"to the United States in 2009 when it became the title sponsor of the Indian Wells Masters, a two-week tournament in California which is also one of the nine Masters 1000 series. The Stanford Classic, since 1992, is instead directly sponsored by the Bank of the West subsidiary. Under the aegis of the Fondation de France, the BNP Paribas Foundation has been playing a key role in corporate philanthropy for more than 30 years. It is also encouraging to developing the BNP Paribas international philanthropic policy where the Group does business. The BNP Paribas Foundation aims at developing its activities"
"BNP Paribas BNP Paribas S.A. is a French international banking group. It is the world's 8th largest bank by total assets, and currently operates with a presence in 77 countries. It was formed through the merger of Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Paribas in 2000, but has a corporate identity stretching back to its first foundation in 1848 as a national bank. It is one of three major international French banks, along with Société Générale and Crédit Agricole. The group is listed on the first market of Euronext Paris and a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market"
"IFR awards are a key industry benchmark and Bank of the Year is the top honour awarded. BNP Paribas reached an agreement in December 2013 to acquire Rabobank's Polish unit BGZ Bank for around $1.4 billion. In September 2014, BNP completed the purchase of BGZ Bank for a final fee stated in the media to be $1.3 billion. In June 2014, BNP Paribas pleaded guilty to falsifying business records and conspiracy, having violated U.S. sanctions against Cuba, Iran, and Sudan. It agreed to pay an $8.9 billion fine, the largest ever for violating U.S. sanctions at that time. The BNP"
"In 2006 Prot was awarded ‘Financier of the Year’, primarily in acknowledgement of the successful acquisition of Italian bank Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, which was executed in a record time. In 2007 Prot also picked up the ‘Social and Corporate Responsibility’ award by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA). In April 2010 Prot became an Officer of the Légion d'honneur. Baudouin Prot Baudouin Prot (born 24 May 1951) is a French economist who served as chairman of BNP Paribas' Board of Directors till 1 December 2014. He is currently a Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group and Partners Group. Prot was"
"Paribas logo since 2000 (designed by Laurent Vincent under the leadership of the Communications Director, Antoine Sire) is called the ""courbe d'envol"" (curve of taking flight). The stars allude to Europe and universality. The transformation of the stars into birds conveys openness, freedom, growth, and the ability to change and adapt. The shape and movement of the curve places the logo in the universe of life. The green square symbolises nature and optimism. In 2015, the BNP Paribas Group was organized around two business areas: Retail Banking & Services, a global network of nearly 7,000 branches, comprising Domestic Markets and"
"BNP Paribas Showdown The BNP Paribas Showdown (formerly NetJets Showdown, Billie Jean King Cup) was a one-night tennis event operated by GF Sports and held at Madison Square Garden in New York City each February or March since 2008. The Showdown is part of World Tennis Day, an initiative to increase tennis participation around the world. The event serves as the kick-off to the tennis season in North America, with the USTA running thousands of clinics across the country throughout the spring. The event format has changed from year-to-year including male and female current and retired players playing singles and"
"agencies, banking and insurance regulation, regulating financial activities and capital markets, systemic risk, the valuation of long-term assets, etc. Calls for projects are launched every year since 2012. Doctoral fellowships and postdoctoral contracts are also awarded each year. Partner institutions (University of Paris I, ESCP Europe, CNAM, ENA, ENASS) also animate research seminars dedicated to the regulation. Valorization primarily happens through ""policy papers"", dealing with current regulatory topics and express academic views on these matters. Different types of events are organized, including breakfasts every two months putting together professionals, regulators and academics to discuss various topics. Since November 2011, breakfasts"
"clauses but on the other hand they ignored all control-tasks imposed by the regulators — ECB, BaFin and AMF — for a whole week"""". BNP Paribas has been a major sponsor of tennis. In 1973 it became the major sponsor of the French Open, one of the four prestigious Grand Slam tournaments in the sport. In 2001 the bank began to sponsor the Davis Cup before becoming the title sponsor in 2002. Also in 2002 it became the sponsor of the Paris Masters, one of the nine high-profile tournaments of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 series. It also expanded"
"and international financial services provider for corporate and institutional clients, it is present across Europe, the Americas, and Asia. BNP Paribas is the largest French banking group and the largest bank in the Eurozone. It became one of the five largest banks in the world following the 2008 financial crisis. Despite some legal difficulties in the United States in 2014, including being fined the largest ever sum as reparation for violating US sanctions, it remains one of the ten largest banks worldwide. The Banque Nationale de Paris S.A. (BNP) resulted from a merger of two French banks – Banque nationale"
"of activity for the media and information technology. Six of the twelve largest companies in the Paris region are banks and insurance companies. The largest banks, in order of 2014 revenue, are BNP Paribas; Société Générale; Credit Agricole, and Groupe BPCE. The largest insurance companies are AXA (the second largest French company, by revenue, in 2014) and CNP Assurances. A 2015 survey ranking banks around the world by assets ranked BNP Paribas the 7th largest bank in the world; Credit Agricole in tenth place, and Societe Generale in 20th place. French banks have traditionally had their main offices in the"
"and culminates with the BNP Paribas Showdown. BNP Paribas Showdown The BNP Paribas Showdown (formerly NetJets Showdown, Billie Jean King Cup) was a one-night tennis event operated by GF Sports and held at Madison Square Garden in New York City each February or March since 2008. The Showdown is part of World Tennis Day, an initiative to increase tennis participation around the world. The event serves as the kick-off to the tennis season in North America, with the USTA running thousands of clinics across the country throughout the spring. The event format has changed from year-to-year including male and female"
"was awarded to the French economist Xavier Gabaix (NYU Stern School of Business) ""for his original research contributions in financial and behavioural economics, including the consequences of seemingly irrational behaviour on asset markets, and his analysis of the level of compensation of corporate executives"". The award ceremony took place in Madrid on June 1, 2011. 2009 The 2009 Bernacer Prize was awarded to the French economist Emmanuel Farhi (Harvard University) ""for his relevant contributions to the design of optimal taxation in business cycle models with incomplete markets, and for improving our understanding of the macroeconomic mechanisms that underlie the relationships"
"BNP Paribas CIB BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) is the global investment banking arm of BNP Paribas, the largest banking group in the world. In October 2010, BNP Paribas was ranked by Bloomberg and Forbes as the largest bank and largest company in the world by assets with over US$3.1 trillion. BNP Paribas CIB's main centres are in Paris and London, with large scale operations in New York, Hong Kong, and Singapore, and smaller operations in almost every financial centre in the world. It employs 185,000 people across 56 countries and provides financing, advisory and capital markets services."
"accounting, mergers and acquisitions, inward investment and various CSR activities. The magazine content is in the form of interviews, news, analysis, op-eds, reviews and videos. The ""Global Banking & Finance Awards"" was started in 2011 to recognize and honor inspirational changes happening in the global financing community. They reflect the innovation, achievement, strategy, progressive and inspirational changes taking place within the financial sector. DBS Bank, International Bank of Qatar, BMO Capital Markets, Noor Bank, Scotiabank, Zenith Bank, Alawwal Bank, Stanbic IBTC Holdings, ICS Financial Systems, NDB Bank, Kanrich Finance, Bursa Malaysia, Bank of Montreal, Credit Andorra, and Standard Chartered Bank"
"20022006 The Athens Laboratory of Business Administration (Advisory Board), 20012006 Momentum Invest (Advisor), 2017present International Board on Economic Regulations (Member), 2015present AlphaOne Partners LLP (Advisor), 20142017 S&B Industrial Minerals, S.A. (Non-Executive Director), 20112013 Rémy Cointreau (Non-Executive Director; Member of the Strategy Committee), 20062015 Vivendi (Non-Executive Director; Member of the Audit Committee), 20032010 Accenture (Member of the Energy Advisory Board), 20022006 Cerestar (Non-Executive Director), 20012003 Mastrad (Non-Executive Director), 19982003 ‘The French Legion of Honor’ Doctorate Honoris Causa awarded by The University of Liège (Belgium) Doctorate Honoris Causa awarded by The Art Center College of Design (California) Doctorate Honoris Causa awarded by"
"of search theory to explain the emergence of illiquidity and fire sales in different asset markets"". The award ceremony took place in Madrid on May 13, 2016. 2013 The 2013 Bernacer Prize was awarded to the French economist Thomas Philippon (NYU Stern School of Business) ""for his influential research on efficiency trends in the finance industry, the costs of financial distress and intervention policies in markets subject to adverse selection"". The award ceremony took place in Madrid on November 3, 2014. 2012 The 2012 Bernacer Prize was awarded to the British economist Nicholas Bloom (Stanford University) ""for his influential research"
"since 2017. As well as technology presentations, knowledgeable and distinguished speakers from world leading institutions, debate current industry issues, share knowhow and give advice in thought provoking, pragmatic plenary sessions and workshops. Participants The 30 presenting technology companies are selected on the following criteria: Sponsors Past and present sponsors of the conference include Arup Group Limited, Barclays Capital, Cision Ltd. Cohesion Investments Limited, Covington and Burling LLP, Cranfield University, Deloitte LLP, Easy Group, Hobbs & Towne Inc., International University of Monaco, Parkview, Qualcomm, Reuters, STRATIS Impact, Shell Foundation and The Monaco Economic Board, CleanEquity Awards H.S.H. Prince Albert II of"
"variety of sports (ski, tennis, golf) and enjoys opera and fine wines. Pascal Boris Pascal Boris, CBE, is a business angel and senior non-executive director (chair, remuneration committee, strategy committee). He is a former senior executive in international banking and financial services who used to be CEO of BNP Paribas UK (1999–2007) and CEO of BNP Paribas Suisse (2007–2013). Pascal Boris was born on 1950 in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de Seine), France. He is the son of Jean-Mathieu Boris, President of various companies and Mrs Monique Hecker, International civil servant at UNESCO. Pascal Boris attended the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly, Paris, before graduating from"
"Asia: 2. Central America, the South and the Caribbean: 3. North America: 4. Central Asia and the Northeast: 5. South Asia and the Pacific: 6. Europe: Prix Versailles The Prix Versailles is an annual award dedicated to commercial architecture which was inaugurated in 2015. Discerned at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, it encompasses several categories, with the winners being selected by an independent judges panel. It is the world architecture award for stores, hotels and restaurants. Following a call for submissions, this award singles out the architects and owners of shops"
"Prix Versailles The Prix Versailles is an annual award dedicated to commercial architecture which was inaugurated in 2015. Discerned at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, it encompasses several categories, with the winners being selected by an independent judges panel. It is the world architecture award for stores, hotels and restaurants. Following a call for submissions, this award singles out the architects and owners of shops and stores, hotels and restaurants around the world that are found to be particularly remarkable, from a perspective of their exterior architecture and their interior design."
"Università di Milano, Italy; 2012: Université de Liège, Belgium; 2013: L.C.C de Toulouse, France; 2014: Casa do Infante, Porto, Portugal; 2015: Le Quartz Centre de Congrès Brest, France; 2016: Palais des Académies in Brussels, Belgium; 2017: Lisbon Academy of Sciences, Lisbon, Portugal; 2018: Bielefeld, Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Germany. Since 2012 the academy has also organized an annual symposium called The Future of Sciences in the 21st Century. The academy has nine divisions: The Leonardo da Vinci Award was established in 2009 for Outstanding Lifelong Achievement. One award is attributed per year. The Blaise Pascal Medal was established in 2003"
"International Financial Services, and Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB). At the end of 2015, outstanding deposits stood at EUR700.3 billion and outstanding loans at EUR682.5 billion. The geographic breakdown of revenues was as follows: Europe (73.3%), Americas (11.8%), Asia Pacific (7.5%) and others (7.4%). Retail banking is BNP Paribas' largest business unit representing 72% of its 2015 revenues. Its operations are concentrated in Europe, especially in the group's three domestic markets of France, Italy (where it operates as Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL)), and Belgium (as BNP Paribas Fortis). The group also owns an American subsidiary BancWest which operates as"
"banking markets, it is recognized as a global leader in derivatives trading, structured finance, and project finance. The firm is divided into 6 key business areas: In 2009, BNP CIB earned €12.2 billion in revenue (30% of total group's), €4.4 billion in pre-tax income (48.9% of total group's), and 18,000 employees (9.0% of total group's headcount.) BNP Paribas's ""Investment Solutions"" unit includes its asset management, custodial banking, real estate, insurance, online brokerage, ""Personal Investors"" and wealth management activities. On 11 June 2008, BNP Paribas formally signed an agreement to purchase the Prime Brokerage Services division of Bank of America Securities."
"The Bank’s clients may also avail themselves of investment advisory services. Bank BGŻ BNP Paribas is a member of the international BNP Paribas banking group. Bank BGŻ BNP Paribas Bank BGŻ BNP Paribas is a universal bank listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The Bank offers individual clients savings and investment products as well as a wide range of loans. In turn, it provides businesses (micro businesses, SMEs and corporates) with solutions to fund their operations on the Polish market and on the international market. The Bank also renders services to food and agro sector companies. It specializes in financing"
"related to either a specific or an interdisciplinary field. The prizes go beyond the traditional subjects both in the humanities (literature, the moral sciences and the arts) and in the sciences (medicine and the physical, mathematical and natural sciences), with an emphasis on innovative research. Every 3 to 7 years the foundation also awards the ""Prize for humanity, peace and brotherhood among peoples"". It was last awarded in 2014 to Vivre en Famille. Balzan Prize The International Balzan Prize Foundation awards four annual monetary prizes to people or organizations who have made outstanding achievements in the fields of humanities, natural"
"Louis Bachelier Prize The Louis Bachelier Prize is a biennial prize in applied mathematics jointly awarded by the London Mathematical Society, the Natixis Foundation for Quantitative Research and the Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles (SMAI) in recognition for ""exceptional contributions to mathematical modelling in finance, insurance, risk management and/or scientific computing applied to finance and insurance."" The prize is named in honor of French mathematician Louis Bachelier, a pioneer in the field of probability and its use in financial modeling. The Louis Bachelier Prize was created in 2007 by the Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et Industrielles [Society for Applied"
"Globe de Cristal Awards The Awards (English: Crystal Globe Awards) is a set of awards bestowed by members of the French Press Association recognizing excellence in home art and culture. The annual formal ceremony and dinner at which the awards are presented happens each February. The 1st were in 2006 in Paris. The 2014 ceremony was held at cabaret on 10 March 2014 and was hosted by , who is the first woman to host the show, without being a co-host. The ""Globe de Cristal Awards"" categories are: movies, actors, actresses, theater, concerts, novels, singers, TV series, exhibitions and fashion"
"has generally been given every two years. The Société has also been involved in nominating and choosing the recipients of the Othmer Gold Medal and the Winthrop-Sears Medal, which are given yearly. The Société supports a program of monthly speakers featuring CEOs, government leaders, and scientists. The Société funds scholarships for writers, educators, and historians who place chemistry in historical perspective and explore the influence of chemistry on everyday life. Société de Chimie Industrielle (American Section) The Société de Chimie Industrielle (American Section) is an independent learned society inspired by the creation of the Société de Chimie Industrielle in Paris"
"Enablis and has served as its chairman and chief executive officer from inception. In February 2009, Sirois became the chair of CIBC. Sirois had a net worth of C$1.2 billion in 2015. In 1994, he was made a member of the Order of Canada in recognition for being ""a visionary in the area of intercontinental communications"". In 1998, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. He holds honorary doctorates from Université du Québec à Montréal, University of Ottawa, Concordia University, Université Laval and the École de technologie supérieure. In 1995, he published a book on the"
"employees. Financial services and insurance are important sector of the regional economy; the major French Banks and insurance companies, including BNP Paribas, Société générale, and Crédit agricole, all have their headquarters in the region, The region also hosts the headquarters of the top French telecom companies and utilities, including Orange S.A., Veolia and EDF, The French stock market, the Bourse de Paris, now known as Euronext Paris, occupies an historical building in the center of Paris, is in ranked fourth among global stock markets, after New York, Tokyo and London., Other major sectors of the regional economy include energy companies"
"attracted 49,000 viewers in France (constituting 0.4% of the audience share). Globe de Cristal Awards The Awards (English: Crystal Globe Awards) is a set of awards bestowed by members of the French Press Association recognizing excellence in home art and culture. The annual formal ceremony and dinner at which the awards are presented happens each February. The 1st were in 2006 in Paris. The 2014 ceremony was held at cabaret on 10 March 2014 and was hosted by , who is the first woman to host the show, without being a co-host. The ""Globe de Cristal Awards"" categories are: movies,"
"the major histocompatibility complex. In 2008, the French virologist Françoise Barré-Sinoussi was awarded, together with her former mentor Luc Montagnier, for the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus. Each year, Inserm awards three researchers in three major distinct categories. The ""Grand prix de l'Inserm"" recognizes major advancements in biology for an active researcher of the institution, the ""Grand prix d'honneur"" recognizes a French public institution's researcher whose contributions have had a major impact in science, and the ""Prix étranger"" (Foreign Prize) awards a foreign researcher for their particular contributions to biomedical research. In addition the Inserm has internal awards for"
"for photography highlighting societal interactions and problems. Each year, nominated photographers are invited to submit a series of pictures on a chosen theme, such as ""Water"" (2008) and ""Space"" (2017). The winner is selected by an independent jury presided by Kofi Annan. The Pictet Group The Pictet Group, known simply as Pictet, is a Swiss multinational private bank and financial services company founded and based in Switzerland. Headquartered in Geneva, it is one of the largest Swiss banks and primarily offers services in wealth management, asset management and asset servicing to private clients and institutions. The Pictet Group employs around"