Société Générale

GTreasury Extends Global Banking API Connectivity Suite into APAC

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Monday, March 11, 2024
CFO, BNP Paribas, Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank, API, Risk management, Bank, DBS, Treasury, Citibank, OCBC, ICBC, Wells Fargo, UOB, Société Générale, ERPs, Goldman Sachs, PNC, Barclays, HSBC, Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase

SYDNEY, Australia, March 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GTreasury , a treasury, payments, and risk management software provider, today announced that its award-winning ClearConnect Gateway—an extensive, out-of-the-box global bank API connectivity suite—has launched new and instant data integrations with several global banking partners.

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  • SYDNEY, Australia, March 11, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GTreasury , a treasury, payments, and risk management software provider, today announced that its award-winning ClearConnect Gateway—an extensive, out-of-the-box global bank API connectivity suite—has launched new and instant data integrations with several global banking partners.
  • ClearConnect Gateway offers comprehensive bank connectivity and a real-time treasury experience to accelerate enterprises’ revenue and time-to-market goals.
  • “For our corporate customers in the APAC region, real-time account data connectivity into ClearConnect Gateway is a huge win,” said Vincent Casanova, Managing Director, APAC, GTreasury.
  • “The addition of several large banking institutions in the region into our API connectivity suite —with more on the way—will significantly streamline the daily workflows for treasury organizations partnered with these banks.

Lightsource bp Completes $348 Million Financing Package for Two Utility-Scale Solar Projects in Texas

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Finance, Alternative Energy, Energy, Environment, Professional Services, Project finance, Inflation, Lloyds Bank, Senior, Structured finance, Weather, Risk management, Lloyds Banking Group, Lightsource BP, Life, Climate, NatWest Group, AIB, Second Division, Electricity, NatWest, Société Générale, Allied Irish Banks, Renewable energy

This financing marked Societe Generale’s sixth transaction supporting Lightsource bp’s renewable energy projects in the USA.

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  • This financing marked Societe Generale’s sixth transaction supporting Lightsource bp’s renewable energy projects in the USA.
  • This financing marked ING’s fifth transaction supporting Lightsource bp’s renewable energy projects in the USA.
  • This financing marked Lloyds Bank’s third transaction supporting Lightsource bp’s renewable energy projects in the USA.
  • Lightsource bp currently operates three solar projects in Texas: 260MW Impact, 163MW Elm Branch and 153MW Briar Creek Solar.

Confluence former executive joins fintech Premialab

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Standard Chartered, USD, Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers, Investment, Merrill (company), Pension, AUM, Confluence, Citibank, MSCI, Goldman Sachs, Société Générale, Head, HSBC, BNP Paribas, Insurance, Asset management

LONDON, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Premialab, the financial data and analytics firm, announced today the appointment of James Carrington as Head of Client Engagement. Mr. Carrington, based in London, will spearhead global client engagement, leveraging over 10 years of experience in driving client engagement gained at Investment Metrics, Style Analytics, and most recently at Confluence, part of the Clearlake Capital Group portfolio. His primary focus will be on enabling faster tailor-made investment analytics delivery and data integration for Premialab's pension funds, foundations, endowments, and insurance clients.

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  • James Carrington, a former executive at Confluence, Investment Metrics, Style Analytics has joined fintech Premialab.
  • LONDON, Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Premialab, the financial data and analytics firm, announced today the appointment of James Carrington as Head of Client Engagement.
  • Adrien Geliot, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Premialab, said, "I am delighted to welcome James to the team.
  • Commenting on his appointment, James Carrington said, "I am delighted to have joined the Premialab team.

BNP Paribas Exane Grows Global Team with Five Senior US Analyst Appointments

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Banking, Asset Management, Professional Services, Finance, Cortex, Research, Haitong Securities, Wellington Management Company, Research fellow, UBS, University, Hamilton College, Health care, Musical composition, Mathematics, BNP Paribas, Software, MBA, CFA, LATAM, Analyst, JPMorgan Chase, Consumer, Société Générale, Jefferies, Partnership, University of Scranton, Household, London Business School, Accounting, Automation, University of York, Barclays, Institutional Investor, AllianceBernstein, Deutsche Bank, Brooklyn College, Internet of things, TMT, International finance, Canaccord Genuity, Rutgers University, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Partner (business rank), Drink, Credit, Security (finance)

Sam has been with BNP Paribas Exane for eight years, and previously based in London where he was the Sector Head for Telecom Research.

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  • Sam has been with BNP Paribas Exane for eight years, and previously based in London where he was the Sector Head for Telecom Research.
  • Prior to joining BNP Paribas Exane in 2015, he spent five years at Sanford Bernstein on the European telecom research team.
  • Today’s appointments deliver on this ambition and are also another step in building out our BNP Paribas Exane US Research.
  • In 2021 BNP Paribas acquired 100 percent of Exane following a successful 17-year partnership and in November 2022, BNP Paribas launched BNP Paribas Exane in the US.

EnfraGen Awarded Acquisition Deal of the Year by Project Finance International

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Monday, January 29, 2024
Environment, Finance, Other Energy, Utilities, Professional Services, Alternative Energy, Sustainability, Green Technology, Energy, General counsel, Wind, JPMorgan Chase, Partner, Partners Group, Société Générale, Scotiabank, SMBC, Acquisition, Intesa Sanpaolo, BNP Paribas, MUFG, Growth, Renewable energy

EnfraGen, LLC (“EnfraGen”) and its joint venture owners, Glenfarne Energy Transition, LLC (“Glenfarne”) and Partners Group, on behalf of its clients, today announced that its acquisition of 188-megawatts (“MW”) of renewable power from Celsia S.A. (symbol: CELSIA), was awarded the “Acquisition Deal of the Year” for the Americas by Project Finance International (“PFI”).

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  • EnfraGen, LLC (“EnfraGen”) and its joint venture owners, Glenfarne Energy Transition, LLC (“Glenfarne”) and Partners Group, on behalf of its clients, today announced that its acquisition of 188-megawatts (“MW”) of renewable power from Celsia S.A. (symbol: CELSIA), was awarded the “Acquisition Deal of the Year” for the Americas by Project Finance International (“PFI”).
  • “This award is a tribute to the EnfraGen team’s incredible determination, talent and expertise,” said Bryan Murphy, President and General Counsel of EnfraGen and Head of Power and General Counsel for Glenfarne Energy Transition.
  • The acquisition also incorporates the first wind and Costa Rican asset into EnfraGen’s portfolio.
  • As part of the refinancing EnfraGen drew approximately $300 MM of previously unused commitments.

Greenberg Traurig's Kemal Hawa to Moderate TMT World Congress Panel

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Monday, January 29, 2024
Cloud, Growth, LLP, TMT, Cloud computing, Société Générale, Head, Investment, Telecommunications, Data center, Data infrastructure

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Kemal Hawa, co-chair of the Digital Infrastructure, Data Center and Cloud Computing Group of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, will moderate a panel at TMT World Congress in London Jan. 31.

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  • Kemal Hawa, co-chair of the Digital Infrastructure, Data Center and Cloud Computing Group of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, will moderate a panel at TMT World Congress in London Jan. 31
    WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Kemal Hawa , co-chair of the Digital Infrastructure, Data Center and Cloud Computing Group of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP , will moderate a panel at TMT World Congress in London Jan. 31.
  • Hawa, a member of the firm's Washington, D.C., office , will moderate the panel "Financing Digital Infrastructure Leaders - Identifying Opportunities for Growth and Investment."
  • Panelists include Natalia Tsitoura, partner, capital solutions, Apollo; Jonathan Tweed, managing director, head of TMT finance, Societe Generale; and Philippe Vogeleer, global head of business development, Vodafone.
  • Hawa represents many of the world's largest private equity firms, infrastructure funds, real estate investors, and lenders across a broad range of transactions in the digital infrastructure sector domestically and internationally, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), investments, financing arrangements, joint ventures, and development projects.

BNP Paribas, Merrill Lynch and MSCI former executive joins fintech Premialab

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
Insurance, Standard Chartered, Lehman Brothers, Head, HSBC, Société Générale, Business development, Deutsche Bank, ENSAE, Index, BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs, USD, École polytechnique, Citibank, MSCI, AUM, Appetite, Pension, Security (finance)

LONDON and DUBAI, UAE, Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --  Premialab announces the appointment of Philippe Jacson as Head of Business Development in Asia & Middle East. Based in Dubai, Mr. Jacson will lead the business development in this key market segment. Before joining Premialab, Mr. Jacson served a wide range of institutional clients investment banking leadership roles including MSCI, Merril Lynch, and BNP Paribas.

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  • Based in Dubai, Mr. Jacson will lead the business development in this key market segment.
  • Before joining Premialab, Mr. Jacson served a wide range of institutional clients investment banking leadership roles including MSCI, Merril Lynch, and BNP Paribas.
  • Mr. Jacson has over 20 years' experience in equity derivatives and index investment solutions.
  • Mr. Jacson holds an enginereing degree from Ecole Polytechnique and ENSAE in Paris.

H2 Green Steel raises more than €4 billion in debt financing for the world's first large-scale green steel plant

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Monday, January 22, 2024
UniCredit, CO2, KfW, ING, AIP, Euler Hermes, Environment, Electricity, Documentation, European Commission, Siemens Financial Services, Société Générale, United States free-trade agreements, Swedish National Debt Office, Climate, Investment, Steelmaking, BNP Paribas, Steel, BofA Securities, European Investment Bank, KfW IPEX-Bank

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- H2 Green Steel signs definitive debt financing agreements for €4.2 billion in project financing and increases the previously announced equity raised by €300 million.

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  • STOCKHOLM, Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- H2 Green Steel signs definitive debt financing agreements for €4.2 billion in project financing and increases the previously announced equity raised by €300 million.
  • H2 Green Steel has now secured funding of close to €6.5 billion for the world's first large-scale green steel plant in Northern Sweden.
  • The construction of the flagship green steel plant in Boden, with integrated green hydrogen and green iron production, is well under way.
  • "H2 Green Steel is an excellent example of the kind of breakthrough projects that the EU Innovation Fund is supporting.

H2 Green Steel raises more than €4 billion in debt financing for the world's first large-scale green steel plant

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Monday, January 22, 2024
UniCredit, CO2, KfW, ING, AIP, Euler Hermes, Environment, Electricity, Documentation, European Commission, Siemens Financial Services, Société Générale, United States free-trade agreements, Swedish National Debt Office, Climate, Investment, Steelmaking, BNP Paribas, Steel, BofA Securities, European Investment Bank, KfW IPEX-Bank

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- H2 Green Steel signs definitive debt financing agreements for €4.2 billion in project financing and increases the previously announced equity raised by €300 million.

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  • STOCKHOLM, Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- H2 Green Steel signs definitive debt financing agreements for €4.2 billion in project financing and increases the previously announced equity raised by €300 million.
  • H2 Green Steel has now secured funding of close to €6.5 billion for the world's first large-scale green steel plant in Northern Sweden.
  • The construction of the flagship green steel plant in Boden, with integrated green hydrogen and green iron production, is well under way.
  • "H2 Green Steel is an excellent example of the kind of breakthrough projects that the EU Innovation Fund is supporting.

Catona Climate To Accelerate Growth of High-Impact Nature-Based Climate Solutions

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Thursday, January 18, 2024
Carbon, LOS, Forest Trends, NBS, Partnership, Meta, Ecosystem, Société Générale, Climate change, Veteran, Investment, Geography, Organization, Nature, Sonos, Renewable energy

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Dedicated to driving capital to nature and enabling a fair, equitable transition to a net-zero future, Catona Climate builds on years of experience bringing rigorous standards of quality to the carbon market — working with trusted partners on the ground and harnessing new technologies to develop the highest-impact nature-based carbon projects on Earth.

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  • "At this critical juncture, Catona Climate will accelerate the development of innovative carbon solutions and expand our global portfolio of high-quality nature-based projects, enabling organizations to cost-effectively achieve long-term climate commitments with maximum planet impact," shared CEO, Tate Mill.
  • Tailoring solutions to individual company needs is central to Catona Climate's business approach.
  • Similarly, Catona Climate is working with other forward-looking companies to drive climate action at scale including Deloitte, Societe Generale, Sonos, and more.
  • To learn more about Catona Climate's comprehensive carbon solutions, visit www.catona.com .