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It could be argued that leading pension plans have become harbingers for the world’s institutional investors. Keenly attuned to changing mandates, pensions across North America are asking different questions of their investment banking partners in 2021. That reflects shifting priorities—particularly towards ESG and sustainability, but also towards allocative...

The question of when and how aggressively a taper should be implemented is currently top-of-mind for many economists and Fed presidents. “The strong July employment report brings us one step closer to ‘substantial further progress’ on employment,” said Societe Generale’s head U.S. rates strategy, Subadra Rajappa.

To make commodity investment work in an ESG-centered world, one needs to see the whole picture

A recent 50-year deal between Georgetown University and the global energy company ENGIE is designed to reduce the University’s energy use by at least 35 percent within the next ten years.

Head US economist for Societe Generale Stephen Gallagher says a rise in transportation related prices is mostly responsible for the recent surge in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). While U.S. CPI increased 4.9% year-over-year through May 2021, when you strip out transportation, CPI ex-transportation is at 1.7% year-over-year.

GlobalCapital recognized the best in the Americas derivatives market, awarding Societe Generale Equity Derivatives House of the Year, Structured Products House of the Year, and Interest Rate Derivatives House of the Year.

Green energy, a $15/hr minimum wage, ending the filibuster, and reconciliation are currently on the wish list for the Democratic-controlled Senate. Before winning approval and overcoming objections from the Republican party, Democrats must first win over Senator Joe Manchin, the Democratic Senator from the state of West Virginia. To date, he has been key in...

As the mainstreaming of climate and clean energy, sustainable and ESG has created more opportunities, SG’s Canadian energy clients are finding a broader array of projects to apply their expertise.

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Want to know how Diversity & Inclusion is embedded in the fabric of everything we do? Hear more from our employees about their experiences.

Want to know how Diversity & Inclusion is embedded in the fabric of everything we do? Hear more from our employees about their experiences.

Want to know how Diversity & Inclusion is embedded in the fabric of everything we do? Hear more from our employees about their experiences.

Want to know how Diversity & Inclusion is embedded in the fabric of everything we do? Hear more from our employees about their experiences.

Stephen Gallagher, Societe Generale’s chief US economist, thinks that the high levels of goods purchases will soon drop back to historical trend levels. He illustrates this with the example of people no longer going to the gym during the pandemic (service expense) and instead buying exercise equipment (goods) to use at home.

The Franco-Chilean Chamber of Commerce recently held their "Trophées RSE 2021," recognizing the Corporate Social Responsibility (or RSE in French) efforts of Societe Generale and ALD in Chile.

A Q&A with Richard Wolff - Richard Wolff has overseen the successful growth of Societe Generale America’s U.S. dollar high grade corporate bond syndicate for over ten years. We asked him to give us his thoughts for this year following last year’s boom in issuance.

Claire Calmejane, Societe Generale’s Chief Innovation Officer, spoke with Bala Ayyar, Chief Data Officer, Societe Generale Americas, on International Women’s Day about her career in finance and technology as a woman and how digital and data overlap at Societe Generale.

The call for corporate America to respond to our national social conversation has grown immeasurably louder in 2020 and is already breaking new ground in 2021. Last year saw corporations scramble to respond to a raft of social emergencies, whether the distress caused by Covid-19, the anguish of the racial justice conversation, or the stark reality of...

Luis Sainz, Societe Generale Group Country Officer, Brazil, reviews lessons learned from 2020 and his outlook for Brazil in 2021.

In a conversation with David Getzler, head of Equity Capital Markets for Societe Generale Americas, he points to the key dynamics that impacted the equity capital markets in 2020, and what we can expect in 2021.

In the run-up to President Biden’s emphatic executive orders on Inauguration Day, the climate conversation had rightly grown louder across corporate America – even quarterly earnings presentations suddenly feature more ESG slides placed earlier in investor decks. This is a conversation that sorely needs to happen, and for which we also need to gain a much...

A year into a devastating global healthcare crisis, the healthcare industry has gone into overdrive to find and execute solutions. Larry Williamson, head of healthcare banking at Societe Generale, Americas, has been banking the sector for over 15 years and has developed many long-term relationships with leading global healthcare companies. We talked to him...

As in all manners of life and business, the global Covid-19 pandemic has had a serious effect on banking technology transformation. Distributed ledgers, already slowly riding the downward slope of the hype cycle after a meteoric rise earlier in the decade, haven’t been immune. Many banks still see promise, but firms have directed their fintech budgets toward...

Societe Generale Chairman Lorenzo Bini Smaghi and SG Group Chief Economist Michala Marcussen were among the key participants in this year’s SUERF conference, held virtually on October 14th. SUERF’s line up of prominent central bankers, academics and financial industry leaders makes it one of the year’s most distinguished forums for discussing global economic...

The Business Roundtable continues to make ESG-friendly pronouncements. In 2020 alone, they have announced actions in support of Covid-19 relief, a special committee for racial equity and justice, and a call for a more regimented response to climate change.

During a recent multi-bank forum on climate change hosted by Societe Generale Americas, Roberto Simon, Head of Societe Generale Americas Natural Resources, pointed to several areas of technological advancement in the energy industry that are helping the industry in the fight against carbon emissions.