Societe Generale
Europe eyes the pitfalls of Japanification
Does the cultural and demographic experience of Japan apply to a heterogeneous grouping of nations that have no common monetary policy or a unified social outlook?
Search for alpha in a volatile world
Alpha generation can be an elusive goal, particularly when trading volatility. Three different approaches to trading volatility were discussed by a panel looking at the role of systematic and carry strategies in finding profit in a high-volatility world
ESG investing: It’s not just great to be good
Investing according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria can be done in various ways, with continuing development of filters and ways of analysing companies. As the market in ESG indexes and investments linked to sustainability matures,…
Among G-Sibs, Japanese and US banks see LCRs improve most
US systemic banks’ liquidity coverage still lags behind other G-Sibs
Liquidity coverage of eurozone G-Sibs diverge in first half of 2019
BNP Paribas sees LCR drop 11.6 percentage points in H1 while Deutsche Bank’s climbs 7.3 percentage points
Over two years, UK G-Sibs levered up in contrast to EU peers
But UK CRR leverage ratios still higher than eurozone rivals
Asia Risk Awards 2019: The winners
The best of the best in Asia
Credit derivatives house of the year: Societe Generale
Asia Risk Awards 2019
Interest rate derivatives house of the year: Societe Generale
Asia Risk Awards 2019
Asia structured products house of the year: Societe Generale
Asia Risk Awards 2019
Credit risk grows share of big EU banks’ RWAs
Deutsche Bank leads the field, with credit RWAs increasing share of total by 294bp year-on-year
Risk density of US systemic banks trumps that of EU peers
Ratio of RWAs to leverage exposures averages 44.7% at US G-Sibs
People moves: Deutsche hires new treasury unit head; markets role for Barclays’ Pecot; Penney leaves HSBC, and more
Latest job changes across the industry
Natixis hires Boleslawski to head equities
Long-standing SG trading head arrives at French rival
In liquidity buffer shake-up, Deutsche shuns cash
Central bank balances fall as share of liquidity buffer to 64% in Q2
Structured products – The ART of risk transfer
Exploring the risk thrown up by autocallables has created a new family of structured products, offering diversification to investors while allowing their manufacturers room to extend their portfolios, writes Manvir Nijhar, co-head of equities and equity…
Sefs stall, but more liquidity may be coming
The hoped-for competition among Sefs never was. But banks and prop traders might be facing off on swaps
EU banks increase systemic footprint
Values used for seven of 12 systemic risk indicators climb year-on-year
Natixis defers €120 million of trade profits in H1
French bank builds valuation reserve by 41% year-on-year
UK banks added OTC notionals in 2018 as EU peers cut back
Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, Standard Chartered increased notionals by almost €15 trillion
Big EU banks’ Level 3 assets up 25% in 2018
Hard-to-value assets rise €35 billion year-on-year
Deep hedging and the end of the Black-Scholes era
Quants are embracing the idea of ‘model free’ pricing and hedging
Restructure boosts SocGen’s capital and liquidity ratios
CET ratio hits 12%; LCR 134%