Societe Generale
Société Générale adds three to strengthen flow derivatives and cash equities
Société Générale reinforces Asian cash equity and derivatives businesses with new appointments
Risk interdealer rankings 2010: Dealers
A game-changing year
UK FSA targets transaction reporting failures
Failures in transaction reporting and record keeping under Mifid a key concern for the UK regulator
Société Générale recruits Richard Wolff from Barclays Capital
Richard Wolff will head French bank's US debt capital markets syndicate.
Asia Risk 15: Commodity derivatives grow dramatically but Asia still not setting prices
Asia is now the largest buyer of raw materials and its companies face significant hedging challenges to manage price volatility. But the fragmented nature of the region’s economies has hampered the exertion of meaningful influence in global commodity…
Global Custody Survey 2010
2010's Global Custody Survey paints a positive picture for market participants as assets under custody rise for the majority of respondents. Sophia Morrell reports.
Cebs responds to critics with new op risk paper
Committee issues second consultation paper to address concerns over level of detail in op risk guidelines on market-related activities
Former Société Générale manager fined for insider trading
Jean-Pierre Mustier fined €100,000
Ogata named SG head in Asia
Hikaru Ogata quits French rival BNP Paribas to become new chief executive at SG.
Lee appointed CEO of SG Private Banking in China
Société Générale promotes Hsiao-Yun Lee to the role of CEO in its private banking arm in China
Heightened event risk as ECB excess liquidity shrinks
Dealers eagerly watch European Central Bank tenders as new maintenance period is set to begin
Lee reappears at Deutsche Bank as head of GMIP and db-X, Asia
Chris Lee has taken over global market investment products and the db-x division in Asia for Deutsche Bank. Formerly head of the structured products group at UBS, Lee started at Deutsche in the last week of June.
World Cup trades hit fever pitch
As the dust settles on the World Cup and those that bought televisions on the basis that their national football team would win the tournament wonder how to match their rash expenditure with reality, Richard Jory reviews the copious research supporting…
Turning points: Philippe Laraison, MD commodities trading, Société Générale
Philippe Laraison, managing director of commodities trading at Société Générale talks to Katie Holliday about his biggest career challenges and the growth of the bank’s commodities division
Northern exposures
Nordea tops this year's Nordic Risk derivatives rankings
BNP Paribas snares Quentin Renaud from SocGen for MTNs and structured products
BNP Paribas has added Quentin Renaud to its London-based global MTN trading desk
Ogata named to head SG CIB in Asia
Hikaru Ogata moves from BNP to take over SG CIB in Asia-Pacific
French banks under pressure to hold more op risk capital
Rogue traders and a worsening financial crisis are leading French regulators to put pressure on banks to hold more capital for op risk
Oil outlook revised down
Oil prices are not expected to top $100/bbl in 2010 as energy sector participants pare down their 2010 forecasts in light of supply issues
Slow ahead for euro rates business
Investors have grown increasingly worried about exposures to eurozone sovereigns given the problems faced by Greece and others. Christophe Mianné, head of global markets at SG CIB, warns the second quarter will prove to be tough for the European rates…