BNP Paribas

BNP Paribas is among the six banks in the world that can claim an AA/Aa2 rating, which is currently the highest in the banking sector, and the first bank in the world in terms of assets (€ 2,100 billions). BNP Paribas’ operations involve more than 80 countries and more than 200,000 employees, of which 160,000 are located in its European offices. The bank’s more relevant business areas can be identified in Retail Banking, Investment Solutions, and Corporate & Investment Banking.

BNP Paribas is the acknowledged leader in the world equity derivatives market, and has been awarded the most important awards for the EQD House of the Year: IFR, Risk, Euromoney, Structured Products.

Thanks to its experience and deep knowledge of warrants and certificates markets, BNP Paribas offers a wide range of products fitting various investment needs. Exchange-traded solutions (ETS) is the Corporate & Investment Banking division responsible for the creation of standardized derivatives (that is, certificates like Bonus Cap, Jet Cap, Discount) with a significant variety of underlying assets: more than 350 stocks, indexes, currencies and commodities.

The bank’s products can be easily purchased and traded thanks to their high liquidity, which tends to be similar to their underlying assets’. Such liquidity is the result of the listing on regulated markets and the continuous activity of the products’ market makers, who are also responsible for keeping a bid/ask spread consistent with the terms of the market the products are listed in.

The bank also provides a comprehensive support service for post-trade assistance: through the website www.prodottidiborsa.com the clients are allowed to access the whole offer of products, marketing material, information, legal documents, real-time news and quotes.