LYON PLACE FINANCIERE

What LYON PLACE FINANCIERE does

Lyon Place Financière is a French non-profit association (association loi 1901) founded in 1987 and headquartered at the Palais du Commerce in Lyon. It is the first regional financial place established in France and federates a community of more than 300 actors in financing and business support, alongside regional companies and higher education institutions in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Its mission is to enable collective reflection, share best practices, and work collectively on major challenges in the finance profession through commissions, clubs, publications, and events, with a thematic emphasis on responsible finance formalized via the Charte de la Finance Responsable adopted in July 2024.

The association's core programmatic offerings include Lyon Pôle Bourse (a division focused on animating the regional stock-exchange ecosystem, built around a partnership with Euronext), the LPB 40 regional stock index (constructed since 2015 with Valquant and Advolis Orfis), monthly RDV de LPB meetings, the annual Forum Lyon Pôle Bourse, and specialized clubs for listed-company leaders (Club des Présidents, Club des Dirigeants Financiers). It organizes more than 50 events annually and mobilizes over 150 experts through its commissions and clubs network, while publishing guides, studies, and the national directory of financial places.

The business model is member-funded: financial institutions, professional firms, listed companies, and public bodies pay recurring annual subscriptions to belong to the network and access events, commissions, publications, and the member directory. The association is governed by its members, with Frédéric Maurel serving as President as of 2024, and is part of the national Réseau des Places Financières since 2019 under coordinator Jean-Pierre LAC. There is no external investor ownership, no funding rounds, and no disclosed revenue figures; the organization runs with a 1-10 person core staff and operates as a coordination platform rather than a technology or product company.

Name

LYON PLACE FINANCIERE

Legal name

Association Lyon Place Financière

Website

https://lyon-finance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lyon Place Financière is a French non-profit association founded in 1987 that federates 300+ financial actors, regional companies, and higher education institutions in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It delivers networking, commissions, events (50+ annually), publications, and stock-market ecosystem services via its Lyon Pôle Bourse division.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: The organization operates as an association with members from the financial community who pay membership fees to belong to the network. Members include banks, investment firms, accounting firms, law firms, insurance companies, and other financial actors.

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Core offering

Lyon Place Financière is a non-profit professional association founded in 1987 that federates over 300 actors in financing and business support across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It offers member-based services including networking events, specialized commissions and clubs, an annual forum, a regional stock index (LPB 40), and the Charte de la Finance Responsable (Responsible Finance Charter). The association animates the regional financial ecosystem through 50+ annual events and the engagement of 150+ experts.

Product overview

Lyon Place Financière is a professional association founded in 1987 that federates a community of over 300 actors in financing and accompaniment, as well as regional companies. The organization operates as a platform comprising multiple services: its core mission is to enable collective reflection, share experiences and good practices, and work collectively on major challenges in their profession. The main programmatic offerings include Lyon Pôle Bourse (focused on stock market ecosystem animation), the LPB 40 regional stock index, monthly RDV meetings, the annual Forum, specialized clubs for listed company leaders, and the recently adopted Charte de la Finance Responsable (Responsible Finance Charter). The association organizes more than 50 events annually and mobilizes over 150 experts through its commissions and clubs network. It is part of a national network of regional financial places.

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Brands

• Lyon Pôle Bourse: A division focused on stock market ecosystem animation in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, promoting stock market financing for companies.
• LPB 40
• Lab de la Finance Responsable
• Club des Présidents
• Club des Dirigeants Financiers

Products and services

• Lyon Place Financière (Association Membership) Professional association membership that federates over 300 actors in financing and support, along with regional companies, dedicated to responsible finance serving businesses and the territory. Targets financial institutions, regional enterprises, and higher education institutions in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
• Lyon Pôle Bourse Division focused on the stock exchange ecosystem of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, partnering with Euronext, which animates the regional stock market ecosystem and promotes financing of companies through stock markets. Targets listed companies and institutional investors.
• LPB 40 Index Regional stock index selecting non-exhaustively listed companies in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes representative of the diversity and dynamism of the regional economic fabric. Constructed by Valquant in partnership with Advolis Orfis.
• Les RDV de LPB (Monthly Meetings) Monthly meetings featuring presentations of listed companies, critical analysis of monthly news, market scenario updates by strategist Éric Galiegue of Valquant, and updates on the Lyon Pôle Bourse Index. Targets investors and financial professionals.
• Forum Lyon Pôle Bourse Annual forum for regional listed companies, bringing together company leaders, financial teams, and institutional investors. Targets executives and financial professionals in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
• Club des Présidents Club for leaders of listed companies, animated by Brice Chambard, CEO of Obiz. Provides peer networking and exchange among presidents of regional listed companies.
• Club des Dirigeants Financiers Club for financial directors of listed companies, animated by Philippe Garcia, General Manager Finance of Visiativ. Targets CFOs and finance leaders of listed companies.
• Charte de la Finance Responsable Charter adopted on July 1, 2024 integrating responsible finance principles into the association's statutes, based on three fundamental principles: responsible finance is global, impact-driven, and reinventing itself. Members of the association adhere to this charter.
• Commissions and Clubs Network Specialized working groups and clubs mobilizing over 150 experts annually to address major challenges in the financial sector. Open to association members for collective reflection and knowledge sharing.
• Réseau des Places Financières National network of financial place associations covering multiple French regions, coordinated by Jean-Pierre LAC since 2019. Connects regional financial place associations across France.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EuronextcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHistorical partnership maintaining the legacy of the Lyon Stock Exchange. Lyon Pôle Bourse operates in partnership with Euronext to promote stock market financing for regional companies and animate the regional stock ecosystem.
• ValquantcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Valquant analysis bureau to construct and maintain the LPB 40 regional stock index, selecting representative listed companies in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
• Advolis OrfiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Advolis Orfis accounting firm for LPB 40 index expertise and collaboration on financial analysis services for listed companies.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Grant Thornton France: Mid-tier accounting and advisory firm that is both an LPF partner (intellectual-property workshop series) and an LPF member. Represents the type of professional services firm that constitutes LPF's membership base and contributes programming content through commissions.
• Institut de la Finance (SFA / French SIF): French association for sustainable and responsible finance professionals. Adjacent to LPF's Lab de la Finance Responsable and Responsible Finance Charter, with thematic overlap in promoting responsible finance frameworks and member education.

Direct peers

• TheCityUK: UK-based industry body that promotes the UK financial and related professional services industry. Closely comparable to LPF in mission and structure — federating financial-services members, publishing research, running events, and engaging policymakers to grow the financial ecosystem in its territory.
• Paris Europlace: Paris-based financial center association that promotes and develops the Paris financial marketplace, directly comparable to Lyon Place Financière's mission of federating financial actors in its territory — Paris Europlace operates at the national/international level versus LPF's regional scope.
• Finance for Tomorrow: Paris-based organization created under the auspices of Paris Europlace to position the French financial center as a leader in sustainable finance. Directly comparable to LPF's Responsible Finance Charter and Lab de la Finance Responsable initiative, with both organizations championing responsible-finance principles in their respective ecosystems.

Regional players

• CCI Lyon Métropole Saint-Étienne Roanne: Lyon-area chamber of commerce that is itself an LPF member. Operates regionally as a convener of business actors in the same territory and partially overlaps with LPF's mandate of connecting regional companies to the financial ecosystem.
• MEDEF Lyon-Rhône: Regional employers' federation in the Lyon area representing business leaders. Comparable to LPF in mobilizing regional business communities around economic issues, though focused on employer policy rather than financial-market animation specifically.

Broad incumbents

• AFME (Association for Financial Markets in Europe): European-wide trade association advocating for capital markets participants, comparable to LPF in its role coordinating dialogue among financial actors but operating at a broader geographic and policy scope, including wholesale banking and capital markets.
• UK Finance: UK trade association representing over 300 firms in the banking and finance industry. Comparable to LPF's membership federation model across banks, but operates at a national level with policy-making capabilities LPF does not possess, making it a broader incumbent in the same trade-association category.

Emerging players

• Fédération Française des Associations d'Investisseurs Individuels (F2iF): French federation of individual investor associations with overlapping interest in stock-market literacy and regional listed-company visibility — partially comparable to LPF's LPB 40 index and Forum Lyon Pôle Bourse activities aimed at promoting regional equity culture.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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