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SocGen plans €4.8bn capital-raising

Société Générale has unveiled a €4.8bn capital-raising to repay state support and pursue acquisitions

SocGen reshuffle ahead of foreign push

Bernardo Sanchez Incera, former chief executive of the supermarket chain Monoprix, has been drafted in to spearhead the group’s inter­national growth

SocGen gears up to reinvent itself after crisis

Société Générale is initiating a programme to reinvent itself in the wake of the financial crisis, with tighter cost and risk controls and a shift from risky trading towards private banking

SocGen bankers quit to launch hedge fund

Senior investment bankers, who left Société Générale in the wake of a crackdown on bonuses, are starting a hedge fund with backing from an American private equity fund

Saudi opens doors to Barclays and SocGen

Barclays and Société Générale were granted investment banking licences for Saudi Arabia, becoming the latest international banks looking to tap into the Arab world’s largest economy

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