Oddo & Cie was founded in 1967 by Bernard Oddo, a stockbroker in
Marseille. In 1987, Philippe Oddo became the managing partner. In 1988, insurer
AGF became a minority shareholder. In 1991, Oddo & Cie opened Oddo DV, its subsidiary in Madrid. In 1997, the company acquired Delahaye Finance, a private management specialist firm. In 1998, it expanded to the United States through Oddo Securities Corporation in
New York City. In the same year, Oddo Options started operations, bringing under a single firm options trading activities previously divided between Paris, Madrid, and Milan. In 1999, Oddo Asset Management was created. In 2000, Oddo acquired Pinatton, a company specialized in intermediation, corporate finance, and private banking. In 2003, it acquired NFMDA (private management) and in 2004, the European credit intermediation activities of
Crédit Lyonnais. In 2005, Oddo & Cie purchased Cyril Finance Asset Management, and KilbraXE in 2007. In 2006, the Group launched its new branch Oddo Metals for commodities trading. In 2007, it was granted a French banking license. Concurrently with these acquisitions, Oddo built a number of partnerships, including Génération Vie, a joint venture with
Allianz in 2003, and La Banque Postale Private Banking, a partnership with
La Banque Postale in 2007 which expanded Oddo's private clientele. In 2009, Oddo also established its own research institute in
Tunis. In 2010, Oddo signed a commercial agreement with the securities services arm of
Société Générale to develop a joint offering of securities services. That same year, it acquired Banque d'Orsay from
Westdeutsche Landesbank AG, and Banque Robeco from
Robeco. It also rose to 65 percent equity ownership in Patrimoine Consultant. It also acquired German market activities from
Close Brothers Group in 2014, which it subsequently renamed ODDO SEYDLER BANK AG then ODDO BHF Corporates & Markets AG; and asset manager Meriten IM from
BNY Mellon in 2015. In 2016, Oddo & Cie acquired BHF Bank, and rebranded to ODDO BHF the following year. ==See also==