A pioneer in equity & equity derivatives

Being present for many years across all major global financial centres, together with a tradition of innovation, gives us the ability to maintain our leading position. Our extensive product offering includes:

• Cash equity
• Futures and options
• Convertible bonds
• Listed products – ETF’s; warrants; certificates; ETN’s
• Financing services – 1 Delta; swaps; CFD’s; synthetic prime brokerage
• Exotic derivatives.

We are active in both primary and secondary markets as well as derivatives. We have access to 70 equity and derivatives markets around the world, and we are one of the largest players globally.

We quote 90% of the market capitalisation in the top 350 European stocks and we have been the #1 Broker on EuroNext for the last seven years.

We maintain over 5% of market share in the major global markets of New York, London, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Madrid and Milan, to name but a few.

In listed products we are the world’s largest warrants issuer and one of the industry leaders in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs).

We combine expertise in equity and flow products, financial engineering, execution and alpha-generating research, relevant to all clients wherever they are based.

The breadth of our product capabilities and the innovative approach we take with our clients allow our clients to seize new market opportunities as they arise.

Throughout 2009 the bank continued to receive accolades in equity derivatives:

• Equity Derivatives House of the Year - Risk magazine
• Most Innovative Bank for Equity Derivatives - The Banker
• Equity Derivatives House of the Year - Euromoney
• Equity Derivatives Provider of the Year in Europe and Asia - Global Finance
• Equity Derivatives House of the Year - AsiaRisk
• Best Equity Derivatives House - The Asset (Asia)
• LATAM House of the Year - Structured Products
• #1 in Equity Derivatives - Risk Institutional End-Users Rankings
• #1 Overall Equity - Risk Interdealer Rankings
• Best Covered Warrant Provider 2009 - Shares Magazine
• Covered Warrant Provider of the Year - Financial Times & Investors Chronicle Awards
• Asset Manager of the Year – ETFs  - AsianInvestor  (Lyxor AM)
• Best Global ETF provider -  MultiRatings.com (Lyxor AM)

Related website:

www.execution.socgen.com: Société Générale Execution Services