French bank

Banking and finance profession

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.

At French national level, the Group has two major complementary branch networks comprised of Société Générale and Crédit du Nord.

The rapid development of its financial services activities over the past five years has propelled the French bank to a sector leadership position in Europe.

Asset management

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.

The Groupe is ranked amongst the market leaders by virtue of the very significant volume of assets it manages every year.

Financing/investment

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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