Derivatives Execution & Clearing

A leading global player since the mid-1980s and the fastest growing Derivatives Execution & Clearing (DEC) business globally in the recent years. We help clients alleviate impacts and challenges of regulatory developments on DEC, and provide clients with access to leading markets through over 70 exchanges and major Central Counterparty Clearing Houses (CCPs). The teams provide a range of efficient post-trade solutions that enables clients to automate allocation, manage positions and process reporting. We have a comprehensive in-house algorithm offering, through FinTech partnerships and a global voice desk, and strong commitment in our digital platforms to deliver best-in-class service to clients.

Clearing

BNP Paribas is committed to providing market leading Exchange Traded Derivatives (ETD) and Over the Counter (OTC) clearing services to our clients. We deliver an integrated cross-asset clearing service, allowing clients to access markets globally, today and for the long haul. Our platform offers a full range of products, including Fixed Income, Equity, Commodity and FX derivatives, thanks to our strong market-making and risk management capabilities globally. As new instruments are implemented and new CCPs are established, our strategy is to offer the full range of instruments for clearing.

As a leading Clearer, BNP Paribas works closely with clients to ensure that our clearing and execution offering is most relevant from a product or exchange perspective. We have made strategic long-term investment in our clearing platform to ensure that product innovation and leadership is coupled with banking stability, strong balance sheet, and a global reach.

High Touch Execution

BNP Paribas offers high touch execution services via our dedicated and experienced team of listed derivatives sales and traders. With teams based in Paris, London, New York and Hong Kong, our servicing model ensures 24/6 follow-the-sun access to liquidity for clients across all regions. Our teams help navigate the markets with insightful commentary, execution advisory and price discovery across both futures and options.

Low Touch Execution

Our global low touch execution services include sponsored access, Direct Market Access (DMA) and algorithmic trading solutions. Clients can access a full suite of dynamic and customisable tools supported by our electronic execution teams across London, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong. We provide best-in-class Financial Information eXchange (FIX) -based open architecture facilitating connectivity via direct Application Programming Interface (API) and with all major buy-side and independent software vendors, in addition to our Cortex Listed single dealer platform that can be deployed directly with clients.

Insights

Market Trends

Inflation pressure keeps rates high

2 min
Tech & Innovation

Global Markets Conference 2024: the next normal

4 min
Market Trends

BNP Paribas CLO Forum in Tokyo 2024

3 min
Meet Our Experts
Meet our experts

Meet Our Experts: Nikita Agarwal

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Market Trends

Third annual BNP Paribas client QIS conference

3 min
Kantox Curreny Cast
Foreign Exchange

Kantox Currency Cast: FX Hedging Beyond the Carry Trade

2 min

Awards

Global Capital Derivatives Awards 2024

Global Capital Derivatives Awards 2024

BNP Paribas receives top honours at the Global Capital Derivatives Awards, winning Global Derivatives House of the Year as well as six other categories.

FX Markets eFX Awards 2024

FX Markets eFX Awards 2024

FX Markets has awarded BNP Paribas for its commitment to corporates as well as its strong standing in the forwards and swaps markets.

BNP Paribas named US CLO Bank of the Year

GlobalCapital and DealCatalyst/LSTA grant BNP Paribas 3 top awards to recognize the bank’s market leadership.

GlobalCapital Bond Awards 2024

GlobalCapital Bond Awards 2024

BNP Paribas scores multiple award wins on Corporate, Financial Institution, Emerging Market, and Supranational, Sovereign and Agency.

BNP Paribas wins 3 European SPi Awards for Excellence 2024 for Structured Products

SPi Europe Awards for Excellence 2024 names BNP Paribas ‘Best Issuer France, Best Issuer Italy’ and Julien Lascar inducted to ‘Hall of Fame’

BNP Paribas: Energy Risk’s Sustainable Finance House of the Year

BNP Paribas is named Sustainable Finance House of the Year by Energy Risk. The accolade underscores the Bank’s commitment to deliver on sustainability.

Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage

Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage

As a leading Foreign Exchange Prime Broker (FXPB), BNP Paribas serves a diversified institutional client base, including multi-strategy and macro hedge funds, asset managers, banks, large non-bank liquidity providers and agency brokers across regions.