In the first of a two-part interview, Renaud Meary, global head of equity derivatives at BNP Paribas, talks about the new divisional set up, last year’s activities and the market shift towards products with shorter investment terms.
BNP Paribas has reorganised the set-up of its global markets with the creation in February of a Global Equities business line which houses equity derivatives, prime services, and cash equity. The division is led by Nicolas Marque who stepped up from equity derivatives to global equities to run the three teams - cash equity under the BNP Paribas Exane brand which offers research and an execution platform with full electronic trading capabilities to institutional investors, and led by Ben Spruntu