BNP Paribas' Pierre Katerdjian, senior marketer in the structured products group in Sydney, left the firm last week, according to officials at the firm. Katerdjian, who covered credit products, joined the French house from Deutsche Bank where he was a credit derivatives trader (DW, 5/19/03). He was also a former credit derivatives committee chairman for the Australian Financial Markets Association. Reasons surrounding his departure could not be determined by press time. Anthony Nagy, spokesman at BNP in Sydney, did not return messages.