Tag Archives: BNP Paribas
Aux armes, citoyens! The assault on French banking
Both of the main candidates have turned on bankers in an increasingly populist presidential election campaign in France – to the dismay of many of their compatriots. My latest column for Financial News: If investment bankers and traders in London … Continue reading
Category: Finance, France, Investment banking
Tags: BNP Paribas, Francois Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy, Societe Generale
The parable of BNP Paribas and SocGen
My latest column for Financial News on how the two French banks have struggled over the past decade to come to terms with their failure to merge in 1999. Nearly 10 years ago, in a provocative report entitled French banks: … Continue reading