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BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas (rated AA+/Aa1) is a European leader in global banking and
financial services with a strong franchise in Asia–Pacific and the
Americas. It is one of the four strongest banks in the world according
to Standard & Poor's. With over 160,000 employees worldwide, BNP Paribas
has offices in 85 countries across six continents.
BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking is a leading global provider in advisory, capital markets and financing. With more than 16,000 employees in over 55 countries around the world, BNP Paribas excels in the development of derivatives solutions that precisely address the needs of financial institutions and hedge funds as well as corporate and retail clients. BNP Paribas is a market leader in commodity, credit, equity, interest rates and currency derivatives with some of the largest trading positions and market shares worldwide.
BBVA – building bridges between Europe, Asia and America
BBVA has a history of over 150 years and is one of Europe's biggest banking groups with a total market value of €62.8 billion, total assets of €502 billion and more than 40 million customers in 32 different countries and over 111.000 employees. BBVA, listed on the world leading stock markets, has a strong capital base and a long term rating of AA and Aa1, being the only bank in the world that has been upgraded by the rating agencies in the last year.
The Group has a global reach that includes Spain, other countries in Europe (Portugal, France, Belgium, Germany, UK, Switzerland, Italy Russia and Andorra), North and Central America (USA, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic and Panama), South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile and Argentina), Asia (China, Japan, Corea, India, Taiwan) and Australia.
BBVA has a strong position in Spanish and Latin America markets, especially BBVA Bancomer, which has become the first franchise of Mexico. Recently, the bank has made a great progress in its expansion strategy in USA with the acquisition of Compass Bank creating the first regional bank in the USA Sunbelt.
The Group has had a long standing presence in Asia which, over the last two years, has undergone a most significant expansion, both geographically and in the range of products it has for its Asian clients, offering a wide range of wholesale banking products, including corporate banking, treasury and investment banking. The Bank's aspiration of becoming a global group is going further with the agreement with Citic, that creates and unique platform that provides the opportunity to cooperate in a fast growing market.
Credit Suisse
In its Investment Banking business, Credit Suisse offers securities products and financial advisory services to users and suppliers of capital around the world. Operating in 57 locations across 30 countries, Credit Suisse is active across the full spectrum of financial services products including debt and equity underwriting, sales and trading, mergers and acquisitions, investment research, and correspondent and prime brokerage services.
NumeriX
NumeriX is the recognized leader of analytic solutions for structuring, pricing and valuation of exotic derivatives and structured products. With over 40 'enhanced' industry standard models covering seven distinct asset classes, NumeriX can expand an institution's trading platform with over 150 predefined instrument types. From callable range accruals, to cross–currency Bermudan swaptions to multi–factor equity basket hybrids, NumeriX's analytic solutions accelerate time to market.
With the open architecture of NumeriX scripting language, literally any payoff can be executed easily, and the flexibility of NumeriX in Excel provides infinite options for the development of new instrument types. NumeriX is a cross organizational solution used by front office traders who are structuring and marketing new deal types, through to middle office risk professionals who need independent validation of front office models for regulatory compliance. Firm wide risk professionals who need a portfolio aggregator product can use NumeriX Portfolio™, which correlates and collects risk and sensitivities information across all asset classes. Bloomberg users can leverage NumeriX analytics via 250+ predefined calculators under SWPM, OVSN, OVML and with more customization available in Excel via NumeriX Bloomberg edition. With access to comprehensive NumeriX solutions for fixed income, credit, foreign exchange, hybrids, cross currency, inflation rate and equity derivatives and the expansive capabilities of Bloomberg, users have the flexibility of Excel to capture trades. Moreover, for valuation purposes, existing instruments can be moved seamlessly between the two systems.
Whether on an individual trader's desktop, integrated institutionally or accessed via one of NumeriX 40+ partners, NumeriX is the most widely adopted cross–asset analytics solution for exotic derivatives and structured products. Visit Numerix.com or NUMX <GO> on Bloomberg for more information about how NumeriX can expand your investment opportunities.
SG CIB
SG CIB, the corporate and investment banking arm of the Société Générale Group, serves corporate clients and investors in 45 countries. It is recognized for its innovation and vast capabilities. Present on the European, US and Asian markets, SG CIB offers corporates, financial institutions and investors a tailored approach in meeting their financial needs.
SG CIB is a reference bank specialising in:
- Euro capital markets. A top ten player in debt and equity segments (bonds, securitisations, syndicated loans, equity-linked and equity issues).
- Derivatives. Among the world leaders in equity derivatives and in many interest rate, credit, foreign exchange and commodities derivatives.
- Structured finance. A worldwide leader in export, project and structured commodity finance.
The Equity Derivatives team of SG CIB is the largest in the world. Since 2005 the bank has been awarded Best Equity Derivatives House 10 times by leading industry publications. Additionally, the bank was named “Modern Great in Equity Derivatives” by Risk in 2007 for its leadership of the industry over the past 10 years.
UBS
UBS Delta is an innovative market and portfolio analysis tool, helping asset managers, banks and hedge funds manage risk and performance across fixed income, commodities and equities. UBS Delta was named Euromoney's Best Portfolio Analysis tool 2001–2005, Risk magazine's Best In–House System, 2007, Buy–Side Technology's Best Proprietary Technology 2007 and voted Euromoney's No. 1 Electronic Platform, 2007.
