How to enhance real-time corporate banking solutions

Real-time banking solutions often fall short of what corporates expect in terms of transactional capabilities, ease of banking and access to financial data.

Come with the wind: Taiwan leads Asia’s shift to a low-carbon economy

Taiwan's first-ever offshore wind farm is garnering great interest in green energy and paves the way for similar projects across Asia Pacific.

Asia’s appetite for meat and climate control: what next?

Despite profound changes and a shift in attitude towards a meatless future, meat remains the leading hidden culprit of climate change.

Sustainability reaches emerging markets debt

As more investors pile into ESG (environment, social, governance) assets, attention is now turning to sustainable debt from emerging markets.

Driving electric

The transition to electric vehicles is underway. A critical roadblock on the path to full adoption is cost and capacity of batteries and support grid.

Making of a leader: Delving into promising minds

Forbes India decodes how young scions are steering old and new businesses.

Sparking a clean energy revival in the US

A return to the Paris Climate Agreement is serving as a catalyst for an acceleration of clean energy investment by US corporates.

Energy transition: “More a matter of finance than of economics”

Reflecting on the role of finance in the transition to a carbon-neutral economy, Professor Carlo Carraro outlines paradoxical behaviours of both governments and the private sector regarding climate change – but emphasises, at the same time, tremendous business opportunities.

BNP Paribas awarded Foreign exchange derivatives house of the year

BNP Paribas has won Foreign exchange derivatives house of the year in the Structured Products Asia Awards 2017

Are electric vehicles really the future of the car industry?

EVs can certainly have a salutary impact on our planet, but are they really set to dominate road transport? What needs to happen for this to become reality?

Key Takeaways from the 2018 BNP Paribas IPO Conference

BNP Paribas hosted its third annual IPO conference, welcoming around 40 companies.

Pandemic, climate and biodiversity: a tipping point for finance

Investors' advocacy and governments' net-zero commitments will push Asia's responsible recovery, spurring a boom in sustainable finance in 2021.

Climate Change Adaptation – The other side of the coin

While decarbonisation is critical and gaining momentum, we must not forget the other side of the climate action agenda – climate change adaptation.

Trade and manufacturing in India – poised to thrive

Will India capture a bigger slice of global trade and manufacturing as companies look to de-risk operations post-Covid-19?

Asian hedge funds hunt diversity

As global hedge funds pivot to Asia, increasing the proportion of female executives will provide the competitive edge firms need to grow in the region.

BNP Paribas named 2019 Derivatives House of the Year Japan: Asia Risk

Three wins in four years underlines BNP Paribas' client focus and innovation in Japan as it wins the top prize again at Asia Risk's 2019 Awards.

The US fiscal and monetary response to Covid-19: next steps

At a virtual Markets360 Unplugged event, industry leaders shared insights into the US macro outlook and how the Federal Reserve might mitigate the crisis.

South Korea ups its sustainability drive

Korea is championing low-carbon development in Asia Pacific, despite being one of the top seven emitters of carbon dioxide in the world.

Global Outlook Q2 2024: Tailwinds but not all plain sailing

Markets 360, the strategy and economics division of BNP Paribas Global Markets, examines the global outlook for Q2 2024.

A fighting chance: ASEAN’s year ahead

As the world continues to reel from the effects of Covid-19, ASEAN economies may have attributes to help them withstand the shock better than others, thanks to lessons learnt from two financial crises and a younger, more resilient population.