Société Générale
Alternative Asset Management
The leading French provider of financial solutions, the Société Générale group has three main areas of activity.
Distribution and Financial Services
The Société Générale group has around twenty million French and international customers, including 8.7 million individuals at the end of June 2005.
In France, the Group's distribution activity is ensured by its two bank networks: Crédit du Nord and Société Générale. The international reach of the retail banking division extends to operations in 26 countries.
Strengthened by the growth in its Financial services, the Group is deploying worldwide and now covers 34 countries.
Asset management and investor services
Four subsidiaries of the Société Générale group provide all the investment management activities and investor services. Their operations include: asset management, private banking, securities services and online banking.
Amongst the leaders in the sector, the Group is ranked no. 4 for asset management in the euro zone with 411 billion euros of assets under management and no.3 in Europe for custodian operations with 2,155 billion euros at the end of September 2006.
Financing
hrough its subsidiary Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking, Société Générale is at the service of the corporate sector, financial institutions and investors.
The capital markets, derivatives and structured finance expertise of its 10,000 employees ensures the Group's competitiveness on a global scale.
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