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19 dic 2024
Success of the wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency trial by the Eurosystem with Societe Generale
At the request of the management company Ofi Invest AM and the insurer Generali France, Societe Generale participated,...
Tecnologia
At the request of the management company Ofi Invest AM and the insurer Generali France, Societe Generale participated, from April to November 2024, in the projects led by the Banque de France and the European Central Bank (ECB) concerning the use of a wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency (wCBDC), i.e. “exploratory” euro cash tokens, for the settlement of...
Success of the wholesale Central Bank Digital Currency trial by the Eurosystem with Societe Generale
06 dic 2024
The rise of Evergreen funds in Luxembourg’s private equity sector
The Private Equity sector has witnessed a shift towards Evergreen funds. According to the Association of the Luxembourg...
Prospettive di mercato
The Private Equity sector has witnessed a shift towards Evergreen funds. According to the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI), Private Equity funds in Luxembourg increased by 15% in 2023 with total assets under management of €800 billion (AUM) and the growth of Evergreen structures.
The rise of Evergreen funds in Luxembourg’s private equity sector
22 nov 2024
Publication of ESMA's final report on the transition to T+1 in the European Union
While ESMA's preliminary report published last March suggested a potential move to T+1, the final report, available...
Regolamentazione
While ESMA's preliminary report published last March suggested a potential move to T+1, the final report, available since November 18, 2024, leaves no room for the conditional. Not only is the move to T+1 in Europe now a fact, but it also even has a date (admittedly, this is only a proposal from the regulator; to become official, it will have to go through a...
Publication of ESMA's final report on the transition to T+1 in the European Union
22 nov 2024
ELTIF 2: Regulatory Technical Standards finally published in the Official Journal of the European Union
The European Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759 (the “Delegated Regulation”) containing the European...
Regolamentazione
The European Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/2759 (the “Delegated Regulation”) containing the European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) regulatory technical standards (RTS) has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 25 October 2024.
ELTIF 2: Regulatory Technical Standards finally published in the Official Journal of the European Union
12 nov 2024
2027 and the shift towards T+1 in Europe
Shortening the settlement cycle is a recurring process – veteran bankers will remember the arrival of D+5 in France in...
Regolamentazione
Shortening the settlement cycle is a recurring process – veteran bankers will remember the arrival of D+5 in France in the 1990s, replaced by D+3 and then T+2 in 2014. Such a shift is natural, and it follows the industry’s progress in automation, rationalization, and harmonization. So how is this new iteration such a big challenge?
2027 and the shift towards T+1 in Europe
23 ott 2024
How asset servicers are helping Middle East asset managers to internationalise their offerings and returns
Over the past two decades, the Middle East has emerged as a key regional hub for international fund management. This...
Prospettive di mercato
Over the past two decades, the Middle East has emerged as a key regional hub for international fund management. This transformation has been driven by sovereign wealth funds, high net worth individuals, family offices, and a burgeoning middle class with an increasing appetite for investment.
How asset servicers are helping Middle East asset managers to internationalise their offerings and returns
18 ott 2024
Be ready for cash payment ISO 20022 migration
The migration to ISO 20022 of the payment ecosystem continues to gain momentum worldwide.
Regolamentazione
The migration to ISO 20022 of the payment ecosystem continues to gain momentum worldwide.
Be ready for cash payment ISO 20022 migration
16 ott 2024
Assessing evergreen funds: an investor’s guide
Private markets investing has adapted to macroeconomic and business landscape developments, but how the asset class is...
Prospettive di mercato
Private markets investing has adapted to macroeconomic and business landscape developments, but how the asset class is accessed has remained relatively unchanged. Over two decades ago, Partners Group introduced an innovative approach to accessing private markets with the launch of an evergreen fund. Evergreens are perpetual capital funds that offer investors...
Assessing evergreen funds: an investor’s guide
16 ott 2024
Private markets: an asset class for all?
With private markets retaining its attractions for institutional investors, there is now a growing desire to widen its...
Prospettive di mercato
With private markets retaining its attractions for institutional investors, there is now a growing desire to widen its access to a broader array of investors. Now a $13 trillion asset class, having demonstrated 20% p.a. growth over the last 5 years (Mc Kinsey, June 2023), asset managers have recently encouraged private investors to consider this area of...
Private markets: an asset class for all?
16 ott 2024
Sustainable investment: time to converge
Early 2024, SGSS conducted a survey among key European asset management players. The goal was to review the progress...
Prospettive di mercato
Early 2024, SGSS conducted a survey among key European asset management players. The goal was to review the progress made, the projects already underway and the obstacles that remain for fund managers based in Europe’s main financial centres
Sustainable investment: time to converge
15 ott 2024
Broadening the path to low-carbon investing: a diversified approach to climate- focused equities
Investors with a climate focus must take a holistic view of the biggest environmental challenge of our time, because...
Prospettive di mercato
Investors with a climate focus must take a holistic view of the biggest environmental challenge of our time, because adapting to climate change is just one ingredient of business sustainability and return potential. Both also hinge on a company’s strategy and execution, the macroeconomic environment, and shifting cyclical and secular trends.
Broadening the path to low-carbon investing: a diversified approach to climate- focused equities
15 ott 2024
Peering into 2025: it could be bumpy!
Over recent years, policy makers and financial markets have been preoccupied with inflation. However, I suspect the...
Prospettive di mercato
Over recent years, policy makers and financial markets have been preoccupied with inflation. However, I suspect the emphasis will now switch to growth, or rather the lack of it in the United States (US). Just as the US Federal Reserve (Fed) committed a policy error in 2021 (by waiting too long to tighten), I fear it has committed the opposite error in 2024 by...
Peering into 2025: it could be bumpy!
14 ott 2024
Forging a digitally empowered financial ecosystem: Euroclear’s vision for the future
Discover how Euroclear is pioneering a paradigm shift in financial services through data-driven innovation, strategic...
Prospettive di mercato
Discover how Euroclear is pioneering a paradigm shift in financial services through data-driven innovation, strategic partnerships and a client-centric mindset.
Forging a digitally empowered financial ecosystem: Euroclear’s vision for the future
20 set 2024
Active ETFs: Opportunism or opportunity?
Olivier Malteste, Director of Investments at Yomoni, shares with us his vision on the emergence and growth of active...
Prospettive di mercato
Olivier Malteste, Director of Investments at Yomoni, shares with us his vision on the emergence and growth of active ETFs.
Active ETFs: Opportunism or opportunity?
13 set 2024
The Shareholders' Rights Directive (SRD2) aims to promote electronic voting by retail clients
At present, the Shareholders’ Rights Directive (SRD2) has not been fully convincing: electronic retail voting at general...
Regolamentazione
At present, the Shareholders’ Rights Directive (SRD2) has not been fully convincing: electronic retail voting at general meetings (GAs) is still a long way off.
The Shareholders' Rights Directive (SRD2) aims to promote electronic voting by retail clients
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SGSS' European Investor Summit 2023 Wrap-up video
SGSS' fourth edition of the European Investor Summit was held on 6 June 2023 in the Societe Generale towers in La...
Market Perspectives
SGSS' fourth edition of the European Investor Summit was held on 6 June 2023 in the Societe Generale towers in La Défense. The event gathered over 150 Asset Owners, Asset Managers and Financial professionals for one day of discussion around topics such as ESG, Private Markets, Liquid Alternatives, the future of Asset Management, etc.
SGSS' European Investor Summit 2023 Wrap-up video
SGSS, your partner for sustainable investments
The consideration of ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) criteria has become a key topic in finance and a major theme...
ESG/CSR
The consideration of ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) criteria has become a key topic in finance and a major theme for both asset managers and asset owners. In a complex regulatory framework (SFDR, Taxonomy, CSRD, etc.), SGSS supports you every step of the way in defining and implementing your ESG strategies.
SGSS, your partner for sustainable investments
Data: A key issue for execution performance
What is the cost of the data needed for accessing liquidity? What is the impact of data on the quality of management and...
Execution & Dealing Services (I-Deal)
What is the cost of the data needed for accessing liquidity? What is the impact of data on the quality of management and reporting? How does I-DEAL, SGSS' customisable dealing and execution outsourcing solution, enable asset managers optimise this cost? Vincent Borras, Deputy Head of Market Solutions, explains.
Data: A key issue for execution performance
Corporate Actions, do you speak 20022?
The ISO 20022 format has just been adopted for electronic data interchange between financial institutions for Corporate...
Regulatory
The ISO 20022 format has just been adopted for electronic data interchange between financial institutions for Corporate Actions. What is it about and why is this change necessary? Interview with Pierre Colladon, Senior Advisor Public Affairs and Regulation at Societe Generale Securities Services.
Corporate Actions, do you speak 20022?