Societe Generale
Societe Generale Hires Analytics Manager
Olivier Doublet, who had worked in performance analytics at BNP Paribas for about 10 years, has joined the firm in Paris.
Synechron Nabs Team Trade
This deal marks Synechron's fifth acquisition since 2007
AFTAs 2014: Best IT Team—Societe Generale
The best IT team was the final award handed out at the American Financial Technology Awards, and is the most prestigious of the categories on offer. It was Societe Generale Investment Banking team's ambitious initiatives that won this year's pièce de…
FIX-ing Liquidity in Fixed Income
Project Neptune aims to help firms access liquidity in fixed income.
Societe Generale to Use ForexClear as CCP
LCH.Clearnet's platform used for OTC clearing offering
Waters USA 2014: Revisiting the Kill Switch Debate
Are kill switches efficient, or more trouble than they're worth?
Chairman Role at ISDA for Litvack
Litvack is head of regulatory strategy for Société Générale's Global Banking and Investor Solutions business.
Newedge Adds to Capital Introduction & Advisory Teams
Brokerage firm Newedge, which is owned by Societe Generale, has announced three new hires.
Buy-Side CROs: To Each Investment Strategy, a Unique Tech Response
At last week's Buy-Side Technology North American Summit, a trio of chief risk officers (CROs) spanning boutique and institutional investment firms gave a candid take on the build-out of their risk management and reporting platforms. The scene, they said…
Soc Gen Unveils Buy-Side Outsourcing Service
Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS), a subsidiary of Paris-based multinational banking and financial services firm Société Générale, has launched an integrated wealth and investment management outsourcing service for the UK. Aimed at mid-tier…
Tri-party Agents Ready Ahead of Eurosystem Collateral Management Deadline
The European Central Bank’s (ECB's) initiative to reduce collateral fragmentation and operational risk across Europe has taken another step forward today as firms are now allowed to use tri-party collateral services for cross-border pledges to national…
Société Générale PB Taps Wolters Kluwer for Basel III Compliance
Société Générale Private Banking has selected the risk management and regulatory reporting solutions from Wolters Kluwer Financial Services to comply with Basel III requirements in Belgium.
Gilbert Dupont Connects to Turquoise via SunGard Valdi
Société de bourse Gilbert Dupont, the brokerage arm of Crédit du Nord, owned by French financial services group Société Générale, has connected to Turquoise, the multilateral trading facility (MTF) operated by the London Stock Exchange (LSE), using…
Barclays Joins Swift's KYC Data Utility Project
Barclays and 10 other banks are working with Swift to establish a central source of know-your-customer data
SocGen's Neeraj Hegde: Latency is a Multi-Dimensional Issue
Speaking on a North American Trading Architecture Summit panel this week, Societe Generale's senior quantitative strategy developer for global equities, Neeraj Hegde, offered an alternative argument for why speed from black box trading system to exchange…
Swift Partners with Major Banks on KYC Utility
Swift plans to launch a central utility for know-your-customer data later this year and is working with six major banks, who are sharing their views on the processes, documentation and data needed
Anthony Malakian: When the Love is Gone
In a world of new technologies—where evolution happens at breakneck speeds—Anthony says that buy-side firms need to employ new strategies when managing their third-party relationships. Perhaps they can learn a lesson or two from their sell-side brethren?
Senior Technologists Discuss the Drive Toward Standardization, Automation
At this year's Waters USA conference at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square, a panel of C-level technologists from across the industry discussed their drive toward standardization and automation, while contemplating new cost structures to help…
Senior Technologists Discuss the Drive Toward Standardization, Automation
At this year's Waters USA conference at the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square, a panel of C-level technologists from across the industry discussed their drive toward standardization and automation, while contemplating new cost structures to help…
Société Générale Joins ParFX as Founder Bank
Société Générale has become the 12th founding bank of the foreign exchange (FX) trading platform ParFX, designed by broker Tradition in line with new ways of trading currencies.
Société Générale Deploys Etrali on Paris Trading Floor
Etrali Trading Solutions has announced that the Paris trading floor of Société Générale will use its OpenTrade communications system from December, following on from similar implementations in Moscow and New York.
SocGen Transfers Securities Operations to Accenture Post-Trade Processing Platform
Accenture has announced that Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking (SG CIB) has begun the transfer of its securities processing back-office operations to the Accenture Post-Trade Processing system, a service launched by Accenture and…
New Regulations Will Drive Data Costs Higher, Panel Warns
The growing raft of new regulations are increasing the market data burden on all market participants for risk analysis and for meeting reporting requirements, while also increasing the cost of connecting to and aggregating new datasets, said panelists at…
SocGen Bond Prices on Thomson Reuters Trading Platform, Data Services
Société Générale has begun contributing cash bond prices to Thomson Reuters' Fixed Income Trading electronic platform, expanding the bank's price distribution to a broader base of trading desks at private banks and wealth managers, while increasing the…