Founded in 1990, Exane is an investment company specialising in 3 businesses:

- Cash equities: Under the brand name Exane BNP Paribas, Exane provides institutional investors with a range of services, such as research, sale and execution on European equities.

- Derivatives: Exane Derivatives has built a robust structured products franchise, based on its longstanding leadership in European convertible bonds and options.

- Asset management: The asset management arm of the Exane Group is embodied by its 2 asset management companies, Exane asset management and Ellipsis AM, based respectively on the equity and fixed-income universes.