Thinking Aloud with BNP Paribas

In this episode, we want to dive into blockchain technology and explore with you how it could foster change in the world of fund distribution.

Regulators and capital markets industry groups worldwide are pushing to shorten settlement cycles in equity trading.  Alan Cameron, Head of Financial Intermediaries and Corporates Client Line Advisory, Securities Services, BNP Paribas, and Aman Mehta, APAC Sales Director and APAC Digital Assets Lead for Securities Services, BNP Paribas,  spoke with GlobalTrading editor, Terry Flanagan about the long-term trend  of shorten settlement cycle and its implications for market participants.   

In this Thinking Aloud podcast, we explore CSDR and the settlement discipline regime post-implementation.

Natacha Dezert, Blockchain & Digital Assets Program Manager for BNP Paribas Securities Services, and Aman Mehta, APAC Sales Director and APAC Digital Assets Lead for BNP Paribas Securities Services, discuss how digital assets are changing the business of the institutional investors with Markets Media Group Senior Writer Shanny Basar.

In this episode, we explore the hidden power of TPT data and how the tripartite template can help reduce capital consumption under Solvency II.

In part II our attention shifts to work that Liquidshare have undertaken with Banque de France on the transferring of digital assets using DLT technology. Manager, Natacha Dezert welcomes Brigitte Gignoux, Head of Business Development at Liquidshare to provide the latest update on this exciting project. 

In part II our attention shifts to work that Liquidshare have undertaken with Banque de France on the transferring of digital assets using DLT technology. Manager, Natacha Dezert welcomes Brigitte Gignoux, Head of Business Development at Liquidshare to provide the latest update on this exciting project.

In this episode Kurt Zeimers joins Alan Cameron to discuss digital assets and recent changes in the German regulatory environment and the impact these changes are having on asset managers and asset owners.

Head of Client Engagement for Technology, Stephane Lubenec joins Alan Cameron to discuss the why resiliency is not longer the preserve of BCP teams and how it must reach all corners of an organisation.

Many months after the Brexit trade deal was announced, the outlook for UK investment funds is still unclear. What is the outlook for the UK funds industry, and how are our clients adapting their cross-border distribution and operational strategies? Matt Adams, Head of Asset Manager Client Line in the UK, speaks with Daniel Gonzalez Fuster, Head of Institutional Investors for the UK. 

Head of Custody Product, Gabriel Sampaio joins Alan Cameron to discuss some of big challenges and opportunities for the UK post-trade industry post-Brexit.

Alan Cameron shares his thoughts on how adaptations made as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic could result in permanent efficiency gains for our industry.

UK COO Mark Daisley joins Alan Cameron to discuss how the industry’s thinking around Operational Resilience has been impacted by Covid-19

AFMEs Managing Director of post trade, Stephen Burton, provides his perspective on the Settlement Discipline Regime.

Funds Europe talked to the experts, including our Head of Alternatives in Asia-Pacific, about the Variable Capital Company (VCC), the new corporate structure seeking to position Singapore as the premier investment hub in the Asia Pacific region for traditional & alternative fund managers.

BNP Paribas UK country head, Anne Marie Verstraeten, on Brexit, the UK economy, and building a sustainable future.

The launch of the London-Shanghai Stock Connect marked an important milestone in the opening up of China’s capital markets. Whilst this initiative hit the headlines, there are of course a multitude of other schemes that allow international investors to access China. In this episode Gary O’Brien returns to discuss the options and what he expects to see in the future.

In this episode our focus turns to Asia as Alan Cameron discusses Third Party Clearing with our Head of Custody Product APAC, Gary O’Brien. Listen now to discover why banks and brokers are looking to outsource their clearing activity and what’s next for the region.

Alan Cameron welcomes our Global Head of Financial Intermediaries client line, Bruno Campenon into the studio to discuss some of the highlights of Sibos 2019 and delve into some of the topics that will continue to develop well past this year’s conference.

In our Sibos special we look ahead to the world’s largest banking conference which, for the first time, comes to London. Alan Cameron and Graham Ray discuss the conference and what they are looking forward to most.

In this special edition we turn our focus to the buy side as Clare Vincent-Silk, Partner at management consultancy firm @Sionic is joined by our Head of Dealing Services, Thomas Castiel to discuss our research on the growth of outsourced dealing.

In this episode, Alan Cameron is joined by our Head of Digital Client Experience, Paud O’Keeffe, to discuss how APIs are being utilised in securities services and how we can go about setting standards to maximize their value to clients.

In this episode, Alan Cameron, Head of Brokers Market Strategy, is joined by Mariangela Fumagalli, our Head of Asset Servicing, Global Product and Regulatory Solutions. Mariangela shares her insight into what Shareholder Rights Directive 2 (SRD II) means for those in the custody chain, the impact this directive will have for clients and what needs to be done in preparation.

In this episode, Alan Cameron, Head of Brokers Market Strategy, is joined by Andrew Douglas, Managing Director of Government Relations (EMEA & APAC) and CEO of DTCC’s European Trade Repository. Andrew was a key member of the team tasked with analysing the European post-trade landscape, indentifying ways to create a more efficient and resilient cross-border post-trade environment in Europe. The discussion captures fascinating insight into what has been achieved so far and what more still needs to be done.

In this episode of the series, Alan Cameron, Head of Brokers Market Strategy, is joined by our Head of Public Affairs, Haroun Boucheta, for an update on CMU including the progress that has been made and what challenges face us as we look to build more efficient capital markets in Europe.

In the first episode of the series, Alan Cameron, Head of Brokers Market Strategy, is joined by Graham Ray, our Global Head of Sales and Relationship Management to discuss the issues, challenges and opportunities for our clients in the post-trade world.