GLOBAL MARKETS

Our Global Markets teams across origination, structuring, syndication, quantitative analysis, trading and sales provide a diverse range of solutions for corporations, financial institutions, pension funds, asset managers, private banks and family offices. We help clients finance their assets and businesses, manage and invest in financial assets, and hedge the risks arising from their activities across all asset classes including currencies, commodities, credit, equities and rates.

Rates & Currencies

We deliver interest rate flow and markets solutions for investment and hedging purposes on the asset and liability sides of clients’ balance sheets across all major developed & emerging markets, and provide liquidity on government bonds, short- and long-term swaps, as well as foreign exchange spot, forwards and options.

Credit

Through our global origination, structuring, syndication, trading and sales setup, we provide financing, capital markets access and liquidity to our clients. We help them originate and structure credit portfolios on a wide range of assets including retail and corporate credit; raise capital securities, investment grade and high yield bonds and loans; and manage their credit assets.

Equity

We serve financial institutions and individual clients through private and retail banks, helping them to optimize their equity investments & exposure on individual stocks or indices globally, and designing bespoke indices to meet their specific requirements, including their ESG positioning. Our equity activities also include Strategic Equity Capital Markets, which combines the expertise of Global Markets and Investment Banking to provide corporations and strategic investors with advice and solutions on all equity related topics.

Commodities

We provide trading, structuring, sales and research expertise to clients active in the commodities markets, and design integrated risk management and financing solutions to support the activities of industry participants including producers, importers, traders, and end users. We also provide market making on the main commodity markets across base and precious metals, crude oil, natural gas & power, refined products and carbon emissions.

Global Securities Financing

We support funds, pension funds, clearing houses, central banks and commercial banks in optimizing their asset portfolios (bonds, credit and equity) using repos, securities financing and derivatives. We provide solutions that allow clients to raise liquidity against securities on their balance sheets, maximise the yield on their assets and cash holdings, adjust their market exposure and hedge their risks.

League tables & Awards

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Structured Product House of the Year - Europe & Asia
GlobalCapital Derivatives Awards 2022

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Bank Risk Manager of the Year
Risk Awards 2022

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Securitized Derivatives House of the Year - Europe
GlobalCapital  European Securitization Awards 2022

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Best Investment Bank, France


Global Finance Awards 2022

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Most Impressive Bank for Inssurance Debt 

GlobalCapital Bond Awards 2022

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Best Syndicate Bank


GlobalCapital Covered Bond Awards 2022

#3

Global green/sustainability-linked loan coordinator
2021, Dealogic

#2

Global euro financial
institutions bonds

1H22, Dealogic

#1

Share buybacks in France for the SBF 120 
2021, Natixis CIB calculation based on public data

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