Societe Generale
Citibank cut out
The suspension of Citibank’s private banking business by the Financial Services Agency in September has brought to light a catalogue of internal control and governance failures within the bank’s Japanese operations. And with Citi now cut out of the…
Liquidity majors back SwapsWire's equity options service
The top 12 equity derivatives dealers will process over-the-counter equity option transactions through SwapsWire’s automated confirmation service when it launches in the second quarter of 2005.
Nomura continues equity derivatives build-up
Nomura, the Japanese securities firm, has continued its drive to create a strong European equity derivatives department, by unveiling a number of new hires.
DrKW replaces hybrid capital head
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has hired Ronan Donohue as head of hybrid capital to replace Mark Woolley, who quit to join Deutsche Bank in September.
TCW Group hires CDO manager
Los Angeles-headquartered asset manager, TCW Group, a subsidiary of Société Générale, has hired Edward Steffelin for its New York office.
SG takes role in Chinese capital-guaranteed fund
Chinese fund management firm Harvest has launched the country’s fourth capital-guaranteed fund in conjunction with Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and SG, part of French bank Société Générale. The fund, launched last week, is the first to involve a…
SG expands Italian derivatives business
SG, the investment banking unit of French bank Société Générale, has expanded its institutional derivatives sales force in Italy by merging its equities arm with its interest rate and credit divisions.
Learning from Esops' fables
France's SNCF is concentrating on the risks, particularly the operational ones, associated with its new employee savings programme. Duncan Wood reports on its progress, and throws light on the various other Esop-type products on the market.
SG names co-heads of fixed income and derivatives
SG, the investment banking arm of Société Générale, has named two co-heads of the fixed income and derivatives operations in Europe and Asia to fill the vacancy left by Grégoire Varenne, who moves on to the company’s debt finance executive committee.
GFI launches electronic credit derivatives trading platform
Inter-dealer broker GFI has completed the first stage of its rollout of CreditMatch, its electronic trading platform for credit derivatives.
Bank of America strengthens its European debt platform
Bank of America has made a number of appointments to its European debt team in London.
SuperDerivatives upgrades forex platform
Options pricing systems vendor SuperDerivatives has launched an upgrade of its SD-FX system, according to RiskNews’ sister publication, Dealing With Technology .
SG appoints head of European cash CDOs
French investment bank SG, which is part of Société Générale, has appointed Teimuraz Barbakadze from Merrill Lynch as its head of European cash collateralised debt obligations (CDOs).
SG to launch Footsie reverse tracker warrant
SG, the investment banking arm of Société Générale, will tomorrow launch warrants on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) that track the share prices of the UK’s top 100 companies but in reverse.
Hedge funds post positive results
The Hennessee Group, a New York-based investment adviser that consults hedge fund investors and monitors hedge fund managers, reported a return of 0.49% for hedge funds in June, bringing the 2004 year-to-date (YTD) return to 2.28% for the Hennessee Hedge…
SG promotes fixed income and derivatives chief
SG, the corporate and investment banking arm of French bank Société Générale, has promoted Grégoire Varenne to head of fixed income and derivatives, commodities and treasury for Europe and Asia.
Société Générale subscribes to Fitch Risk's Opvantage
French bank Société Générale has entered into a subscription agreement with Fitch Risk to access its financial institutions risk scenario trend (First) database.
Société Générale subscribes to Fitch Risk’s Opvantage
French bank Société Générale has entered into a subscription agreement with Fitch Risk to access its financial institutions risk scenario trend (First) database.
SG strengthens equity derivatives sales
SG, the investment banking arm of Société Générale, has appointed Fredrik Langley and Raman Khosla to its equity derivatives structured products sales team in London. Both take the title executive director, a new position within the group.
SG strengthens equity derivatives flow products sales
SG, the investment banking unit of France's Société Générale has made a number of appointments within its equity derivatives flow products sales team.
ING hires Asian equity derivatives traders
ING Financial Markets has hired two equity derivatives traders, Jean-Guy Renard and Martin Wevers, for its Hong Kong office.
SG announces new oil and gas head for China
Bruce Hu has joined SG, the investment banking arm of Société Générale, in Beijing as vice-president of oil and gas.
DrKW hires six in hedge fund sales
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), the investment banking arm of Dresdner Bank, has made six additions to its hedge fund sales team in recent weeks. All six take the title of director and will be based in London.
SG creates flow-trading team
SG, the investment banking arm of French bank Société Générale, has created a flow-trading team, appointing Peter Lindsey as its head.