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Our expert, Laurent Collinot, Product Manager, Cash Clearing Services at Societe Generale, shares his views in this short video "3 questions, 1 coffee".

Marie-Laure Gastellu, global head of trade finance and services at Societe Generale, speaks to James King about the outlook for supply chain finance in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the steps banks are taking to better serve their clients in a changing world.

Marie-Laure Gastellu, global head of trade finance and services at Societe Generale, discusses the development of green trade finance including efforts to develop globally recognised standards, as well as increasing customer demand for green trade finance solutions.

Jean-François Mazure, head of cash clearing and correspondent banking at Societe Generale, speaks to James King about the future of correspondent banking and the ways in which banks and new entrants are rethinking the traditional correspondent banking business model.

Jean-François Mazure, head of cash clearing and correspondent banking at Societe Generale, talks to James King about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the contemporary correspondent banking landscape.

Focus on Instant payment: The continuous Innovation journey of Societe Generale. Our expert, Frantz Teissedre, Head of Interbank Relationships, Societe Generale shares his views in this short video "3 questions, 1 coffee".

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While green bonds grab the news headlines for financing sustainable development in emerging economies, in fact they are a small part of the picture.

ETF is a financial instrument listed on the stock exchange that makes it possible to reproduce in real time the evolution of a stock market index.

A primary dealer bank is a bank that has been approved to trade securities with a national government.

Collateral management is a technique the bank uses to quickly identify what can be committed as collateral so that a transaction can be performed.

Hedge funds are flexible financial vehicles, able to position themselves in all classes of financial instruments.

In M&A transactions, banks act as an advisor, they can be on the buy-side (advising the buyer) or the sell-side (advising the seller).

Brokers act as intermediaries between investors wanting to buy or sell securities.

Mutual funds are investment vehicules that allow investors to pool their money together to invest in something.

A clearing house acts as an intermediary to facilitate a transaction between two parties.

Private equity includes the activities of investing funds in the capital of unlisted companies.

A PPP (Public-private partnership) is a a contract by which the public sectors enters into a business relationship with the private sector.

A bond is a fixed income investment in which an investor loans money to a company or a government.

It’s a bond issued on the financial markets in order to finance a project or activity with an environmental benefit.

The IPO (Initial Public Offering) is the process by which a private company makes its share available for trading on public markets.

Structured finance is the use of complex financial instruments.

A syndicate is an alliance of financial professionals formed in order to handle a complex and large transaction.

Derivatives are a type of contract between two parties which derives its value from the performance of an underlying entity.