Marktperspektiven

For the first time in history, the Romanian capital market has been included since September 21, 2020 in the Emerging Markets indices, according to the classification of the global index provider FTSE Russell.

Richard Roger, Head of the Issuer Services business line at Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS), presents his perspective on the current challenges with regards to the organisation of General Meetings of Shareholders.

Over the last few months, pandemic posed severe challenges to the financial sector and the securities niche could not be an exception. On the one hand, intermediaries have had to rely increasingly on technology, realizing investments to strengthen the digital channel and extract value from data.

SGSS Tunisia – which was established as the result of a collaboration between the global SGSS business line and Societe Generale's subsidiary in Tunisia, UIB – offers custody services to domestic and international clients.

Während des Lockdowns im Mai und Juni 2020 hat SGSS eine Umfrage bei einer repräsentativen Stichprobe von Vertretern der europäischen Investmentbranche durchgeführt.

The Indian investment professionals remain fairly confident that the future of the Indian financial markets look bright in the longer run.

The implementation of a single currency in Western Africa only seems a matter of time. But some hurdles still need to be taken to achieve the goal of an open and united economic environment encompassing infrastructures, taxes and jurisdictions.

In September 2018, Euroclear entered into initial discussions with the Paris Stock Exchange on the "transparency initiative" project.

Since their definition in 2009 and their revision in 2012, the implementation of the European Market Standards for Corporate Actions Processing has been a long road full of obstacles for the entire securities industry in Europe.

The first European regulation on alternative investment funds was introduced 8 years ago. Its positive effect is remarkable today. What should be expected in the near future in terms of liquidity and investor protection in this field? What about the role of custodians? And the arrival of green finance? Changes lie ahead.

The consolidation of the T2 / T2S platforms, which is part of a larger project called "Vision 2020", responds to a market manifesting an increasingly need to create synergies and harmonize the currently existing infrastructures within the Eurosystem.

Afrika erscheint den Managern nun als eine Region der Wahl, in der sie investieren, aber noch nicht um bei institutionellen Anlegern (Investmentfonds, Pensionsfonds, Versicherungsunternehmen) Kapital einzusammeln. Für wie lange noch?

After remaining at exceptionnally low levels for the past several years, implied volatility might be in the early stages of a transition that could take it to much higher levels across a range of products.

Blockchain technology has the potential to provide solutions to a market trend that warrants some attention: the growth of private markets. It’s time to take stock of the structure of the private market, so more people can have a share in it.