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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.”
