Vivien Lévy-Garboua, who was appointed head of compliance for BNP Paribas in January 2005, has opted to refrain from serving as chairman of any board. Consequently, at the close of Klépierre’s annual shareholders’ meeting on April 7, 2005, Mr. Lévy-Garboua…

This is the objective reached by Arval, an international role model in Operational Leasing and Corporate Fleet Management. For its 15th anniversary, the Group recorded two-digit growth in its leased fleet in 2004. The results speak for themselves. Arval is…

At its March 29, 2005 meeting, the Klépierre Supervisory Board approved the consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with IFRS, which will serve as the basis for preparing financial statements as of January 1, 2005. The adoption of these standards…

BNP Paribas has been awarded Bank of the year by Global Water Intelligence which is the leading source of market information for the international water industry. BNP Paribas has been nominated bank of the year by an electoral college including…

With a 14% increase in new business and a 14.5% rise in earnings* (+ 18 % on a like-for-like basis), 2004 saw Cetelem combining development with profitability. As a result, this was Cetelem’s most successful year since BNP Paribas was…

Laurent Chouraki, 47 years old, is appointed Chairman and Chief Executive of UCB, subsidiary of BNP Paribas Group specialising in mortgages for individuals. He succeeds Didier Chappet who is joining the management team of the retail banking operations in France….

Sustained growth in business Net banking income: 18,823 million euros (+ 5.0%) Fresh rise in profitability Net income group share: 4,668 million euros (+ 24.1%) After-tax ROE: 16.8% (+ 2.5 pts) Earnings per share: 5.55 euros (+ 28.8%)Dividend increased from…

The Euromoney global ranking of private banks, officially published in London on 25 January, confirms BNP Paribas Private Banking’s position among the world’s top private banks. It is #4 in Europe, behind UBS, Crédit Suisse, and HSBC, and it is…

Cetelem, the consumer finance subsidiary of BNP Paribas, terminates its planned acquisition of a 50% stake in the company that controls Russian Standard Bank, which was announced on July 27, 2004. This is due to Mr Tariko and his group…

Cetelem’s 2003 Activity Report won not only the corporate prize, but also-and most importantly the Grand Prize, all categories combined, in the yearly corporate publications competition organized by France’s Union of Corporate Newspapers and Journalists (UJJEF). This year, nearly 200…