BNP Paribas has long been established as one of the clear leaders in equity derivatives. In recognition for its worldwide leadership, BNP Paribas was awarded, for the second time « Equity Derivatives House of the Year », By Risk Awards 2007.

BNP Paribas has been a pioneer in the Global Equities & Derivatives business and is today a leading player in this field, thanks to considerable trading capacity and expertise in all types of Structured and Flow & Financing products as well as Global Execution and Prime Services.

BNP Paribas Equities & Derivatives covers a wide range of clients – Corporates, Banks & Financial Institutions, Hedge Funds and Private Investors – and offers them tailor-made and innovative solutions.


Equities and Derivatives

Awards and rankings

In the United States

Equity is a major business category that supports major practice areas. International equity distribution, derivative products, program strategies, and automated domestic equity and futures execution are equitty offerings that are essential for serving a diverse global client base. BNP Paribas also conducts sophisticated proprietary portfolio strategies through its CooperNeff affiliate.

Equity Derivatives
To serve this client business, the major trading activities are:

• Equity Brokerage
• OTC Options
• Listed Options
• Enhanced Portfolio Strategies
• Equity Financing
• Risk Arbitrage
• Fund of Funds

The Equity Derivatives department services clients by providing execution on all derivatives on Indices, stocks as well as funds-linked products. The client base includes major financial institutions such as banks, insurance, hedge funds, and corporates and institutions reaching the retail sector (with notes issued by the group). The products are then fully customized to address the client’s needs.

In addition, this group includes Proprietary Trading.
Proprietary Trading is conducted by CooperNeff, which is one of the world's most innovative and successful proprietary trading organizations, and which consistently ranks among the Top 15 equity program trading firms in the U.S.1 The seamless linkage of CooperNeff's trading systems with the execution and processing of BNP Paribas' brokerage networks allows for the trading of large volumes of stocks with one of the lowest cost structures in the industry.
Access to CooperNeff's web site :www.cooperneff.com

Equity Brokerage
Equity Brokerage in the U.S. focuses on the distribution of international stocks to U.S. Institutional investors.

Equity Brokerage Services provides fully automated execution on U.S. equity markets and traditional brokerage of listed U.S. futures and options. It is consistently ranked among the leading firms in terms of volume traded on the NYSE, and has significant market share on the floors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Brokerage Services provides access to the U.S. markets for a growing global institutional client base.

With its focus on technology, Brokerage Services is able to process high volumes of transactions at low costs. The group's ability to provide straight-through processing minimizes execution and clearing risks, and enhances control to meet the highest industry standards.