Societe Generale Cross Asset Research achieves top rankings in the 2014 Thomson Reuters Extel Europe and Euromoney surveys

Thomson Reuters Extel Survey 2014

Societe Generale Cross Asset Research teams and analysts achieved top rankings in the 2014 Thomson Reuters
Extel Europe Survey once again, based on votes by Institutional Investors.

Societe Generale regained its rank of No.1 macro house this year (versus n°3 last year) and for the seventh
consecutive year, both Multi Asset and Global Strategy Research were ranked No.1. As for Equity Research,
twelve sectorial teams have been named in the Top 10 of their category (eleven in 2013) and two in the Top 5
(Food 3rd and Oil services 5th)

In the ranking of individual analysts, Albert Edwards ranks No. 1 in Global Strategy for the seventh consecutive
year (and number one rated team across all sectors); Andrew Lapthorne ranks No.1 in Quantitative Research
for the sixth consecutive year; Alain Bokobza has retained the No.1 position in Multi Asset Research and No. 1
for Country Research for France for the third consecutive year and Michala Marcussen has been ranked No. 2
for Global Economics.

A breakdown of the Thomson Reuters Extel Europe Survey 2014 results is as follows:

  • #1 Global Strategy for the seventh consecutive year
  • # 1 Multi Asset Research for the seventh consecutive year
  • # 1 Quantitative/Database Research (No. 2 in 2013)
  • # 1 Index Analysis (No.2 in 2013)
  • # 1 Global Economics (no. 3 in 2013)
  • # 1 Country Research for France for the third consecutive year
  • # 2 SRI Research. (#4 in 2013)

Euromoney Fixed Income Research Survey 2014

Societe Generale Cross Asset Research also achieved positive rankings in the 2014 Euromoney Fixed Income
Research survey. For the fifth consecutive year it is ranked No.1 for Overall Credit Strategy by Investors.

A breakdown of the Euromoney Fixed Income Investors Survey results by category is as follows:

General categories:

  • #1 Overall Credit Strategy for the fifth consecutive year
  • #1 Overall Trade Ideas for the fourth consecutive year

Fixed Income categories (among 15 categories overall):

  • #1 Sovereigns for the third consecutive year
  • #1 Banks for the first time
  • #1 Non-Bank Financial Institutions for the sixth consecutive year
  • # 2 TMT for the sixth consecutive year
  • # 2 Consumer Products & Retail

Finally, Societe Generale Cross Asset Research achieved top positions in other categories:

  • #2 High Yield
  • #3 General Industries
  • #3 Emerging Markets Sovereigns
  • #4 Supranational & Agencies
  • #4 Utilities

These prestigious accolades demonstrate the long term efforts by the bank to offer its clients high quality
research, in order to help them in their strategic investment decisions.