Equities

Business Lines

Equity Research & Brokerage

Enabling clients to find the best opportunities through our unique expertise in European equity markets

Presentation

Adding value to our clients’ investment process on the equity markets

As one of the leading brokers for European equities, we provide our 700+ institutional investor clients with a high-quality brokerage offering ranging from independent and quality research (covering 800 stocks) and corporate access to efficient execution. We also support companies and entrepreneurs in their IPO and/or financing needs.


What we offer

A unique access to the Equity market

  1. Research

    • Extensive research covering 800 stocks across Europe
    • Strong sector expertise with extensive coverage of 23 sectors ranging from large caps to small & mid caps
    • Local expertise in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Benelux and Spain
    • A team of analysts specializing in environmental, social and governance issues
    • Recognised macro-economic research and equity strategy
  2. Distribution

    • A unique multi-local distribution platform with around 700 institutional clients
    • Experienced sales & Sales trading team with 40 sales and 20 sales traders
    • A local presence in most major European markets (France, the UK, Germany, Benelux, Spain…) and in the US
    • Strong recognition from investors: #1 broker in France, #1 broker in Benelux, #2 broker in Germany, #6 broker in Spain (Institutional Investor Survey 2024)
  3. Execution

    • A complete range of execution services centralised on one front-to-back platform in Paris, providing unique liquidity to our clients & partners
    • A diversified US & European customer base (asset managers, hedge funds, private banks, retail networks, corporates…)
    • The ODDO BHF execution platform is connected to 60 venues all over the world and integrates our various trading activities: an experienced team of 40 sales traders & traders delivering high touch / low touch / basket trading / ETF pricing / arbitrage products / market buyback / liquidity providing / custom demands
    • Service quality supported throughout algorithm / best selection / best execution / TCA metrics
  4. Equity Capital Markets (ECM)

    • 5 exclusive ECM distribution partnerships signed with leading European banks: ABN AMRO, BBVA, Commerzbank, Natixis and Raiffeisen Bank International
    • Distribution and execution, either for our own account or on behalf of our partners, of a full range of ECM transactions: IPOs, capital increases via ABB, secondary block placements, convertible bonds
    • Ranking n°4 for European ECM transactions by number in 2024 (source: Bloomberg Eurozone ECM League Tables as of Dec 31st 2024)
  5. Corporate Broking

    • European leader in liquidity contracts, with over 200 contracts – and share buybacks
    • Offering market intelligence services to European issuers
    • Brokerage on behalf of corporates, holding companies, family offices and private equity funds
  6. Corporate Access

    Organising high-quality events for issuers and investors through a comprehensive service offering:

    • Forums & conferences
    • Field trips
    • Expert access
    • Road trips
    • Road shows

Reasons to believe

  1. High-quality research

    The excellence of our research department has garnered multiple awards.

  2. Strong execution and trading platform

    A high-quality centralised execution platform that covers both institutional and private investors and offers unrivalled liquidity and access to global markets.

  3. Proximity to our corporate and institutional clients

    We benefit from highly experienced sales teams covering European and North American investors, and our corporate access and corporate broking teams provide tailor-made services to our clients.

Our awards

Our partners

  1. ABN
  2. BBVA
  3. COMMERZBANK
  4. NATIXIS

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Locations: Paris, Lyon, Frankfurt, London, New York, Tunis, Madrid, Amsterdam, Vienna, Zurich

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German Investment Seminar

The “GIS” is the No. 1 ranked investor conference for German corporates in North America and offers the ideal opportunity for North American investors to meet with top management from Germany’s largest and most prominent companies.

21 ECM transactions in 2024

With our bank partners ABN AMRO, BBVA, Commerzbank and Natixis, we successfully completed 21 ECM transactions in 2024 . ODDO BHF is active on all types of ECM transactions (IPO, SPAC, rights issue, ABB, convertible bonds…) across all European regions and transaction sizes (5mn€ to 10bn€).

Governance

Christian Zahn

ChristianZahn

Global Head of Investment Banking

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Matthias Desmarais

MatthiasDesmarais

Head of Equities

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Nathalie Cabibbo

NathalieCabibbo

Group Head of Corporate Access

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FrançoisBanneville

Head of Execution Services

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Xavier Nadjar

XavierNadjar

Head of Sales, Sales Trading & Derivatives

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Since 2018, the ODDO BHF Equities platform has reinforced its leading position in Europe and become a leading distribution platform for ECM.

Matthias Desmarais Matthias Desmarais

Head of Equities

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