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E-VAC Magnets, the North American subsidiary of Vacuumschmelze (VAC), is constructing a permanent magnets manufacturing facility in South Carolina to help boost US supply of EV infrastructure. Societe Generale acted as Mandated Lead Arranger and Hedge Provider in the $335m Project Financing for this first of its kind permanent magnets manufacturing plant in...

Societe Generale awarded both "APAC ESG Lender of the Year" and "North America ESG Lender of the Year" at the IJGlobal ESG Awards 2024

New projects using fuel cell technology that turn natural gas into electricity without combustion will help reduce carbon emissions while delivering reliable power in New Jersey and Connecticut.

Solar energy is the fastest-growing form of clean electricity in the US. The government instituted billions in incentives for US-manufactured solar hardware via the Inflation Reduction Act. Trina Solar, a global leader in solar photovoltaics, developing its first US manufacturing facility in Wilmer, Texas.

It would seem investors should welcome mandated climate-related disclosures made by US businesses. But the increasing number of rules across jurisdictions, all with different scopes and timelines, has made this difficult terrain to navigate for both investors and companies. The last few months have only added to this challenge.

Copper demand is on the rise, driven in large part by the global energy transition and the sustainable urbanization of emerging economies.

Despite global economic tensions and geopolitical risks, financial markets have been booming. What’s really driving this? For a Quant’s perspective, we spoke to Solomon Tadesse, Societe Generale’s Head of North American Quant Equity Research.

History can tell us a lot about how markets perform in the wake of monetary easing. In anticipation of rate cuts in the U.S., we talked with Solomon Tadesse, Head of North American Quant Equity Research at Societe Generale Americas, about how expected rate cuts from the Fed will impact US markets.

Over the last few years economies around the world were significantly impacted by the COVID pandemic, war and geopolitics that crimped trade and tied up supply lines. While these disruptions impacted most markets negatively, Latin America economies appear to have been an outlier, benefitting from the resulting boost in commodities prices and their own...