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BNP Paribas has impressive targets for cutting costs and increasing capital, after outshining some of its major competitors by posting a full year profit. But it needs to tell a compelling story about how it plans to hit them.
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Tumultuous trading on Monday took credit spreads to some of their widest since 2013, in what was variously described as ‘great entry levels’ for new trades or a ratcheting up of pain for those already nursing bruises from last week’s debacle. -
BNP Paribas enjoyed a 13.2% rise in corporate and institutional banking (CIB) revenues in 2015 over 2014 — and is outlining plans to gain more market share at the expense of some of its “retreating European peers”.
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Credit and equity markets suffered a crisis of confidence this week, with several previously crowded trades rapidly unraveling in the face of rising concerns about European banks, US Federal Reserve policy and a perceived lack of European Central Bank firepower to revitalise the continent’s stagnant economy.
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Some investors and brokers are warming up to a controversial part of the upcoming Markets in Financial Instruments Directive that will force bank clients to buy fixed income research that traditionally they have gotten for free.
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Caught between two regulatory initiatives, many small banks are unsure about whether to embark on the long and costly journey of developing their own regulatory capital models.
