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Supported by large strategic transactions, AI-driven investment and growing cross-border M&A activity between the US and Europe, the US M&A market has been strong in the first nine months of 2026. In this US M&A market review, Vanessa Dager, Head of Advisory North America at BNP Paribas, discusses why megadeals1 have shaped overall US M&A volumes, how corporate and private equity strategies are evolving, and what interest-rate uncertainty could mean for the US M&A outlook for 2027.

ETF data infrastructure is the practical constraint on how fast any issuer can launch and scale an ETF range The market is fragmenting and consolidating at once; hundreds of issuers, many launching onto shared platforms for scale from day one Much of the industry’s data complexity is self-inflicted taxonomy, and all of it can be standardised ETFs are now a global asset class, traded and hedged across regions rather than within one Daniel Gonzalez Fuster: Thank you for joining our sixth...

As the digital assets landscape moves from experimentation to real-world production, the financial market faces a new frontier of complexity. In this discussion, Maria and Stefan explain how BNP Paribas is bridging the gap between traditional fund management and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), enabling the seamless issuance and distribution of tokenised funds.

Securities Services at BNP Paribas, a leading global custodian with USD 17.5 trillion in assets under custody[1], announces its mandate with Bpifrance to provide a range of securities services for its “Bpifrance Défense” S.L.P. fund, labelled ELTIF II and accessible to retail investors. Bpifrance is the French public investment bank dedicated to financing and supporting business development.

In our latest research “What does T+1 mean for you?”, we bring together relevant market data and the nuanced perspectives of expert practitioners to offer a practical, ground-level view of what T+1 means for six market segments or functions and how they are gearing up for the transition. The shift to a T+1 settlement cycle marks a pivotal chapter in the evolution of European financial markets.

BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business, a leading global custodian with USD 17.5 trillion in assets under custody[1], today announces the implementation of Proxymity’s Vote Connect Global solution as part of its general meetings services for global custody clients across EMEA and Asia Pacific, directly connecting issuers, intermediaries and investors through a near real-time, transparent and efficient digital ecosystem.

AI infrastructure investment is approaching USD1 trillion a year, flowing across 30 nodes in an increasingly interconnected data centre value chain. Chips and servers capture half of investment, but investment in power grids and digital networks across sectors and players is becoming equally strategic. Supply constraints could determine the pace of the AI build-out, with critical bottlenecks in some areas.

BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business, a leading global custodian with USD 17.5 trillion in assets under custody[1], today announces the launch of the additional data capabilities of its Data PRISM360 data management solution, powered by Investment Data Solution of NeoXam, market leader in financial data software.

Celebrating the 26th anniversary of ETFs in Europe, Robert Van Kerkhoff, Global Head of Institutional Investors Sales and Client Coverage at BNP Paribas’ Securities Services business was interviewed on the European ETF market by Emma Walden, Fund Forum correspondent, at Fund Forum 2026.

A continuation fund is a secondary vehicle established by private capital managers to transfer one or more assets from an existing fund nearing the end of its lifecycle in a bid to extend ownership beyond the original fund’s term.