Why the bank won the Algorithmic Trading Survey 2026
BNP Paribas has been ranked #1 overall in the Algorithmic Trading Survey 2026 by Long‑only institutional clients, with a score of 6.48, comfortably ahead of the competition. The bank outperformed and secured the top spot in all 14 service areas. Top performing categories, where BNP Paribas obtained the highest score:
- Customisation features: +0.71 vs. category average
- Algo monitoring: +0.69 vs. category average
- Execution consulting: +0.66 vs. category average
The bank has also been ranked #1 for the second consecutive year in the Algorithmic Survey 2026 by Hedge Fund clients (34 participants). Achieving an overall score of 6.43 (compared to a category average of 6.03), the bank stood out as an overall outperformer among 34 providers
Top performing categories, where BNP Paribas obtained the highest score in the Hedge Funds Algorithmic Survey 2026 are:
- Customisation: +0.60 vs. average
- Execution consulting: +0.60 vs. average
- Smart Order Router (“SOR”): +0.49 vs. average
- Routing logic: +0.47 vs. average
These results reflect the depth of the BNP Paribas Cash Equities business’ technology stack, the agility of its development teams, and a relentless focus on client‑centric solutions.
About the Trade’s Algorithmic Trading Survey
The Trade delivers insight to trading professionals and collects marketing intelligence and client perception data on algorithmic trading to produce its annual Algorithmic Trading Survey. Buy-side traders are asked to rate their algo providers across 15 aspects of service, such as execution consistency, increased trader productivity and access to dark or alternative liquidity.
Read more about the Algorithmic Trading Survey 2026 here.