Société Générale

236 results about this entity

Period: 12 Oct 2006 - 27 Nov 2024

LCH.Clearnet looks to deal with bidding consortium

LCH.Clearnet has responded to last week's EUR830 million offer from a consortium of banks and Icap by indicating its willingness to interweave elements of the bid with its own restructuring plans. Meanwhile, the clearing house is also set to restructure its technology platform in a bid to save millions of euros a year.

Icap consortium makes EUR830m LCH.Clearnet bid - FT

A consortium of 11 banks and interdealer broker Icap has launched an EUR830 million bid for LCH.Clearnet just weeks after the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation called off its pursuit of the London clearing house, according to the Financial Times.

SocGen launches green IT programme

Societe Generale has launched a green IT programme designed to cut the bank's CO2 emissions through the introduction of new technology.

SocGen Securities Services deploys Misys Summit FT

Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) has gone live with Misys' Summit FT treasury system to support its asset servicing and custody services business in Paris.

Société Générale contracts with Misys for asset liability management

Société Générale is rolling out asset liability management (ALM) and funds transfer pricing (FTP) technology from UK vendor Misys across its retail banking division.

SocGen launches Alpha x Europe crossing network

Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) has launched Alpha x Europe, a crossing network which matches clients' buy and sell orders on a particular stock through an anonymous execution platform.

LCH.Clearnet mulls buying out investors - FT

London clearer LCH.Clearnet is considering buying out its shareholders and converting into a user-owned utility in a bid to fend off a takeover bid from an Icap-led consortium of banks, according to the Financial Times.

Icap-led consortium preps counter-bid for LCH.Clearnet

UK interdealer broker Icap is part of a consortium of firms mulling a bid for LCH.Clearnet, in a move that could destabilise an agreed takeover of the London clearing house by the US-based Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation.

SocGen swaps hardware tokens for Entrust authentication technology

Societe Generale has signed for Texas-based e-security vendor Entrust's authentication platform, IdentityGuard, to protect online transactions and enterprise communications for high-end users.

SocGen automates equity derivative confirmations with Thunderhead

Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) has deployed Thunderhead's document generation technology to automate the creation of equity derivative trade confirmations.

Soaring customer satisfaction for French m-payments scheme

A consortium of French banks, telcos and technology vendors that launched a wide-scale contactless mobile payments trial last year is reporting customer satisfaction rates of above 90% for the scheme.

SocGen Securities Services forms global IT and back office units

Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS) is establishing global divisions for its technology and back office operations as part of a major organisational overhaul.