, businesses and investors to channel resources towards projects which address the major social and environmental challenges facing society.”

“I would like to thank our clients and partners who entrust us with their projects and who have challenged us to provide new solutions as they also seek more sustainable models. And I would like to thank our staff who are passionate about having a positive impact in their work and have been a key driver in the bank’s focus on environmental and social issues.”

BNP Paribas was also recognised in the following categories:
• Best Bank for Sustainable Finance, Western Europe
• Best Bank, Luxemburg
• Best Investment Bank, France

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Alexandra Umpleby – +44 20 7595 2436 – Alexandra.umpleby@uk.bnpparibas.com

Coralie France-Savin – +33 (0)1 40 14 94 89 – coralie.francesavin@bnpparibas.com

Claire Helleputte – +33 (0)1 55 77 89 63 – claire.helleputte@bnpparibas.com

 

Notes to Editors

About BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including around 149,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets, International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors.

BNP Paribas employs more than 9,000 people across 10 business lines in the UK. These include Corporate & Institutional Banking, Exane BNP Paribas, Leasing Solutions, Arval, Real Estate (including Strutt & Parker acquired in September 2017), Asset Management, Cardif Pinnacle, Commercial Finance, Personal Finance and Vauxhall Finance. Around half of its employees are in Corporate & Institutional Banking, based in London, while the others are based in various offices across the country, including Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester.

About Euromoney

For almost 50 years, Euromoney has been the leading publication for covering the growth of international finance. Over the last 12 months, its coverage has included interviews with close to 100 bank CEOs, ministers of finance and central bank governors around the world. Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence are the awards that matter to the banks and bankers who matter. They were established in 1992 and were the first of their kind in the global banking industry. This year, Euromoney received almost 1,500 submissions from banks in an awards programme that covers 20 global awards, more than 50 regional awards, and best bank awards in close to 100 countries.

26 June 2018 – London, UK – L&Q, a UK regulated charitable housing association which provides accommodation for more than 250,000 people primarily across London and the South East, today announced that it has secured a new five year, GBP100m credit facility from BNP Paribas. The loan complements L&Q’s existing £5bn funding arrangements and will enable it to continue building quality, affordable homes for the most vulnerable in society.

Uniquely, the facility is structured as a positive incentive loan whose interest rate is tied to L&Q meeting certain social impact key performance indicators. Through its Independent Lives programme, L&Q undertakes capacity building by working directly with its residents and others in the wider community to develop their employability skills and find appropriate and sustainable jobs. Under the terms of the agreement, L&Q will benefit from an undisclosed discount on the margin of the loan if it succeeds in getting at least 600 unemployed residents back into work in the first year, rising by an additional 25 residents in each subsequent year.

The loan also includes an option to extend the term by two additional years, as well as the possibility of adding an environmental key performance indicator later in the life of the facility. This will supplement the existing discount available to L&Q if it meets the social impact target.

Waqar Ahmed, Group Finance Director at L&Q, said: “Everything that L&Q does begins with social purpose, and we believe that no one should be denied the opportunity to achieve their potential because of where they live.

“Through the L&Q Foundation we are investing £250 million to transform communities and help people lead independent lives. By forging strong relationships with partners, we are able to deliver even greater charitable outcomes.

“BNP Paribas is exactly the sort of partner we are looking for, and we are delighted to have completed this ground-breaking deal with them. The team at BNP Paribas share our sense of social purpose, and our combined vision is going to help hundreds more people into employment every year.”

In February 2017, BNP Paribas announced a new corporate social responsibility policy, designed to create a positive impact in society. By extending loans to corporates and developing sustainable investment products, the bank aims to contribute to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

Simon Gates, UK Head of Corporate Coverage and Transaction Banking at BNP Paribas, said: “We are pleased to have closed this transaction with L&Q. It is the result of close collaboration to conceptualise and structure what represents a landmark deal for sustainable finance in the UK: to our knowledge, this is the first ever UK housing association loan that incorporates a concrete, positive impact metric.

“L&Q will be assessed on the actual impact realised in the community in terms of helping residents back to work. We think this is a watershed moment and we are honoured to support L&Q as it continues its essential work of building affordable, high-quality homes.”

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About L&Q

L&Q is a regulated charitable housing association and one of the UK’s most successful independent social businesses. The L&Q Group houses around 250,000 people in more than 95,000 homes, primarily across London and the South East. ​L&Q’s vision is that everyone has a quality home they can afford, and we combine our social purpose with commercial drive to create homes and neighbourhoods everyone can be proud of. Our core tenure is social rented housing. On average, our residents living in these homes pay less than 50% of market rents, making them genuinely affordable for people on lower incomes.

We focus on the needs of our existing social housing residents by investing in their homes, local communities and services. We also create high quality homes for private rent, shared ownership and outright sale. In response to the housing and affordability crisis, we will build 100,000 new homes over ten years. Of these, 60,000 homes will be built or funded by L&Q, whilst a further 40,000 will come through partnerships. Crucially, at least 50% of these new homes will be genuinely affordable, with a target of 60% in London.

As a charitable organisation, our role goes beyond providing homes and housing services. We are a long-term partner in the neighbourhoods where we work. We hope to build aspiration, opportunity and confidence in our communities through our £250 million L&Q Foundation and our skills academy.  Our care and support subsidiary, L&Q Living, also offers housing and other assistance to meet the evolving needs of older and vulnerable people in our society.

About BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 73 countries, with more than 196,000 employees, including around 149,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets, International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors.

BNP Paribas employs more than 9,000 people across 10 business lines in the UK. These include Corporate & Institutional Banking, Exane BNP Paribas, Leasing Solutions, Arval, Real Estate (including Strutt & Parker acquired in September 2017), Asset Management, Cardif Pinnacle, Commercial Finance, Personal Finance and Vauxhall Finance. Around half of its employees are in Corporate & Institutional Banking, based in London, while the others are based in various offices across the country, including Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester.

Media contacts

 

James Howell JHowell@lqgroup.org.uk + 44 (0)7921 361 856
Andrew Achimu andrew.achimu@uk.bnpparibas.com + 44 (0)207 595 6647

London, UK – 22 June 2018 – BNP Paribas today announces it is supporting Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity) with the ‘Aces From The Heart’ initiative at this year’s Fever-Tree Championships at The Queen’s Club.

Aces From The Heart is a BNP Paribas group led programme to support children in hospital. For every ace served on Centre Court throughout the tennis tournament, BNP Paribas in the UK is donating £50 to GOSH Charity to help fund specialist equipment for the hospital’s surgical theatres.

Anne Marie Verstraeten, UK Country Head, BNP Paribas said:

“‘Aces From The Heart’ is born from BNP Paribas’ passion for tennis as well as our commitment to make a positive impact on society. We are pleased to be supporting GOSH Charity this year and are looking forward to welcoming GOSH families to enjoy what we hope will be a fun and memorable day at the tennis on Saturday.”

Amit Aggarwal, Director of Corporate Partnerships at GOSH Charity added:

“We’re incredibly grateful for BNP Paribas’ support at the Fever-Tree Championships at The Queen’s Club. Aces From The Heart will make a real difference to the lives of young patients by funding new specialist surgical equipment at Great Ormond Street Hospital.”

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Press contacts

Alexandra Umpleby       +44 20 75 95 2436       alexandra.umpleby@uk.bnpparibas.com

Sarisher Mann               +44 20 75 95 8150            sarisher.mann@uk.bnpparibas.com

About Great Ormond Street Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity:

Great Ormond Street Hospital is one of the world’s leading children’s hospitals with the broadest range of dedicated, children’s healthcare specialists under one roof in the UK. The hospital’s pioneering research and treatment gives hope to children from across the UK with the rarest, most complex and often life-threatening conditions. Our patients and families are central to everything we do – from the moment they come through the door and for as long as they need us. Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity needs to raise money to support the hospital to give seriously ill children, the best chance for life. The charity funds research into pioneering new treatments for children, provides the most up to date medical equipment, funds support services for children and their families and supports the essential rebuilding and refurbishment of the hospital. You can help us to provide world class care for our patients and families. For more information visit www.gosh.org

About BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas (www.bnpparibas.com) is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 74 countries, with more than 192,000 employees, including more than 146,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. The Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realise their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, the Group has four domestic markets (Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg) and BNP Paribas Personal Finance is the European leader in consumer lending. BNP Paribas is rolling out its integrated retail-banking model in Mediterranean countries, in Turkey, in Eastern Europe and a large network in the western part of the United States. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas also enjoys top positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific.

About BNP Paribas UK CSR

Launched in September 2015 by the UN, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to end poverty by 2030 while protecting our planet’s environment. As a global company and Bank, BNP Paribas has a key role to play in this collective effort. The bank’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) approach allows it to take part in building a sustainable future while promoting the Group’s performance and stability. BNP Paribas Group has committed to becoming carbon neutral by the end of 2017, and has also allocated €15 billion by 2020 to renewable energy financing.

BNP Paribas UK has launched a ‘What’s my Impact’ initiative. This is an engagement and awareness programme linked to the UN SDGs, and highlights how the bank, and its employees can help to achieve the SDGs.

About BNP Paribas Tennis

As one of the world’s leading banking and financial services groups, BNP Paribas is proud to be an Official Sponsor of British Tennis. Throughout the world, for over 40 years, the bank has come to support tennis at all levels.  From Grand Slams and International team events through to wheelchair tennis and grass roots, BNP Paribas has built up an association with tennis that embodies its own values of commitment, ambition and responsiveness.

BNP Paribas provides support to tennis across the United Kingdom through sponsorship of the Lawn Tennis Association.

4th June 2018 – Fidessa group plc (LSE: FDSA) and BNP Paribas have entered into a partnership through which the bank will provide its buy-side clients with access to Fidessa’s award-winning futures and options workstation.

BNP Paribas originally implemented Fidessa’s derivatives trading platform in 2016 to support its global futures and options trading operations from hubs in Chicago, London and Hong Kong. Under this new agreement, BNP Paribas will distribute Fidessa’s derivatives trading platform, branded Cortex Listed, to its institutional clients across all regions, providing them with fully-hosted execution capabilities. In addition, BNP Paribas will have the ability to offer its clients access to the Fidessa GT multi-broker workstation providing them with choice, flexibility and market access across global markets.

Gael Pottiez, Global Head of Product Development, Derivatives Execution and Clearing at BNP Paribas, said: “We believe that leveraging Fidessa technology for our Cortex Listed platform reflects the future direction of the marketplace because it combines advanced trading and order analytics in a highly robust platform to deliver a powerful futures trading experience. And with an increasing number of our buy-side clients looking for specialised execution services we’re pleased to be able to meet that requirement with Fidessa GT.”

Justin Llewellyn-Jones, Fidessa’s Global Head of Derivatives, added: “We’re delighted to be working with BNP Paribas to deliver the benefits of our technology to their end clients. Whilst ambitious, our GT strategy has been to develop the best connected futures workstation on the market; one that provides exceptional execution capabilities whilst meeting the stringent performance, security and regulatory requirements that the industry demands today. This new deal with BNP Paribas is further validation of that strategy.”

Fidessa’s derivatives workstation was named Best Trading and Execution Technology at the CTA Intelligence US Services Awards in February, the seventh award for Fidessa’s derivatives trading technology in the past twelve months.

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About BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 74 countries, with more than 192,000 employees, including more than 146,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. The Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realise their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, the Group has four domestic markets (Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg) and BNP Paribas Personal Finance is the European leader in consumer lending. BNP Paribas is rolling out its integrated retail-banking model in Mediterranean countries, in Turkey, in Eastern Europe and a large network in the western part of the United States. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas also enjoys top positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific.

About BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking

Fully integrated in the BNP Paribas Group, BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) (www.cib.bnpparibas.com) is a leading provider of solutions to two client franchises: corporates and institutionals, and operates across EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa), APAC (Asia Pacific) and the Americas. The bank is a global leader in Debt Capital Markets and Derivatives. It is a top European house in Equity Capital Markets and it has leading franchises in Specialized Financing. In Securities Services, it is a top five House worldwide. BNP Paribas CIB strives to service the global economy by providing solutions to its clients in financing (ECM, DCM, specialized financing), flow banking (trade finance and cash management), financial advisory (M&A, project finance), global markets (interest rates, credit, foreign exchange, equity derivatives), risk management, and securities services.

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New technology, new regulation, new challenges: making money in today’s financial markets is all about staying ahead of the curve. Having the capability to spot new trends and act fast turns change into opportunity. That’s why 85% of the world’s premier financial institutions trust Fidessa to provide them with their multi-asset trading and investment infrastructure, their market data and analysis, and their decision making and workflow technology. It’s also why around $26 trillion worth of transactions flow across our global network each year. Because we’re the market leader, we can also offer unique access to the world’s largest and most valuable trading community of buy-side and sell-side professionals, from global institutions and investment banks to boutique brokers and niche hedge funds.

Fidessa is a global business with scale, resilience, ambition and expertise. We’re listed on the London Stock Exchange and recognised as the thought leader in our space. We set the benchmark with our unrivalled set of mission-critical products and services and, uniquely, serve both the buy-side and sell-side communities. Ongoing investment in our leading-edge, integrated solutions ensures Fidessa remains the industry’s number one choice.

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Expanding Human-Centric AI Solutions, Enabling Digital Transformation for Financial Institutions

NASHVILLE, TN, March 20, 2018 Digital Reasoning, a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) that understands human intentions and behaviors, today announced that it has raised USD30 million in new funding. BNP Paribas led the round and Angel Rodriguez-Issa, Global Head of Strategic Investments, Global Markets at BNP Paribas, has joined Digital Reasoning’s board of directors.

Barclays and Square Capital also joined the round, as well as previous investors Goldman Sachs, Nasdaq, Lemhi Ventures, HCA, and the Partnership Fund for New York City.

“Global financial institutions are turning to AI to help drive digital transformation in order to improve revenues and efficiencies,” said Brett Jackson, CEO of Digital Reasoning. “The speed and accuracy of Digital Reasoning’s AI system transforms large quantities of structured and unstructured data about employees, clients, and competitors into valuable human-centric business insights. We are excited to partner with BNP Paribas and other investors and customers to enable them to reshape their businesses.”

Digital Reasoning has a proven record operationalizing AI-powered solutions for financial institutions that deliver real ROI. This new round of funding will enable Digital Reasoning to expand its product portfolio for capital markets and wealth management use cases, accelerate key AI innovations across speech analytics, natural language understanding, and machine education and expand its go-to-market capacity.

“We are thrilled to have BNP Paribas lead this funding round, and for BNP Paribas as well as Barclays and Square Capital to join other world-class investors to support our vision,” said Tim Estes, president and founder of Digital Reasoning. “The new investment will enable us to use our novel and patented AI technology to turn all forms of communications data – including now audio and voice data – into discoverable, understandable, and actionable insights that help to accelerate customer-centric data strategies in the world’s largest Enterprises.”

“BNP Paribas’ digital transformation is a focal part of the group’s 2020 plan. It’s a transformation based on reinventing our clients experience, advancing the use of data and analytics and improving our operating efficiency,” noted Olivier Osty, Head of Global Markets BNP Paribas. “We are excited to have led this round of funding and to partner with Digital Reasoning, a leader in artificial intelligence technology. The partnership amplifies BNP Paribas’ commitment to innovative technology and harnessing it to help us better serve our clients.”

 

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About Digital Reasoning

Digital Reasoning is a global leader in artificial intelligence that understands human intentions and behaviors. Our award-winning AI platform automates key tasks and uncovers transformative insights across vast amounts of human communications for many of the world’s leading organizations and government agencies. For more information go to www.digitalreasoning.com and follow on Twitter at@dreasoning

About BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 74 countries, with more than 192,000 employees, including more than 146,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. The Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporate and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, the Group has four domestic markets (Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg) and BNP Paribas Personal Finance is the European leader in consumer lending. BNP Paribas is rolling out its integrated retail-banking model in Mediterranean countries, in Turkey, in Eastern Europe and a large network in the western part of the United States. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas also enjoys top positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific.

London, UK- 15 December 2017 – BNP Paribas today announced it has been named IFR’s Derivatives House of the Year 2017. IFR is a leading capital markets publication, providing insight and market intelligence. BNP Paribas also won :

  • Equity Derivatives House of the Year, for the second year running
  • Euro Bond House of the Year
  • European Corporate Investment Grade House of the Year
  • Asia-Pacific Mid-Market Equity House of the Year

In the write up for the Derivatives House of the Year, IFR said :

“As volatility evaporated, derivatives businesses had to focus on core strengths to make headway in 2017. For an integrated approach that spread equity know-how across asset classes and enabled effective risk transfer across the broad client franchise, BNP Paribas is IFR’s Derivatives House and Equity Derivatives House of the Year. Even as the US Federal Reserve pulled the trigger on rates, markets remained unshaken and banks had to battle for their share of a shrinking wallet as volatility plumbed new lows. Three years after combining equities and fixed income under a global markets umbrella, BNP Paribas outpaced much of the competition – dramatically so in equities – gaining market share in all client segments as equity derivatives innovation was unleashed across rates and credit businesses.”

Olivier Osty, executive head of global markets at BNP Paribas said:

“We are delighted to have been recognized by IFR for this prestigious award. Thanks to the mindset, focus and commitment of our teams, we have been able to grow the franchise over the last 3 years, from a product house to a full-service client house. Our aim is to be seen as a market leader around the world in derivatives. We look forward to continuing to be a strong European partner and European bank of choice for our global clients.”

The bank was also recognised for its  digital aspirations in preparation for MiFID II. The Smart Derivatives platform was credited for automatic structured products pricing going multi-asset, adding credit-linked notes and rates products.

Nicolas Marque, global head of equity derivatives at BNP Paribas said: “There’s a technological revolution going on and choices being made today will be a huge differentiating factor tomorrow.”

On the Bond House and Europe Investment-Grade Corporate Bond House of the Year awards, IFR said: “Building on an already impressive track record, BNP Paribas maintained its standing in the single currency and once again helped navigate corporate clients through their fundraising initiatives.”

Martin Egan, co global head of primary and credit markets said: “It’s all about cumulative advantage. Connectivity is the key, with the intelligence shared among the teams.”

Additionally BNP Paribas was a book runner on nine of the deal award wins highlighting the breadth and depth of its platform across all asset classes.

  • PEMEX €4.25bn
  • Enel’s US$5bn
  • France’s €7bn 22-year Green bond
  • Nationwide Building Society’s £795m CCDS
  • Argentina’s SFr400m three-and-a-half-year bond
  • Bank of Ireland’s dual-tranche Tier 2
  • Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s (ICBC) US$2.15bn dual-currency Green bond
  • Export-Import Bank of Korea’s US$2bn three-tranche
  • China National Chemical Corp’s (ChemChina) US$12.7bn bridge loan

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Press contacts

Andrew Achimu andrew.achimu@uk.bnpparibas.com +44 (0) 207 595 6647
Alexandra Umpleby alexandra.umpleby@uk.bnpparibas.com +44 (0) 207 595 2436
Sarisher Mann sarisher.mann@uk.bnpparibas.com +44 (0) 207 595 8150

 

About BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas (www.bnpparibas.com) is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. It has a presence in 74 countries, with more than 192,000 employees, including more than 146,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. The Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporates and institutional clients) to realise their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, the Group has four domestic markets (Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg) and BNP Paribas Personal Finance is the European leader in consumer lending. BNP Paribas is rolling out its integrated retail-banking model in Mediterranean countries, in Turkey, in Eastern Europe and a large network in the western part of the United States. In its Corporate & Institutional Banking and International Financial Services activities, BNP Paribas also enjoys top positions in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific.

About BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking

Fully integrated in the BNP Paribas Group, BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) (www.cib.bnpparibas.com) is a leading provider of solutions to two client franchises: corporates and institutionals, and operates across EMEA (Europe Middle East Africa), APAC (Asia Pacific) and the Americas. The bank is a global leader in Debt Capital Markets and Derivatives. It is a top European house in Equity Capital Markets and it has leading franchises in Specialized Financing. In Securities Services, it is a top five House worldwide. BNP Paribas CIB strives to service the global economy by providing solutions to its clients in financing (ECM, DCM, specialized financing), flow banking (trade finance and cash management), financial advisory (M&A, project finance), global markets (interest rates, credit, foreign exchange, equity derivatives), risk management, and securities services.