Expert view points

Few financial innovations have caught the public imagination like cryptocurrencies. When Bitcoin was born out of the turmoil of the global financial crisis in 2009 it seemed rather mundane: an electronic peer-to-peer cash system, launched via an academic white paper by an anonymous author Satoshi Nakamoto. Its price was $0.

Talk about headwinds: the paradox of the aviation sector is that few industries have worked so hard to reduce their environmental impact and yet have so much left to do.

Short-term green deposits are gaining traction as enterprises seek to make a lasting difference in the decarbonisation agenda

Natural catastrophes caused $190 billion of economic damage worldwide in 2020 , a sum that has risen a staggering 20-fold over the past 50 years.

With hydrogen central to governments’ plans for decarbonisation by 2050, there is plentiful capital available for commercially viable projects.

India’s energy transition will require the full support of the public and private sectors – and billions of dollars in investment. With the right frameworks now in place, India has momentum on its side.

In 2021, I had a few opportunities to speak in the press about financial inclusion, a topic that is important to me and that I would like to come back to by sharing three major convictions:

The $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Infrastructure bill) that was signed into law on November 15th, 2021, is intended to “make long overdue improvements for our nation’s ports, airports, rail, and roads, and grow the economy sustainably.” For Societe Generale, the approval of this massive agenda means a once in a lifetime opportunity to put...

By Cécile Camilli, Global Head of Development & Structured Export Finance

The shift to cleaner technologies is an opportunity for countries and companies in Southeast Asia to work together to deliver a positive impact for the entire region.

Is China still a good place in which to invest? This is a question that many multinational companies and foreign portfolio investors have been asking themselves during the past couple of years.

David Getzler, head of Equity Capital Markets for Societe Generale Americas, looks back at a fascinating year in Equity new issue markets in 2021, and offers his thoughts on what we might expect in 2022.

Tokyo and Japan’s regional cities are among the most promising markets in Asia and international investors are once again actively seeking to increase their commitments.

Long-term financing is helping the continent create more sustainable services and build cities to combat climate change

An agreement spearheaded by a coalition of major banks is helping to put the world’s commercial maritime fleets on a more sustainable footing

Who would be an energy minister? Fuel and gas prices are soaring, smaller suppliers are going bankrupt and the political opposition claims people will freeze to death during a winter of power cuts.

Last year, at Sibos 2020, Societe Generale Global Transaction Banking's experts talked about the irresistible rise in central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). One year later, the interest shown by central banks in this area has not waned, but many questions remain unanswered.