The firm reported a broadly stronger set of figures for the wealth management business in the third quarter. It recently completed its purchase of private banking operations in Germany from HSBC.

The wealth and asset management arm of Paris-listed BNP Paribas has logged €4.2 billion ($4.9 billion) of net inflows in the third quarter of 2025.

Wealth management revenues rose by 10.4 per cent, assisted by “solid financial and transaction fees and deposits revenues.” Asset management revenues rose by 6 per cent, helped by the rise in market levels and inflows, the bank said in a statement today.

Operating costs fell 0.6 per cent on a year earlier to €668 million. Pre-tax income rose 3.5 per cent on a year ago to €247 million, with the wealth side rising 25.7 per cent and the asset management arm gaining 33 per cent.

Total assets under management in the wealth business stood at €484 billion at 30 September. 

In June this year, AXA confirmed that it had completed the sale of AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) to BNP Paribas for €5.1 billion in cash.

BNP Paribas said its overall investment and protection services division revenues rose 27.5 per cent in Q3 2025 from a year before, driven by the consolidation of AXA IM and organic growth in the insurance and wealth management areas.

Group results
At group level, net income attributable to equity holders rose 6.1 per cent to €3.04 billion in Q3 2025, BNP Paribas said. 

BNP Paribas said it had a Common Equity Tier 1 ratio – a standard international measure of a bank’s capital shock absorber – of 12.5 per cent at 30 September, above regulatory requirements. The bank said it expected revenues to rise at a compound annual average growth rate of more than 5 per cent for 2024-26 and net income to rose at a CAGR above 7 per cent for the period.

Since the start of 2025, shares in the bank have risen 16.8 per cent. Last week, shares were hit after a court ruling linked it to human rights abuses in Sudan. BNP Paribas said that it has “very clearly stated its unwavering intention to appeal.” 

In early October, the bank said it finalised its acquisition of HSBC Private Bank's activities in Germany. This operation, announced on 23 September 2024, brought BNP Paribas Wealth Management combined assets under management to nearly €50 billion ($58 billion).