Lyxor Asset Management
Holding counterparty risk at arm’s length
Exchange-traded funds have been as exposed to talk of counterparty risk as the next structured product, although the risk is lower. Under the European Union's Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities III regulations, ETFs are…
Lyxor limits counterparty risk of ETN
Société Générale's Lyxor Asset Management unit is marketing a new exchange-traded note (ETN) that follows the price of gold, which it says will significantly reduce the problem of counterparty risk.
SG names Seyer as new chief of Lyxor
Société Générale has appointed Laurent Seyer as the new chief executive of its asset management arm Lyxor. He takes over from Eric Personne, who will join the alternative exotic trading desk in the French dealer’s corporate and investment banking…
Lyxor launches ETFs on eurozone government bonds
Lyxor Asset Management, a subsidiary of French bank Société Générale, has launched two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) products based on eurozone government bond prices and listed on Italy’s stock exchange, the Borsa Italia.
Lyxor launches government bond tracker
Lyxor Asset Management, a Paris-based subsidiary of French bank Société Générale, has released a euro-denominated index tracking the performance of the eurozone government bond market.
SG ramps up financial institutions and hedge fund coverage
French investment bank SG has refined its coverage of financial institutions and hedge funds with two internal promotions.
MSCI and Lyxor launch tradable hedge fund index
Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI), a provider of indexes for financial institutions, has teamed up with Lyxor Asset Management (Lyxor), a subsidiary of Société Générale specialising in structured funds and alternative investments activities, to…
SG launches 'gemstone' series in Asia
AA-rated Lyxor Asset Management, the Luxembourg-based 'fund factory' of French bank SG that offers credit-enhanced management of funds, has introduced the first of its 'gemstone' series of funds in Hong Kong, called Sapphire Guaranteed Fund.