The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), created in May 2010, carried out a bond issue on 25 January for Ireland in which Société Générale was joint bookrunner.

The ending of the crisis in the financial sector is a prerequisite to any sustainable economic recovery.

Central banks emerged from a long development phase with the responsibility of implementing monetary policy. The crisis has shown...

The global economic recovery, which began in 2009 and was confirmed in 2010, is set to continue into 2011.

Economic growth nearly four times that of France in H1 2010. The lowest unemployment rate in 18 years. Germany is turning heads.

The only alternative today to pricing oil in dollars is to price it in euros. However, such a switch would in itself have a negligible impact. The real issues to consider are the currency policies of major oil exporters and major oil importers.

Didier Valet, Chief Executive Officer of Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB), returns to the subject of adapting the Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) model within the Group.

How do you explain the exaggerated accumulation of debt by developed economies, especially between 2000 and 2009?

Payment defaults, SIFIs, non-residents, ratings agencies, etc. – some of the many technical terms relating to the sovereign debt crisis and which merit an explanation. We provide some definitions.

Slovakia became the 16th member of the euro zone on January 1st. Jaromir Chabr, the Chief executive officer and Chairman of the board...