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Top 50 Global Custody Mandates Survey 2010
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Interest rates: direction dilemmas
The final quarter of 2009 saw product creators gripped by uncertainty over which way interest rates were heading. With a steep yield curve making investment in rates products expensive, bankers are seeking the best trade for uncertain times. Will the…
Emerging versus developed
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House of the year - Société Générale
In a year when staff levels came under siege, Société Générale (SG) maintained headcount and suffered no major exodus of talent.
New US rates and forex derivatives heads at SG
Peter Toolan and Anna Faustini have joined Société Générale's US interest rates and foreign exchange derivatives team for corporates.
SocGen launches into US deposit space with Wells Fargo certificate
Société Générale (SG) has wrapped its proprietary long short strategy, Wise, into a certificate of deposit (CD) issued by Wells Fargo. The CD links to a volatility controlled version of the strategy, the SGI Wise US Vol Target 8% Excess Return Index.
Mustier leaves Société Générale after insider-trading investigation
Jean-Pierre Mustier, the former head of Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking (SGCIB), has left the firm after the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) launched an investigation against him for insider trading.
HBOS deal leads Lloyds to £3.96 billion loss
Lloyds Banking Group made a pre-tax £3.96 billion loss on a pro forma basis in the first half of 2009, primarily due to losses on commercial real estate assets held by HBOS, which it acquired in January.