French Diversified Financials Undiscovered Gems With Strong Fundamentals

VIEL & Cie société anonyme

Market Cap: €1.1b

An investment company, provides interdealer broking, online trading, and private banking services in France, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia-Pacific region.

Bourse Direct

Market Cap: €220.4m

Provides Internet stock brokerage services in France.

IDI

Market Cap: €520.8m

A private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, expansion capital, middle market, growth capital, acquisition of significant holdings in listed small and medium companies and secondary private equity portfolios, mezzanine financing, loans senior to senior debt, mergers and acquisitions, LBO, development capital, discounted leveraged buyouts loans in mature companies and through co-investments in pre-IPO financing.

ABC arbitrage

Market Cap: €329.3m

Develops arbitrage strategies for liquid assets in Europe, North America, Asia, and internationally.