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Excellence for us is to constantly set the highest standards

Société Générale Securities Services offers a comprehensive range of high value added securities services for investors: banks, institutions, asset managers and hedge funds. The aim is always to strive for excellence and adapt the offering to suit individual needs, in a robust and technically innovative environment.

Our business: keeping our customers in the lead

We belong to one of the three international core businesses of the Société Générale group. For our customers, we cover the whole range of securities services on more than 60 markets around the world. In addition, we aim for the very highest quality in each of our activities:

  • Clearing, delivery and settlement
  • Securities back-office outsourcing services
  • Custody,  trustee, transfer agent, fund and portfolio administration
  • Management of stock option and employee shareholding plans

A key player in the securities industry

Our business line has experienced multilingual teams who exclusively handle institutional customers. We have a strategic presence on the main European financial market places. After 4 years of increased growth, 2007 will be remembered as the year when SGSS extended its international presence, while strongly reinforcing its activities, particularly in Europe. In 2006 we acquired the Securities Services business of UniCredit Group (No 2 in Italy). In 2007, SGSS continued its development by acquiring the Fund Administration activities of Pioneer Investments in Germany.

Our network is international

Present in main financial markets, we are number 3 in Europe for custody.

Our client base is extremely varied

  • Brokers and investment banks
  • Banks
  • Global custodians
  • Institutional investors
  • Corporates
  • Asset Managers
  • Alternative asset managers

The quality of our services is acknowledged by the main international agencies

  • Global custody - Paris : 'CU2+' (Fitch Ratings)
  • Trustee - Paris : 'TR2+' (Fitch Ratings)

Key figures*

  • More than 4 000 employees and a presence on main financial market places
  • EUR 2583 billion assets under custody
  • Around €444* billion assets under administration in Europe
  • Custody & trustee services for 2,934 funds* and the valuation of 5,122* funds
* Figures as of 30 December 2007

Rankings

-    Ranked 3rd European custodian and number 8th custodian worldwide (Source: Globalcustody.net)

-    Awarded « European Administrator of the year » by Funds Europe Magazine 2007

-    Awarded « Most innovative securities services provider-Europe » by Financial i magazine 2007

-    Number 1 in the Institutional Investors category and number 2 in the following categories: Fund Managers, Less than 1 billion dollars, Between 1 and 10 billion dollars, and in the Europe zone - 2006 annual survey of Global Custodian magazine

-    Ranked #1 Global Custodian by the Investment Managers and Institutional Investors and number 3 overall - R&M Consultants Survey 2006

-    Number 1 in France for online broker custody, with 28% market share (by orders, 2006)

-    Number 1 in France for Employee Savings Plans

-    Number 1 in France for the administration of stock option plans
 
-    Number 1 in France in electronic voting for CAC 40 company Annual General Meetings
 
-    Number 3 clearer on Nyse Euronext (including Portugal)

Our HR philosophy

Are you looking for an international environment in which to express your personality? We can give you the means to succeed and to fulfil yourself in a prestigious and constantly evolving company.