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<strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Paribas</strong> Securities Services acquired the third-party securities clearing and settlem<strong>en</strong>t<br />

business of Bankhaus Carl F Plump in Germany, an <strong>en</strong>tity of the MM Warburg group specialised<br />

in asset managem<strong>en</strong>t and private <strong>bank</strong>ing. This acquisition positions <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Paribas</strong> Securities<br />

Services among the top three providers to German brokerage fi rms and <strong>bank</strong>s specialised in<br />

securities trading.<br />

More than t<strong>en</strong> new services have also be<strong>en</strong> launched in response to changes in cli<strong>en</strong>t requirem<strong>en</strong>ts,<br />

among them:<br />

• securities clearing on behalf of London Stock Exchange member fi rms;<br />

• a fund administration outsourcing solution in Germany;<br />

• following the example of France and Italy, the capacity to locally manage alternative funds<br />

in Spain;<br />

• signifi cant <strong>en</strong>hancem<strong>en</strong>t of the per<strong>for</strong>mance measurem<strong>en</strong>t and analysis offering including<br />

a customised analysis of transaction costs <strong>for</strong> German institutional investors and improved<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance attribution in relation to the interest rate and curr<strong>en</strong>cy market;<br />

• remote access to the c<strong>en</strong>tral custodian facility in Cyprus from the Ath<strong>en</strong>s branch;<br />

• a four-party collateral managem<strong>en</strong>t offering;<br />

• administration of international securitisation vehicles.<br />

Industry recognition was again <strong>for</strong>thcoming in 2006, with <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Paribas</strong> Securities Services<br />

winning the following awards:<br />

• “Fund administrator of the year” (Funds Europe magazine) <strong>for</strong> the second year running;<br />

• “Best Ag<strong>en</strong>t Bank“ (Global Custodian magazine) and “Best Sub-Custodian“ (Global Finance<br />

magazine) <strong>for</strong> western Europe, “Best Regional Sub-Custodian“ <strong>for</strong> northern and southern<br />

Europe (ICFA);<br />

• “Top Rated” <strong>for</strong> its local custody services in eight European countries in the annual survey<br />

conducted by Global Custodian magazine;<br />

• “Most innovative securities services provider in Europe”, one of the “Leaders in innovation”<br />

awards, (Financial-i magazine).<br />

Lastly, <strong>for</strong> the sixth consecutive year, <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Paribas</strong> Securities Services’ fund administration<br />

operations and mutual funds France custodian function won ISO 9001 certifi cation.<br />

Sales and marketing mom<strong>en</strong>tum in Italy<br />

In Italy, <strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Paribas</strong> Securities Services won<br />

the depository <strong>bank</strong> mandate <strong>for</strong> the Italian<br />

post office’s asset managem<strong>en</strong>t company<br />

(Banco Posta Fondi SGR), which from<br />

January 2007 will <strong>en</strong>joy an ext<strong>en</strong>ded range<br />

of services including the calculation of the<br />

funds’ liquidated value.<br />

<strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Paribas</strong> Securities Services selected to<br />

be EDF’s custodian<br />

<strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Paribas</strong> Securities Services was<br />

mandated by EDF to provide custody and<br />

valuation services and to measure the<br />

per<strong>for</strong>mance of the portfolio of assets<br />

dedicated to the dismantling of nuclear<br />

power plants. This new mandate str<strong>en</strong>gth<strong>en</strong>s<br />

relations betwe<strong>en</strong> the EDF group and<br />

<strong>BNP</strong> <strong>Paribas</strong> Securities Services which had<br />

already be<strong>en</strong> providing issuer services to<br />

this leader in the distribution and sale of<br />

electricity in Europe.<br />

72-73<br />

ASSET MANAGEMENT AND SERVICES

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