
The Société Générale group is one of the leaders in the European bank sector. Focused on innovation, the bank is supported by three major areas of expertise in deploying its growth strategy.
Retail networks 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.
A global player in the financial services market, Société Générale has seen the rapid international development of its banking activities. It currently offers specialist financial services in more than thirty countries.
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.
Given the strategy of value creation, it focuses on the capital markets, euro-denominated derivative products and structured financing.
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