BNP Paribas gets lift from strong fixed income performance

BNP Paribas posted strong results in fixed income for the third quarter of 2014, boosting its revenues in the division to €911m — a 14.2% increase on the same period last year. Its fixed income growth was one of the main factors in the bank’s corporate and investment banking division posting pre-tax income of €675m — up 23.8% compared to a year ago.