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Super fund private equity inflows constant

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2012
... constant despite fears of a lag in interest, with Asian investors also investing in this space, according to speakers at a BNP Paribas event this week. Dr Katherine Woodthorpe, chief executive of Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... the second time this week, warning that it may cut the European Union's credit rating as well as those for regional banks BNP Paribas, Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank. Ms Lee said many investors were "chasing defensive investments like telecoms" ahead ...

Italy's bond market collapse puts US back in favour

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2011
... just a lot of confusion, and in this environment that's friendly for Treasuries," Suvrat Prakash, interest rate strategist at BNP Paribas in New York told the news agency. This week's bond market drama shows that while concerns still remain for the unfathomable ...

Australian Custodial Services Association appoints new chair

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
The managing director of BNP Paribas Securities Services Australia & New Zealand has been appointed the new chair of the Australian Custodial Services Association. Pierre Jond takes over from incumbent Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) ...

European infrastructure an investment goldmine

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2011
... all three are under new pressures on these assets, resulting in buying opportunities for external investors. Speaking at a BNP Paribas event this morning, Mark Crosbie, managing partner, Antin Infrastructure Partners told delegates there were three key ...

Sounds like a plan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... did a Fitch last week, cutting Spain's long-term debt credit rating from AA to AA minus. And while it was at it, it also cut BNP Paribas' credit rating to AA- from AA. Fitch Ratings was also on a roll. After snipping Spain and Italy's ratings, it went ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2011
... to 5,196.56 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 rose 1.02 per cent to 2,8010.11 points with beleaguered banks Societe Generale and BNP Paribas up more than seven per cent. Elsewhere in Europe, Madrid rose by 2.12 per cent, Milan by 1.36 per cent, Lisbon by ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2011
... of 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
... In 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
... losers on 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 ...