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15 Oct 2024
Peering into 2025: it could be bumpy!
Over recent years, policy makers and financial markets have been preoccupied with inflation. However, I suspect the...
Market Perspectives
Over recent years, policy makers and financial markets have been preoccupied with inflation. However, I suspect the emphasis will now switch to growth, or rather the lack of it in the United States (US). Just as the US Federal Reserve (Fed) committed a policy error in 2021 (by waiting too long to tighten), I fear it has committed the opposite error in 2024 by...
Peering into 2025: it could be bumpy!
14 Oct 2024
Forging a digitally empowered financial ecosystem: Euroclear’s vision for the future
Discover how Euroclear is pioneering a paradigm shift in financial services through data-driven innovation, strategic...
Market Perspectives
Discover how Euroclear is pioneering a paradigm shift in financial services through data-driven innovation, strategic partnerships and a client-centric mindset.
Forging a digitally empowered financial ecosystem: Euroclear’s vision for the future
20 Sep 2024
Active ETFs: Opportunism or opportunity?
Olivier Malteste, Director of Investments at Yomoni, shares with us his vision on the emergence and growth of active...
Market Perspectives
Olivier Malteste, Director of Investments at Yomoni, shares with us his vision on the emergence and growth of active ETFs.
Active ETFs: Opportunism or opportunity?
13 Sep 2024
The Shareholders' Rights Directive (SRD2) aims to promote electronic voting by retail clients
At present, the Shareholders’ Rights Directive (SRD2) has not been fully convincing: electronic retail voting at general...
Regulatory
At present, the Shareholders’ Rights Directive (SRD2) has not been fully convincing: electronic retail voting at general meetings (GAs) is still a long way off.
The Shareholders' Rights Directive (SRD2) aims to promote electronic voting by retail clients
13 Sep 2024
AIFMD II - the granting of loans by a fund
AIFMD II provides clarifications expected by Alternative Investment Fund Management (AIFM) managers regarding the AIFM...
Regulatory
AIFMD II provides clarifications expected by Alternative Investment Fund Management (AIFM) managers regarding the AIFM passport regime regulating the issuance of loans across the EU. The new Directive establishes common rules for the granting of loans, covering the management of conflicts of interest, credit risk management and risk diversification according...
AIFMD II - the granting of loans by a fund
02 Sep 2024
Sustainable investments challenges : the unlisted market’s answers
Is the quest for ESG strictly about marketing, or does it really have the potential to make a positive impact on the...
ESG/CSR
Is the quest for ESG strictly about marketing, or does it really have the potential to make a positive impact on the environment, business, fund performance, and the planet? Fouad Massabni, Head of ESG Commercial Offer at Societe Generale Securities Services, sheds light on these pressing questions and shares insights gathered through SGSS’ recent ESG survey....
Sustainable investments challenges : the unlisted market’s answers
02 Sep 2024
New challenges in the alternative investment world
Alternative investment fund management is experiencing a period of intense changes in line with macroeconomic...
Market Perspectives
Alternative investment fund management is experiencing a period of intense changes in line with macroeconomic developments, and this is affecting both private market fund structures and operating models.
New challenges in the alternative investment world
19 Jul 2024
Future-proofing technology in asset & wealth management
Manage tech debt to optimise scalable target operating models. How are leading firms approaching retiring legacy...
Technology
Manage tech debt to optimise scalable target operating models. How are leading firms approaching retiring legacy systems, adopting emerging tech, data management & governance whilst aligning controls & merging workflows? Franck BONTE, MD & CIO, Societe Generale Securities Services, explains.
Future-proofing technology in asset & wealth management
04 Jul 2024
Post-trade finds its feet with AI
Large Language Models and Generative AI are poised to transform the world of post-trade, enabling firms to enhance...
Technology
Large Language Models and Generative AI are poised to transform the world of post-trade, enabling firms to enhance client interactions and improve productivity. While AI will bring benefits for the industry, issues must be addressed on data quality, regulatory compliance, operational resilience, and the risk that vital workplace skills could be lost, as the...
Post-trade finds its feet with AI
28 Jun 2024
Private Debt: Private Market's "Petit Prince"
Julien Aïdan and Amandine Bozier, product experts at Societe Generale Securities Services, explain how private debt has...
Market Perspectives
Julien Aïdan and Amandine Bozier, product experts at Societe Generale Securities Services, explain how private debt has become the choice of the “prince” in the private market segment and present us with the challenges introduced by the regulatory environment that is strengthening on this asset class more popular among investors in a context of higher rates.
Private Debt: Private Market's "Petit Prince"
27 Jun 2024
How asset servicers are helping the funds industry transform itself
UK (and Global) asset managers are increasingly diversifying their investment strategies and actively targeting European...
Market Perspectives
UK (and Global) asset managers are increasingly diversifying their investment strategies and actively targeting European investors as they look to accelerate fundraising amid turbulent market conditions.
How asset servicers are helping the funds industry transform itself
13 Jun 2024
ESG Survey 2024 | Sustainable investment: time to converge
In 2021, Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) carried out a survey of key European asset management players,...
ESG/CSR
In 2021, Societe Generale Securities Services (SGSS) carried out a survey of key European asset management players, revealing a rapid transformation of investment models and operational difficulties. Three years having passed, a new series of interviews was conducted between January and March 2024. The goal was to review the progress made, the projects already...
ESG Survey 2024 | Sustainable investment: time to converge
13 Jun 2024
Post-Trade Integration: Shifting the Landscape
Post-trade has undergone significant changes in recent years and has undoubtedly become more dynamic. Digitalization,...
Market Perspectives
Post-trade has undergone significant changes in recent years and has undoubtedly become more dynamic. Digitalization, disruptive technologies & regulations are driving this change.
Post-Trade Integration: Shifting the Landscape
10 Jun 2024
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) at a glance
In 2024, a new directive will come into force – the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Signed on 21...
Regulatory
In 2024, a new directive will come into force – the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Signed on 21 June 2022 and approved by the European Parliament in November 2022, the CSRD is replacing the NFRD (Non-Financial Reporting Directive) to establish new non-financial reporting standards and obligations.
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) at a glance
03 Jun 2024
European fund industry optimistic that revised ELTIF2 will be a success
Hopes are rising among investment firms that a long-awaited second iteration of the European Long-Term Investment Fund...
Market Perspectives
Hopes are rising among investment firms that a long-awaited second iteration of the European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF2), which got the green light from regulators earlier this year will pull in more investor cash than the first version of the ELTIF launched in 2015. Michael Clifford, General Manager of Societe Generale Dublin Brach tells us more about...
European fund industry optimistic that revised ELTIF2 will be a success
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