NYSE Euronext : BNP Paribas launches 39 EasyTRACKERS on NYSE Euronext Paris ETN segment

BNP Paribas launches 39 EasyTRACKERS on NYSE Euronext Paris ETN segment

Paris, 28 October 2013- BNP Paribas and NYSE Euronext Paris have teamed up to facilitate access to Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) for professional investors by launching 39 EasyTRACKERS. Offering its product line on NYSE Euronext's ETN segment represents a major new stage in BNP Paribas' expansion on the French market, and gives fresh momentum to NYSE Euronext's European ETN offer for qualified investors.

Since its launch in November 2011, the EasyTRACKERS range has successfully identified opportunities outside traditional asset classes while benefiting from BNP Paribas expertise in systematic investment strategies. It rounds out the range of listed products already offered by the bank, completing the EasyETF* range.

EasyTRACKERS are entirely in line with the ETN universe, offering easy, innovative access to differentiating expertise across several asset classes, including volatility and dividends. They give portfolio managers efficient tools for direct, liquid exposure to markets that are now critical to diversified asset allocation. Most EasyTRACKERS are fully collateralised with European government bonds (minimum rating by Standard & Poor's: AA-). To ensure total transparency, their underlying collateral and indices composition are public and can be consulted at easytrackers.bnpparibas.com.

"We welcome this partnership with BNP Paribas, which can only encourage the development of ETNs"said Pedro Fernandes, head of European Exchange Traded Products and Structured Products at NYSE Euronext. "EasyTRACKERS will round out the range of asset management tools available on NYSE Euronext's European market and boost our ETN segment. With this new product line we can offer professional investors greater exposure to a very wide variety of market sectors and asset classes that are difficult to access through other vehicles."

Terence Darrigade, EasyTRACKERS product range development manager at BNP Paribas Corporate & Investment Banking, added "Today we are seeing rising demand for differentiated asset classes, a field where BNP Paribas has the experience to offer investors liquid and transparent access. So we are giving our clients a chance to implement their market expectations with simple tools that are continuously traded on the French market. These vehicles are built on market opportunities identified by combining fundamental research with technical analysis. It's an approach that lies at the core of our product offering, which our clients value highly - particularly in today's economic and financial environment."

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BNP Paribas
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NYSE Euronext Paris
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*The EasyETF range covers all asset classes with its UCITS ETFs line listed on three major European stock exchanges: NYSE Euronext, Deutsche Börse and the Swiss Exchange. EasyETF products are managed by THEAM, a partner of BNP Paribas Investment Partners specialised in index-based, systematic, guaranteed and protected management.

About BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking
BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) is a leading provider of solutions to a wide range of clients including corporates, sovereigns, financial institutions and investors worldwide. Approximately 19,000 professionals in 45 countries provide clients with personalized services for managing their risks and assets, financing and expanding their business and servicing their operational needs.

BNP Paribas CIB excels in:
Corporate Banking- where it has leading franchises in Transaction Banking (trade finance, cash management) and in Specialized Financing (energy & commodities, transportation, export, project, leveraged, media telecom, corporate acquisition finance and real estate)
Derivatives- where it is one of the leading global players in interest rates, credit, foreign exchange, commodity and equity derivatives.
Advisory and Capital Markets- where it is a top European house in ECM and a global leader in DCM (bond, convertibles and equity issuance)
BNP Paribas has been named "Bank of the Year 2012" by the International Financing Review.
www.cib.bnpparibas.com

About NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured Products), NYSE Euronext's equities markets - the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE MKT, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca - represent one-third of the world's equities trading, the most liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology, connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index. For more information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com.

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