Societe Generale
SocGen stock traders join Trump-fuelled boom with record quarter
French bank’s profit beats estimates, helped by bumper markets revenue
UBP appoints UK chief as Kleinwort Hambros acquisition completes
Mouhammed Choukeir to lead Swiss lender’s wealth management business in the UK, Channel Islands, and Gibraltar
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Societe Generale taps BNP Paribas veteran Oliveira to co-head trading unit
The French lender hires from its rival for key trading job
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Societe Generale to sell digital bank Shine to Ageras
SocGen set to offload Shine less than five years after its acquisition
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SocGen to sell equipment finance division to Groupe BPCE for €1.1bn
The French lender is simplifying its business under chief executive Slawomir Krupa
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Barclays weighs bid for Societe Generale’s UK private bank
Kleinwort Hambros is up for grabs, according to reports
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Societe Generale to axe 900 jobs in France
The French lender is reorganising its head office and plans to reduce headcount with no forced redundancies
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Societe Generale promotes Bassili and Magnouat to co-head investment banking
Societe Generale continues to shake up its senior ranks after installing Slawomir Krupa as CEO in May
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Societe Generale reports Q1 revenue drop
Divisionally, SocGen had the largest revenue decline at in French retail banking, which fell 11% in the quarter
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Societe Generale hires Natixis’ Anne-Christine Champion to co-head investment bank in executive shake-up
New chief executive Slawomir Krupa has unveiled his top team
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Societe Generale tops expectations as fourth-quarter revenue jumps
Investment banking unit holds up, but French lender notes headwinds on the horizon
SocGen and AllianceBernstein agree equities tie-up
Investment bank boss Slawomir Krupa bids to create 'undisputed leader across the equity business' with new joint venture
Societe Generale appoints new risk chief as Sadia Ricke heads to Standard Chartered
Stéphane Landon, Société Générale’s deputy chief risk officer since October 2020, will become chief risk officer on 1 December
Societe Generale names investment bank boss Krupa as next CEO
Slawomir Krupa takes step up as Oudéa exits
SocGen sees $1.5bn net loss amid disposal of Russian assets
SocGen said it ‘withdrew in an orderly and effective manner from Russia’ in mid-May by disposing of its entire stake in Rosbank and its insurance subsidiaries in the country
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SocGen accuses Clifford Chance of negligence in £384m gold bullion dispute
SocGen demands compensation from Clifford Chance over gold bullion debacle
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SocGen chief exec Frédéric Oudéa says banking talent war has ‘normalised’
Pay and bonuses have spiralled across the sector over the past year, but could soon cool off
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Societe Generale chief executive Frédéric Oudéa to step down next year
Oudéa has been one of European banking’s longest-serving leaders
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Societe Generale faces €3.1bn hit on sale of Rosbank stake as it quits Russia
French bank becomes the latest to pull back from Russia over the war on Ukraine
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