Societe Generale's analysts rank high in latest Extel 2024 Europe Research Survey

Societe Generale is pleased to announce that we have achieved excellent results in the latest *Extel 2024 Europe Research Survey. Two of our analysts, Alain Bokobza, Head of Global Asset Allocation and Andy Lapthorne, Head of Quant Research, have been inducted into the Extel Hall of Fame for being consistently ranked #1 over the past 10 years.  

We also had strong results in a highly competitive year:

#1 in Index Research 
#2 in Multi-Asset Research
#4 in Quantitative Research 
#4 in Derivatives Research 
#9 in Equity Strategy

Our GRS analysts ranked in the top 5 of their categories:

#2 Andy Lapthorne (Quantitative research)
#2 Alain Bokobza (Multi-Asset research)
#2 Yohan Le Jalle (Index Research)
#4 Sandrine Ungari (Quantitative Research)
#4 Sebastien Lemaire (Index research)

While several anaysts made it to the top 10 within their categories:

#6 Laure Genet (Quantitative Research)
#6 Vincent Cassot (Derivatives Strategy)
#7 Yii Yih Liuu (Index Research)
#7 Jitesh Kumar (Derivatives Strategy)
#8 Laura Tossan (Index Research)
#9 Manish Kabra (Multi-Asset Research)
#10 Arthur van Slooten (Multi-Asset Research)

Meanwhile, Bernstein moves into the ‘Elite 8’ of European research firms and now has 28 sector teams ranked in the top 10 in Europe for sector coverage (up from 15 in 2023). This is the highest number of equity analyst teams featured in the survey since Bernstein’s European market entry in 2000. The Sustainability team jumped from 13th to 6th this year and the France Small and Mid-Cap Research team was ranked 3rd.

“These rankings are a clear reflection of Bernstein’s ambition to set the standard for quality research, augmented by the joint venture’s unique capability to deliver services at a scope and scale previously unavailable outside of the bulge bracket.”
 

- Stephane Loiseau, Deputy CEO of Bernstein

These exceptional results for both firms are testament to the strength of our client relationships and longstanding commitment to deliver best-in-class research and market-leading insights.

Congratulations to our experts for their continued efforts and thanks to our clients for their trust!

**Extel 2024 Europe Research Survey, formerly known as the Institutional Investor Research or II Research, is one of the most recognised brand providing annual rankings of the best sell-side researchers in a dozen countries and regions with over 24,000 buyside participants.