The Bureau Véritas initial public offering, 1,240 million Euros, is the largest on Euronext Paris since AdP. It involved the sale of 32,8 million shares previously held by the Wendel Group and some managers. Despite poor market conditions, the offering…

BNP Paribas was named “Best Credit Derivatives Provider-Asia” and “Best Equity Derivatives Provider-North America” by Global Finance. A full report on the awards will be published in the November issue of the magazine. For the fourth consecutive year, Global Finance…

Following on L’Atelier, BNP Paribas‘ center of new technologies monitoring and analysis, several companies of the Group joined the virtual world of Second Life. The net surfers browse this 3-D community network thanks to their avatar (a virtual character). INTERVIEW…

BNP Paribas ranks fourth globally in the renewable energy sector in 2006. With $ 1,054.2m financing and eight projects financed, BNP Paribas is the first French bank in the ranking. In particular, BNP Paribas has financed three wind resorts in…

With Rabobank and Wells Fargo (rated AAA), and UBS (rated AA+), BNP Paribas is now part of the fourth strongest banks in the world. Standard & Poor’s underlines the diversification of the businesses and the growing internationalization of the group.

BNP Paribas has been included in the new FTSE4Good Environmental Leaders Europe 40 Index. This index rates the leader European companies in the environmental management by a score for the environment, human rights and stakeholder themes. BNP Paribas has obtained…

Ranking third in the last edition of the “top French brands”, the BNP Paribas brand climbed to second place in this year’s edition and increased its value in 2006. This ranking, established by Interbrand, calculates the value of a brand,…

The 2006 edition of the Environmental and Social Report is available online. Until now, it was integrated in the Sustainable Development Chapter of the Group’s Annual Report, but this year the Environment and Social responsibility part is one separated report…

“BNP Paribas delivered a stellar earnings and growth performance in 2006, with net income climbing 24.9% to hit a record high of EUR 7.3 billion and net banking income surging by almost 28% to reach EUR 27.9 billion. International Retail…

Forbes magazine has released the list of the Top 2000 largest companies in the world, based on sales, profits, assets and market value. BNP Paribas comes 14th in all categories combined, compared to its former position of 17th in 2006….