BNP Paribas announced today that it received Bank of Italy approval to take the control of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro. This acquisition is still subject to other regulatory approvals. About BNP Paribas BNP Paribas (www.bnpparibas.com) is a European leader in…

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Very solid growth(1) in the business (data excluding BNP Paribas Capital) Net Banking Income: 21.5 billion euros (+14.6%)Gross Operating Income: 8.1 billion euros (+20.7%)Cost/Income Ratio: 62.2% (- 1.9pt) Net Income Group Share: 5,852 million euros (+25.1%)After-tax ROE: 20.2 % (+2.2pts)…

A meeting of the Board of BNP Paribas was called on 9 February 2006 and was held by the end of the afternoon of that same day. It unanimously approved the plan to acquire BNL and ratified the agreements concerning…

BNL would become a key part of a global banking group with an outstanding European base and two home markets. BNP Paribas, a global banking group operating in 85 countries, announces that it has entered into conditional agreements with 13…

BNP Paribas Corporate Finance offers advisory services for mergers & acquisitions and primary equity market transactions. The M&A teams advise both buyers and sellers and also offer advice on other strategic financial issues, such as privatisations. Mergermarket is an independent…

BNP Paribas Corporate Finance offers advisory services for mergers & acquisitions and primary equity market transactions. The M&A teams advise both buyers and sellers and also offer advice on other strategic financial issues, such as privatisations. Thomson Financial is the…

The global prize list of the private banks, established by Euromoney, is based on qualitative and quantitative characteristics of every financial institution as well as on appointments made by the various private banks of every country. For year 2006 the…

Arval, the BNP Paribas group company specialising in the operational leasing of multi-brand corporate vehicles, has just opened a Russian subsidiary based in Moscow. Arval’s goal is to become a leading player in the country. Russia has the largest land…

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–…