NEW YORK, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Societe Generale Corporate & Investment
Banking announces today it has added two key professionals to its U.S.
Financial Institutions Group as the firm continues to increase its presence in
this sector.
The firm has hired Alfred Capra as a Managing Director responsible for
covering clients in the American insurance sector. Mr. Capra has been a
highly regarded equity research analyst for the past 13 years, most recently
with Oppenheimer & Co, Inc. where he was their senior equity research analyst
covering the insurance sector.
The firm also has appointed Scott Friedman as a Managing Director,
covering banking and finance within the Group. In his new role, Mr. Friedman
will be responsible for expanding the firm's presence in the mid-size segments
of the banking & finance markets. Mr. Friedman was previously a Director
working within the firm's Securitization Group, where he specialized in
originating, structuring and executing securitization transactions for issuers
of credit cards, auto receivables and insurance premiums. Prior to this, Mr.
Friedman was an analyst with Standard & Poor's.
Both Mr. Capra and Mr. Friedman are based in New York and report to the
Head of the U.S. Financial Institutions Group, Thomas Mann
"These two important additions to our group come with relevant expertise
and deep industry knowledge" said Mann. "They will be immediately looking to
provide solutions to the often complex issues confronting our banking and
insurance clients, in particular for the provision of derivative ideas for
risk management challenges, structured products for portfolio management and
high net worth markets as well as providing capital growth and formation
products such as ABS, DCM and tax and debt advisory."
Societe Generale's Corporate & Investment Banking's Financial Institutions
Group leverages all of the firm's areas of expertise, including its core
strengths of derivatives, structured finance & euro capital markets to provide
its clients with tailored solutions.
Societe Generale
Societe Generale is one of the largest financial services groups in the
euro-zone. The Group employs more than 103,000 people worldwide in three key
businesses:
Retail Banking & Financial Services: Societe Generale serves more than 19
million individual customers worldwide.
Global Investment Management & Services: Societe Generale is one of the
largest banks in the euro-zone in terms of assets under custody (EUR 1,418
billion, December 2005) and under management (EUR 386 billion, December 2005).
Corporate & Investment Banking: Societe Generale ranks among the leading banks
worldwide in euro capital markets, derivatives and structured finance.
Societe Generale is included in the four major socially-responsible investment
indexes.
http://www.socgen.com
Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking
Present in over 45 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia, Societe
Generale Corporate & Investment Banking is a reference bank specialising in:
* Euro capital markets. A top ten player in debt and equity segments
(bonds, securitisations, syndicated loans, equity-linked and equity
issues).
* Derivatives. Among the world leaders in equity derivatives and in many
interest rate, credit, foreign exchange and commodities derivatives.
* Structured finance. A worldwide leader in export, project and structured
commodity finance.
Combining innovation and quality of execution, Societe Generale Corporate
& Investment Banking provides corporates, financial institutions and investors
with value-added integrated financial solutions. http://www.sgcib.com
SOURCE Societe Generale
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CONTACT:
SOCIETE GENERALE PRESS RELATIONS: Stephanie
Carson-Parker, 331 42 14 95 77,
stephanie.carson-parker@socgen.com, or SOCIETE GENERALE CORPORATE
& INVESTMENT BANKING: Jim Galvin, +1-212-278-7567,
jim.galvin@sgcib.com
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