Exane BNP Paribas: No. 1 in Equity Research for 3rd consecutive year

Exane BNP Paribas has delivered another outstanding performance in the 2019 Extel Results, ranking No. 1 in Equity Sector Research for the third consecutive year. Exane BNP Paribas was also ranked No. 1 Developed Europe Broker, No. 1 for Pan-Europe Equity Sales and No. 1 in Corporate Access (based on corporate votes). Exane BNP Paribas was also ranked the No. 3 overall broker.

Overall, Exane BNP Paribas teams were ranked in first place in 19 of the 30 equity sectors – the strongest result in the history of the survey – and achieved an overall market share of 10% for the second year in a row.

Renaud-Franck Falce, Head of Capital Markets EMEA and George Holst, Head of Corporate Clients Group, commented: "This excellent result underlines the quality of our franchise in European equities and the strength of the partnership between BNP Paribas and Exane BNP Paribas. We have built exceptional expertise across all key industry sectors, providing us with unique and unparalleled equity knowledge and insight to support our client franchise. Together with our leading financing, ECM and Equity Derivatives franchises, we are well placed as one of Europe's top Equity platforms."

Exane BNP Paribas' Head of Equities Ben Spruntulis said: "We are very pleased that Exane BNP Paribas ranks as Europe's top Equities business for a third consecutive year, with No. 1 rankings in 19 out of the 30 equity market sectors. We're grateful to our clients for their support and extremely proud to see the hard work and dedication of our exceptional people recognised in the industry's leading survey."