Societe Generale
The creation of structured products and Societe Generale's role in this innovation
Sponsored interview: Societe Generale
SG launches six-year at-risk product based on FTSE 100
Societe Generale sets barrier at 60% in income product for UK retail
Asia-specific Vix indexes fail to ignite market interest
Low volatility is acting as drag on the take-up of local indexes
LGIM names So as index fund head, and other recent job moves
So joins from Enhanced Investment Products, where he was beta product head
New annuities are structured products in all but name
Buffers and baskets have appeal beyond structured notes and CDs
Korea retail flows push China volatility to a record low
Volatility is trading at low levels on HSCEI despite China fears
SocGen creates synthetic access to Alibaba IPO
SocGen structure allows investors to say 'open sesame' to Alibaba IPO
SG offers hedge fund strategies in new LSE-listed ETN
Hinde Capital long-short strategy at the heart of new LSE-listed ETN
BNP Paribas affirms global expansion plans
Custodian has “aggressive” acquisition target
IRS eyes US equity-linked notes in offshore crackdown
Substantial tax on “dividend equivalents” though questions remain
BNP Paribas appoints to senior roles
Placido, Cock and Morsia added to management team
Icap announces group chief risk officer, and other recent job news
Wendy Phillis joins from State Street Global Markets
Groothaert exits UBS structured products role
UBS parts company with former LFG chief executive
Six major banks sign up to Swift's KYC exchange
Project aims at due diligence database
SocGen and JP Morgan earn top billing in retail rankings
Barclays, BNP Paribas and HSBC also score well in Europe and US distributors survey
Cross-currency basis causes pricing headache for dealers in Japan
Yen and dollar funding discrepancies hit Nikkei options market
Leveraged products lead recovery in Europe's structured investment market
Europe sees sharp rise in leveraged structures as yield hunt continues and CFDs lose popularity
Risk & Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2014 – metals
For metals, the past 12 months were marked by plummeting gold prices, directionless markets in base metals and heated rows over the London Metal Exchange’s warehousing system. Despite this, the top dealers and brokers in this year’s rankings are largely…
Risk & Energy Risk Commodity Rankings 2014 – energy
The past 12 months proved tough for energy dealers, with low volatility, poor liquidity and sluggish levels of client activity. Given this, some banks decided to scale back their commitment to the market – a trend that is reflected in this year’s results…
Deutsche Bank makes commodities cuts
Goldman names new commodities heads; BAML exits European power and gas; GDF Suez promotes Moorooven; Newedge names commodity heads; JP Morgan hires EDF power trader
Structured products house of the year: Société Générale
Structured products house of the year: Société Générale
How to capture growth in an autocallable world
Strategists are cautioning investors to look beyond autocallables and take advantage of low volatility to buy growth products. The banks have listened, engineering new solutions to capture upside. But will investors take the bait? Yakob Peterseil reports.
UK's Tier One Capital seeks secondary structured products
Listed products are secondary nature at Tier One Capital
SG CIB completes longevity trade for Aegon
Deal with Dutch insurer Aegon marks French bank’s first major transaction in the longevity swap market