Investment Banking

Societe Generale to strip an extra €500m from investment bank

French bank follows rival BNP Paribas with fresh cost-cutting in difficult markets

Societe Generale to strip an extra €500m from investment bank
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Societe Generale will remove an additional €500m in costs from its investment bank in response to slumping revenues at the division and difficult economic conditions.

The cuts come a day after French rival BNP Paribas revealed it would be making deeper cuts to its investment bank in what it called “extreme” markets.

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