Societe Generale

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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The French bank is looking to cut €1.7bn in costs over the next two years

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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Bank will 'resize certain teams' to shed costs

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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Carl Bassili and Bruno Magnouat will report into Demetrio Salorio

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 tops expectations as fourth-quarter revenue jumps

Investment banking unit holds up, but French lender notes headwinds on the horizon

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AllianceBernstein and Society Generale have launched a joint venture that will combine their equity research and cash equities trading unit

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

Frédéric Oudéa has headed up SocGen since the 2008 financial crisis, having been pulled into the top job following a rogue trading scandal

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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Bank plans to ‘exit in an effective and orderly manner from Russia’

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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Major lenders keep their distance as war escalates

SocGen and Citigroup are among the most exposed to Russia

Banks are now working to reduce their exposure to Russia as risks mount

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