BNP Paribas CIB bets on profitability over revenues

When BNP Paribas announced its adaptation plan last year the corporate and investment banking unit was squarely in the firing line. Revenues are down but profitability is resilient – something that CIB head Alain Papiasse argues makes it better positioned than its peers.

“I don’t see that there is a risk today that we will lose money – even in an extreme scenario.” This is a bold claim and one that not many heads of corporate and investment banking would be in a position to make. But Alain Papiasse at BNP Paribas is confident that the balance-sheet restructuring that the bank has recently undertaken puts him in this position. Papiasse became deputy chief operating officer at the bank in December 2011 along with Jacques d’Estais, head of investment solutions.

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