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Swiss franc surprise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... interventions with actual ones ahead of the near certainty that the European Central Bank (ECB) would boost its stimulus programme come 3 December. Could it be? Could it be that the SNB would be forced to reverse in the last month of 2015 what it was ...

Hotel California

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... Yes, perhaps... back in early March - the time when the ECB minted the first of its monthly €60 billion for its QE programme, the time when the Fed was most adamant that lift-off will happen (back then it was as early as June) - the euro dropped to ...

Santa Mario brings cheers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... Riksbank have their key policy rates currently sitting at minus 0.75% and minus 0.35%, respectively. c) increase the QE programme from the current â,¬60 billion monthly. d) extend QE beyond end-September next year. e) expand list of assets for QE purchases. ...

Quantitative easing eases bank lending

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2015

BNP Paribas launches APAC philanthropy program

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... and 2014. "Building on BNP Paribas' longstanding support in art and education, we strongly believe that the Dream Up programme will contribute to promoting social integration, personal fulfilment and talent development among underprivileged young people ...

Not happy Jan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2015
"Not happy, Jan!" This was Wall Street's immediate verdict on the Fed's disclosure of its non-decision following the much-awaited and much speculated 16-17 September FOMC meeting. The S&P 500 index declined by 1.6%; the Dow by 1.7%; Nasdaq by 1.4% ...

One down, two to go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... for complacency, not least as risks and vulnerabilities remained, in particular related to geopolitical factors, the programme negotiations with Greece and the growth prospects in emerging markets, including China." One down, two to go. One's down. The ...

Market to open higher

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street snapped a five-day losing streak and European stocks were boosted by bargain-hunting after recent China-inspired losses. At 0802 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures ...

PROFILE: BNP Paribas Securities Services country head David Braga

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
As a former project manager, David Braga has seen it all. He's worked on almost every type of job going in the financial services industry, which is precisely what makes him the right man for the job as BNP Securities Services' new head of Australia ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... day up 1.21 per cent at 7,033.33 points, as investors also tracked the state opening of parliament and the legislative programme for Prime Minister David Cameron's newly-elected British government. In Frankfurt, the DAX 30 climbed 1.26 per cent to 11,771.13 ...