The FINANCIAL -- The Board of Directors of BNP Paribas met on 4 November 2009. The meeting was chaired by Michel Pébereau and the Board examined the Group's results for the third quarter and the first nine months of the year.

The FINANCIAL -- The EBRD and Rabobank Group are teaming up to support businesses with private equity financing during this period of tight liquidity by setting up a new private equity fund – Resource Eastern European Equity Partners I, LP.

The FINANCIAL -- Credit Suisse on November 4 announced the official opening of its fifth Centre of Excellence in Mumbai.

The FINANCIAL -- The EBRD is boosting the availability of finance to private businesses in Turkey with a €50 million syndicated loan facility to Garanti Bank for on-lending to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) operating outside the main Turkish cities.

The FINANCIAL -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) on November 3 became the first Export Credit Agency (ECA) to adopt a comprehensive Carbon Policy to guide its support of United States exports in light of climate change concerns.