James Hickling has joined BNP Paribas as a rates repo trader.
In Q3 2025, BNP Paribas reported €1.3 billion in FICC revenues within the corporate and investment banking division, up 3.7% year-on-year. The FICC division is led by Arne Groes.
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Last year, the firm’s head of G10 rates for Europe left the firm.
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Hickling has eight years of industry experience and joins the firm from the UK Debt Management Office, where he has been a gilt repo, commercial paper and money markets trader since 2022.
Earlier in his career, Hickling was a broker at BGC Partners and part of the fixed income credit and rates trading and sales team at LXM Group.
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