SocGen Touts Basket For M&A Recovery

Strategists at Société Générale are tipping a long credit default swap, long stock trade on a basket of 24 European names that are likely to be impacted by increased M&A activity in the coming year. The names are based in Europe—to avoid any negative impact on equities of the Federal Reserve’s plans to taper quantitative easing—in three sectors including communications, basic materials and industrials.