Expert viewpoints

By Aaron Borg, Head of Battery, Mining & Industries for Australia, and Campbell Webster, Director, Energy+ Group for Australia & New Zealand, at Societe Generale

Fast-growing India provided the ideal setting for Societe Generale’s first Positive Impact Day of 2025, bringing together business leaders and industry experts to discuss India’s pivotal role in global decarbonisation.

Index funds, fee pressure, regulatory restrictions, time-poor fund managers…and now the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Investment research has been under pressure pretty much since the first one-page results note was published decades ago. Critics question both the value of the research itself and the sustainability of the business model behind it. Yet...

In a world where payments are becoming increasingly rapid and interconnected, banks must adapt to meet the challenges of improving existing systems and responding to the growing expectations of end customers by offering an optimal user experience.

Insights from Sébastien Lemaire, Head of ETF Research at Societe Generale.

Hatem Mustapha and Francisco Oliveira are co-heading Societe Generale Global Markets business. Together, they answered Christopher Whittall’s questions in an article published in International Financial Review (IFR) on 4 July 2025.

We are delighted to be participating to the upcoming SIBOS conference, the world’s premier financial services event organised by SWIFT, from 29 september to 2 October 2025 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Allan Baker, Head of Energy Transition, and Michael De Witte, Energy Finance & Advisory, at Societe Generale, dove into the key financial, legal, and operational considerations that CCS projects face across various markets in a webinar hosted by PFI.

We have heard a lot about the decarbonisation of the shipping industry and have concentrated our efforts on reducing emissions into the atmosphere, fuel efficiency and other measures.

The recent closing of the substantially merchant battery financing, Constantine, along with the Zenobe led-Eccles project have drawn attention to the development of the Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) asset class. These transactions highlight an increase in the number of financings in Europe, particularly in the UK.

By Yannick Ouaknine, Head of Sustainability Research at Bernstein, and Virgile Haddad, Sustainability Analyst at Bernstein.

Analysis from our experts, Etienne Hairy, Head of Leveraged Finance Europe, and Augustin Giard, Head of Leveraged Finance France at Societe Generale, who share their views on the global Leveraged Finance activity, highlighting the support that the Bank provides to its clients to help them capitalize on opportunities in this field.

By Sally Khoury, Head of credit transfer offer, and Christophe Grimberg, Request-to-Pay product manager

Verification of Payee: what will be the impact of this new security system on the processing of your payments?

Open Finance represents a new experimental ground, allowing clients to share their financial information with third parties in order to benefit from personalised services. Emmanuelle Choukroun, Deputy Head of Interbank Relationships, explores the stakes, opportunities and challenges associated with this transformation, as well as the impact of regulations on...

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) can be produced from renewable sources and has the potential to decarbonize aviation without major infrastructure changes. However, the market faces challenges. Societe Generale is actively supporting the emergence of the SAF ecosystem by advising developers on funding and participating in initiatives aimed at promoting...

We are proud to be an official sponsor of the 20th edition of EBAday, the annual summit for the leading payments and transaction banking executives, which will take place on 27 and 28 May, at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris.

Although expected and anticipated, the trade war that began in early 2025 has struck minds with its magnitude and numerous twists. As this uncertain context weighs on international trade, Emmanuelle Petelle, Deputy Head of Trade Services, assesses the stakes and challenges of Trade Finance for the coming months.