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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... lenders exposed to Greece's debt mountain and indicated that their capital levels should be hiked. Shares in French bank BNP Paribas sank by 1.85 per cent, while Societe Generale shed 1.28 per cent and Credit Agricole lost 2.38 per cent. HONG KONG - ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2011
... Paris the CAC-40 see-sawed all day, closing up 1.50 per cent to 2,984.05 points despite shares in Societe Generale and BNP Paribas falling sharply after a report that industrial giant Siemens had pulled out cash from a French bank to deposit it more ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2011
... worries over lenders' large exposure to Greek debt. In Paris, Societe Generale was down almost seven per cent and BNP Paribas shed more than five per cent. In late London trade the euro has slid to $US1.3634 from $US1.3797 late in New York on Friday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2011
... slowdown. At close, Paris' CAC-40 index rose 3.27 per cent to 3,045.62 points with French banks shares rocketing. BNP Paribas rose 13.4 per cent, Societe Generale 5.4 per cent and Credit Agricole 5.89 per cent. In Frankfurt, the DAX index of leading ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2011
... Generale's from Aa2 to Aa3 because of fears over their exposure to Greek sovereign debt. Moody's left French banking major BNP Paribas on negative watch. But European stocks jumped into positive territory after European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... led a morning plunge, but recovered in a big way. At the close, Societe Generale climbed nearly 15.0 per cent, and BNP Paribas was up 7.20 per cent after earlier dropping 10 per cent. Italy on Tuesday placed bonds worth close to 6.5 billion euros ($8.8 ...

BNP Paribas closes in on $130bn AMP/AXA mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
BNP Paribas Securities Services is completing due diligence to secure the entire $130 billion custody mandate from the merged AMP/AXA Asia Pacific Australia and New Zealand. BNP Paribas has managed AMP's custody contract for the last nine years and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... pence. Societe Generale was hit the hardest on Paris's CAC 40 index with a fall of 8.64 per cent to 20.25 euros, with BNP Paribas dropping 6.34 per cent to 31.30 euros. Shares in Deutsche Bank fell 8.86 per cent to 23.72 euros, not helped by its chief ...

BNP Paribas gains Aust banking licence

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
BNP Paribas continues its expansion into the Australian financial markets with wholly-owned subsidiary, BNP Paribas Securities Services, granted a banking licence by the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority. The licence will allow the bank to ...

BNP Paribas return to defensive fixed income

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2011
BNP Paribas Investment Partners wants fixed income to return to a defensive asset class, launching a fixed income capability in Australia, and moving away from its previous equity-like status. The global asset manager has launched the BNP Paribas Asset ...