BNP Paribas has hired Olivier Haguenauer from Morgan Stanley to run its French and Benelux equities business, in the latest of over 60 appointments in equities at the firm this year.

Haguenauer will be responsible for the French equities business at BNP Paribas as well as managing the other two Euronext markets of Belgium and the Netherlands. He will also join the firm's European equities management committee reporting to Laurent Cadieu, head of European equities.