Results as at 31 December 2006Annual Results Fourth Quarter 2006 CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY Net Banking Income: €7.1bn (+25.4%)Gross Operating Income: €2.4bn (+22.8%)3.1 pt positive jaws effect at constant scope and exchange ratesNet Income Group Share: €1,719mn (+28.8%) YEAR…

According to Brand Finance’s “BF250” survey, BNP Paribas is the world’s seventh most valuable bank brand ($12.28 billion). A flattering ranking, which shows that our brand is today a real competitive advantage, even more creditable considering that the Group ranks…

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 Securities Services has been named as “Most innovative securities services provider in Europe” by Financial-i magazine. Financial-i magazine is an industry journal that covers technology issues in wholesale transaction banking. The award was one of the inaugural “Leaders…

BNP Paribas Assurance has made it into the Top 3 of Solving International’s benchmark, behind Crédit Mutuel and Crédit Agricole. To measure the operational performance of insurance groups, Solving performs a crossanalysis of their growth, technical profitability, and solvency margin….

BNP Paribas has confirmed its leadership position in the French M&A market, with $121.86 billion in transactions announced, ahead of JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley. It also ranks fourth in Europe, with $280.35 billion in transactions announced. According to Thomson Financial,…

Yesterday evening, Profiléa Gestion 15 won a Golden Distribution Award (“Actif d’Or de la Distribution”), in the category “Retail, diversified funds” over one year. This prize rewards the highest net subscription in this category (source Europerformance) between March 31st 2005…

“Forbes” magazine has published its list of the world’s 2000 largest public companies in 2006 according to sales, profits, assets, and market value. BNP Paribas ranks 17th all categories combined (it was 16th in 2005 and 18th in 2004). As…

BNP Paribas has been ranked first by investors for the third consecutive year in overall investment grade research in this year’s Euromoney Credit Research Poll. Our investment grade credit research teams came top in five categories: Telecoms and Media (also…

Global Finance has named BNP Paribas ECEP (Energy Commodities Export Project) “Best Trade Finance Bank & Provider in France for 2005”. In addition, at its Energy Business Awards, Commodities Now magazine gave ECEP :– a gold award for Energy Trading–…