BNP Paribas launches its new Innovation Awards open to all BNP Paribas employees. This initiative demonstrates BNP Paribas’ commitment to making innovation one of its major assets in a profession where research and development already play an important part, from…

Central Europe, a key region where Cardif is strengthening its positions Cardif recently received the requisite authorizations from Bulgarian and Romanian regulatory authorities to create insurance companies to market life insurance and personal protection insurance.Business will be launched in February…

Integration plan implemented at a fast pace Synergies of 480 million euros, increased by 20% from initial estimates Overall balance sheet adjustments and restructuring costs confirmed Rome, 1st December 2006. Following the acquisition of BNL by BNP Paribas earlier this…

Baudouin Prot is the winner of the prize “Financier of the year” 2006. He has been rewarded for the success of the acquisition of Italian-based BNL. Read more about it.

Baudouin Prot has been elected winner of the prize “Financier of the year” 2006, for the group results and acquisition of BNL. This prize organised by the Financial Group ANDESE (National Association for Doctors of Economic Science) and INVESTIR, in…

BNP Paribas is pleased to announce that it has won the Bank Deal of the Year award for its acquisition of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) at the annual Retail Banker International Global Awards dinner in London on the 27…

London – BNP Paribas, as co-manager, has arranged $247.5m of catastrophe bonds for Foundation Re II Ltd., a Cayman Island exempted company. Foundation Re II Ltd issued the bonds to finance a new, multi-year reinsurance cover for Hartford Fire Insurance…

London – BNP Paribas is pleased to announce that it has entered into two new contracts to purchase Certified Emissions Reductions (“CERs”), reflecting the expanding scope of the bank’s international environmental markets platform. The CERs are contracted directly from Clean…

BNP Paribas and the Singapore Management University (SMU) announce today the setting up of a S$1.4 million Hedge Fund Centre in collaboration with the London Business School. The BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre at SMU, the first in Asia, aims…

Results as at 30 September 2006Third Quarter 2006 STRONG GROWTH ACCELERATED BY ACQUISITIONS, ESPECIALLY IN EUROPE (BNL, LASER COFINOGA) • Group revenues: €6,829mn (+25.1%) VERY GOOD OPERATING PERFORMANCES • Gross operating income: +22.5% • Operating income: +15.7% SHARP RISE IN…