In the period 2015 – 2018 Kepler Cheuvreux established strategic ECM & research distribution partnerships with Rabobank for the Netherlands,[12] Swedbank for the Nordics[13] and Belfius for Belgium.
[17] Kepler Cheuvreux's research activity, which includes analyzing financial securities such as equities and bonds, employs more than 120 analysts and covers more than 1,000 companies in Europe.
In the Extel 2018 survey, Kepler Cheuvreux was ranked 1st for Leading Brokerage Firm – Countries in Europe, 2nd Best Broker for Research (Quoted Companies) and first for Corporate Access.
Using an in-house trading platform acquired in 2013, this activity consists of 12 execution offices, 77 experts, and membership of 103 major global markets.
Atlas Merchant Capital and Eres (Edmond de Rothschild Equity Strategies) acquired a stake in Kepler Cheuvreux in June 2018.
[24] As an independent company, Kepler Cheuvreux's share ownership was as follows in 2018: Management and employees (25.5%), Atlas Merchant Capital (20.0%), Crédit Agricole CIB (15.1%), UniCredit (10.3%), Eres (7.7%), Swedbank (6%), Caisse Des Dépôts (5.2%), Belfius (5.2%), and Rabobank (5%).