The award-winning European bank continues to grow in partnership with its Asia Pacific clients as the region’s markets experience a rapid transformation.
Australia has been a cheerleader for the upcoming passporting scheme, but industry players have claimed the country's taxation arrangements represent the biggest hurdle to its successful implementation.
Amid rising cross-border investment from Asian asset managers, BNP Paribas Securities Services argues it can complement managers' existing trading desks through outsourcing.
The firm is mulling an Asian convertible bond fund and has picked BNP Paribas to distribute its Ucits funds. Its head of fixed income also considers Greece to be technically in default.
The French firm continues to build its securities services business in Asia with a China office and a listed derivatives clearing licence in Singapore.
Fund managers will seek help from administrators to reduce costs in 2010, as slow fund growth continues, predicts Alastair Murray, HSBCÆs Asia-Pacific head of fund services.