BNP PARIBAS

Background

Established in Hong Kong in 1958, BNP Paribas has built over the years a unique set-up to service institutional and private investors, corporates, and financial intermediaries with a wide range of products and services. Combining global expertise and local know-how, BNP Paribas boasts leading positions in Corporate and Institutional Banking (capital markets, advisory, financing and transaction banking businesses) Wealth Management, Asset Management and Securities Services.

BNP Paribas employs 2,500 people in Hong Kong – its regional platform for the Asia Pacific region.

BNP Paribas Asia Pacific
In Asia Pacific, BNP Paribas is one of the best-positioned international financial institutions with an uninterrupted presence since 1860. Currently with over 15,000 employees* and a presence in 14 markets, BNP Paribas provides corporates, institutional and private investors with products and services solutions tailored to their specific needs. It offers a wide range of financial services covering Corporate and Institutional Banking, Wealth Management, Asset Management, Securities Services, Insurance, as well as Retail Banking and Consumer Financing through strategic partnerships.
* excluding partnerships
Worldwide, BNP Paribas has a presence in 74 countries with more than 190,000 employees. It has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate and Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors. Asia Pacific is a key strategic region for BNP Paribas and it continues to develop its franchise in the region.



BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking
With its extensive client franchise and its unique set-up, BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking in Hong Kong is a leading expert in a wide range of products covering capital markets, advisory, financing and transaction banking.

Our teams are committed to serving clients’ banking and investment needs and helps them:
• Finance Business: Lending, helping you finance a corporate acquisition or a specific project, or helping you issue your first bond.
• Service Operational Needs: Cash management services, trade solutions or e-banking services.
• Manage Assets: Managing your rate and FX exposures, partnering with you for your credit, equity and derivatives needs, or hedging your commodity exposures.
• Expand Business: Advice or a merger, acquisition or takeover, or working with you on raising equity or equity linked offerings.

BNP Paribas Wealth Management
BNP Paribas Wealth Management is the business line name for the wealth management activity conducted by BNP Paribas. It is a #1 ranked private bank in the Eurozone. Present in some 24 countries and in every major financial center, over 6,600 professionals provide a private clientele with solutions for optimizing and managing their assets. It has EUR 344 billion worth of assets under management (as of 31 December 2016). With an Asian heritage of over 150 years, the wealth management group of BNP Paribas has been a provider of private banking services in the region for decades. It operates in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, China and India (through its branches or other entities in BNP Paribas Group).

BNP Paribas Asset Management
BNP Paribas Asset Management is the investment management arm of BNP Paribas, one of the world’s major financial institutions. Managing and advising EUR 416 billion in assets (as of 31 December 2016), BNP Paribas Asset Management offers a comprehensive range of active, passive and quantitative investment solutions covering a broad spectrum of asset classes and regions. With more than 700 investment professionals and around 600 client servicing specialists, BNP Paribas Asset Management serves individual, corporate and institutional investors in 73 countries around the world. Since 2002, BNP Paribas Asset Management has been a major player in sustainable and responsible investing.

BNP Paribas Securities Services
With EUR 8,610 trillion in assets under custody (as of 31 December 2016), BNP Paribas Securities Services is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the BNP Paribas Group and one of the highest-rated asset servicing banks in the industry. With us clients’ assets are safe, their risk is mitigated, and we give them access to expertise beyond asset servicing. Influencing and understanding market change across our network is at the heart of delivering the expertise and solutions our clients need as they face the challenges of a changing world. We are committed to continuous investment in our global reach and solution breadth. We have local expertise in 36 markets and access to over 90 markets of which 27 are proprietary markets.