Posts Tagged ‘ BNP Paribas ’

Global players circling private equity firms

FT Mandate, March 2009 There are huge opportunities in private equity, but can boutique houses offer the services and security that are in demand? By Gerry O’Kane. You can almost hear the increasing pitter-patter of the administrators’ heartbeat when they speak about private equity prospects in 2009. While much is made of a grinding...

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Putting market volatility to work

FT Mandate, October 2008 Volatility trading is no longer the preserve of hedge funds as traditional investors look to exploit the huge spikes in the market. By Gerry O’Kane. The one consistency the markets have been showing in recent months is volatility. Where there is movement, the investment sector finds opportunity and in recent...

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A regional power emerges

FT Mandate, March 2004 BNP Paribas Securities Services strategic acquisitions have given rise to optimism that European players can adapt to the fast-changing world of global custody and securities services. Gerry O’Kane explains. While most of the custody world has been glued to the unfolding State Street/Deutsche Bank drama, BNP Paribas Securities Services (BNPPSS)...

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Active Strategies – currency hedging that delivers smarter risk management

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Currency Investor, Active currency management is getting a new breath of life. As global economies lurch towards stagnation and the thermometer of equity markets...

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Performance analytics – helping to bring transparency to the FX pricing process

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Currency Investor For years, many professional currency practitioners have seen trustees’ and investment managers’ eyes glaze over when asked two questions: how much they...

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Middle East: regional E-forex perspective

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Gerry O’Kane looks at growth in e-FX throughout the Middle Eastern markets and how resistance to electronic systems is changing rapidly in the fast...

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Timing: – just how important is it for achieving currency alpha?

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Currency Investor, Winter 2010 Within the equities world there has been some discussion over whether market timing is a viable investment strategy or simply...

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