"[Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is] putting big money into this--they are not messing around."

December 01, 2006 12:00 am

--Stephen Withers, head of trading at BBVA in Hong Kong, commenting on the firm's plans to launch a derivatives business in Asia.

"[Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria is] putting big money into this--they are not messing around."--Stephen Withers, head of trading at BBVA in Hong Kong, commenting on the firm's plans to launch a derivatives business in Asia.

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