Société Générale
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Commodities companies are keeping loans bankers busy in western Europe, as UK broker ED&F Man joined Amsterdam Commodities and Trafigura in the market. -
Credito Emiliano’s €750m five year has earned praise for its tight pricing, but it was demand from outside the eurozone, including from Asia and Switzerland, that suggests Italy’s recovery story is gaining traction.
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Private placements from peripheral European financial institutions will dominate the market in the coming weeks as investors hunt for yield, according to MTN dealers. These banks could steal the spotlight from Nordic financial institutions, which have dominated the market this week.
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Private placements from peripheral European financial institutions will dominate the market in the coming weeks as investors hunt for yield, according to MTN dealers. These banks could steal the spotlight from Nordic financial institutions, which have dominated the market this week.
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GTT began bookbuilding on a €675m IPO on Monday, hoping that it can capture demand as investors move into more defensive stocks.
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Blog can’t quite work out whether it is surprising that the majority of investment bankers polled last week hated Valentine’s Day, or completely unsurprising. On the one hand, bankers (speaking in strict stereotypes, of course) are happy for an excuse to flash the cash. On the other hand, most are also known for being able to make rational decisions.
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Société Générale’s corporate and investment banking business reported €6.7bn of revenues in 2013, a 14% increase on 2012 and headline group net income was strongly up at €2.175bn versus the previous year’s €790m. SocGen beat net income consensus estimates for the fourth quarter by nearly €160m.
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Teamwork and cost control are the new watchwords as Société Générale looks to deliver on its growth plan, writes David Rothnie.
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The extent of Société Générale’s struggles to meet the targets it set itself in 2010 for its Ambition SG 2015 restructuring plan were laid bare on Wednesday as it reported full year results that were just a fraction of what it once thought possible.
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