Our main entities in Asia Pacific
Société Générale in Asia Pacific is represented by:
Société Générale Asset Management, subsidiary of the Société Générale Group, has €262bn of assets under management as at June 30, 2009.
SGAM Singapore is the management centre specialized in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) equities. It also plays a hub role for administrative support to other distribution centres, such as Hong Kong and Australia.
SGAM Hong Kong plays a key role as the Sales and Marketing centre, bringing to investors the best strategies available in SGAM Group.
SGAM Japan offers high value-added products and services to meet the varying needs of our diverse investors and clients, which include domestic and foreign public funds, public pensions, corporate pensions, financial institutions and individual investors. Thanks to the Group’s network, SGAM Japan has developed capabilities to provide investors worldwide with outstanding products, with a focus on Japanese equity products managed in Tokyo.
Backed by worldwide expertise and an extensive network in Asia Pacific, Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking has built prime corporate & investment banking operations in the region to become a leading regional player in capital markets, derivatives, and structured finance. Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) combines in Asia Pacific both global and local strengths to provide corporate clients, financial institutions and private investors with value-added integrated financial solutions. SG CIB currently employs more than 1,800 staff.
SG Private Banking (Asia-Pacific) caters to our Asian and International clients with two key offshore booking centres in Hong Kong and Singapore. In addition, our onshore booking centres in Japan and India are designed to handle domestic wealth management activities.
In addition to our four core booking centres, the Societe Generate Group also has various branches and subsidiary companies in all major countries across Asia providing customers with customised solutions to suit specific investment objectives.
Our regional presence was further enhanced by new banking licenses awarded by the local regulators to our Singapore and Hong Kong operations under Société Générale Bank and Trust (SGBT), a Luxembourg-registered bank which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Societe Générale Group.
SGBT operates under a universal banking license. Standard and Poor’s has assigned the same ratings to SGBT as for Societe Generate(AA- long term, A-1+ short term).
SG Private Banking’s dynamic and ever-improving structure in Asia reflects the Société Générale group’s commitment to the region. It not only heightens efficiency, but also helps SO Private Banking accelerate current and future developments in Asia.
SG Private Banking currently employs nearly 630 people in Hong-Kong, Singapore, India and Japan.
