Tuesday, 17 Jun 2008 | Source: Reuters
Societe Generale and U.S. wealth management company Rockefeller Financial Services announced a global alliance on Tuesday in the private banking sector.
Thursday, 22 May 2008 | Source: CNBC.com
Tomorrow a Société Générale special committee will unveil a long-awaited report into how one 31-year-old trader was able to build up €50 billion in long positions and then give everyone the impression his huge bets were low-risk.
Societe Generale and Credit Suisse on Tuesday raised their oil price forecasts for 2008 and 2009, joining a growing list of investment banks increasing their estimates as oil prices hover near record highs.
Friday, 18 Apr 2008 | Source: Reuters
The head of Societe Generale, the French bank that recently survived the world's biggest rogue trading scandal, is relinquishing his job as chief executive but will stay on as chairman.
Thursday, 17 Apr 2008 | Source: Reuters
Daniel Bouton will give up SocGen's chief executive role after 15 years but stay on as chairman. Finance Director Frederic Oudea will take the operational helm.
Thursday, 3 Apr 2008 | Source: Reuters
Jerome Kerviel, at the center of a rogue trading scandal at French bank Societe Generale, has not launched any legal action against his past employer for now, a lawyer representing the former trader said.
Tuesday, 1 Apr 2008 | Source: CNBC.com
Investors hope the second quarter will be better than the first, when markets went on a rollercoaster of writedowns, trading scandals and record oil prices. Here are CNBC Europe's best videos of the first quarter.
Sunday, 30 Mar 2008 | Source: CNBC.com
After a dismal first quarter, investors look forward to what the spring has in store; but apart from a new gold rush and the euro rising further, there seems to be little to anticipate.
Wednesday, 19 Mar 2008 | Source: Reuters
France's biggest listed bank, BNP Paribas, has decided not to pursue a possible tie-up with rival Societe Generale, which has been seen as a bid target after suffering a trading scandal.
Wednesday, 19 Mar 2008 | Source: CNBC.com
European stocks closed lower on Wednesday after half-hearted attempts to bounce in the green during the day, as fears over the health of the financial markets returned to haunt the markets following yesterday's rally.
Tuesday, 18 Mar 2008 | Source: Reuters
Jerome Kerviel, the Frenchman blamed by his company for the world's biggest rogue trading scandal, left jail on Tuesday after winning a legal battle against detention.
Thursday, 13 Mar 2008 | Source: Reuters
An employee of Societe Generale has been freed by police, the day after he was arrested in connection with a probe into a rogue trading scandal at the bank, the Paris prosecutor's office said.
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2008 | Source: Reuters
Police arrested another employee of Societe Generale on Wednesday as part of its inquiry into an alleged rogue trading scandal at France's second-biggest listed bank, the Paris prosecutor's office said.
Tuesday, 11 Mar 2008 | Source: Reuters
French bank Societe Generale said on Tuesday its 5.5 billion euro ($8.45 billion) rights issue was oversubscribed, providing a base for its battle to recover from a trading scandal.
Thursday, 28 Feb 2008 | Source: Reuters
Executives of French bank BNP Paribas sounded out the French government several weeks ago over a possible bid for scandal-hit rival Societe Generale, said a source familiar with the matter.