BNP Paribas and AXA Investment Managers Trading Teams Unify

Acording to The Trade News, BNP Paribas and AXA Investment Managers have combined their two trading teams within BNP Paribas Dealing Services.The move marks a further development of BNP Paribas’ acquisition of the firm in July 2025, in a deal valued at €5.1 billion.The firms have now completed all main legal mergers, spanning AXA IM, BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management (BNPP REIM) and BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM), to form a single entity – BNP Paribas Asset Management. As part of the move, several members of AXA IM’s trading team have officially joined BNP Paribas Asset Management, including Dimitri Mongeot, who was named a senior cross-asset derivatives trader at the new entity.Paris-based Mongeot announced his new role on social media. He had most recently served as a derivatives trader at AXA IM for six years, and brings extensive buy-side trading experience spanning derivatives, FX, fixed income and equities to the multi-asset role.

Mongeot has held various positions across the industry for more than 15 years, and prior to his time at AXA IM, he worked at RBS in Singapore for more than three years as a derivatives trader.