Société Générale

Trading Technologies taps Nick Garrow as EVP Multi-Asset & Buy Side

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Monday, April 25, 2022
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CHICAGO and LONDON, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions, announced that London-based industry veteran Nick Garrow has joined the firm today in the new position of EVP Multi-Asset & Buy Side. Garrow has more than 20 years of senior management experience in capital markets and prime brokerage, leading significant global technological and operational transformation of businesses ranging from a tier-1 bank, to brokerage and clearing firms, to an exchange and fintech company.

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  • Nick brings passion, vision, leadership, and tremendous talent and knowledge to this important management role."
  • In 2009, Garrow was promoted to Global Head of Electronic Trading Technology for Newedge, the multi-asset FCM created by the merger of Calyon Financial and FIMAT.
  • Trading Technologies ( www.tradingtechnologies.com ) creates professional trading software, infrastructure and data solutions for a wide variety of users, including proprietary traders, brokers, money managers, Commodity Trading Advisors(CTAs), hedge funds, commercial hedgers and risk managers.
  • In addition to providing access to the world's major international exchanges and liquidity venues via its TT trading platform, TT offers domain-specific technology for cryptocurrency trading and machine-learning tools for trade surveillance.

ALD: ACQUISITION OF LEASEPLAN BY ALD: SIGNING OF THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

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Friday, April 22, 2022
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ALD: ACQUISITION OF LEASEPLAN BY ALD: SIGNING OF THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

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  • ALD: ACQUISITION OF LEASEPLAN BY ALD: SIGNING OF THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
    Dissemination of a French Regulatory News, transmitted by EQS Group.
  • ACQUISITION OF LEASEPLAN BY ALD: SIGNING OF THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
    Following the announcement of the proposed acquisition by ALD of LeasePlan on 6 January 2022, Societe Generale and ALD announce another major milestone towards creating a leading global player in mobility with the signing of the framework agreement.
  • The signing by ALD of the framework agreement for the acquisition of 100% of LeasePlan on 22 April 2022 follows the completion of the process of information and consultation of the relevant works councils.
  • This framework agreement is a binding agreement which confirms the terms of the transaction as disclosed earlier this year [1] .

 Forester Strengthens Institutional Business Development Team with Two Senior Hires

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Thursday, April 14, 2022
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Forester Capital, an alternative investment platform, has strengthened its institutional business development team with the addition of industry veterans Julia Peter-Kerr and Jim McKenna, who will serve as managing directors.

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  • Forester Capital, an alternative investment platform, has strengthened its institutional business development team with the addition of industry veterans Julia Peter-Kerr and Jim McKenna, who will serve as managing directors.
  • Prior to joining Forester, Peter-Kerr, CFA, was a managing director at New Age Alpha, where she was responsible for institutional sales.
  • She was also a consultant for Mathesis, advising long-only and alternative asset managers on a broad range of business development and start-up activities.
  • McKenna joined Forester from Camden Asset Management, where he was director of investment solutions responsible for institutional fundraising.

Société Générale Joins the Saphyre Endeavor

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
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NEW YORK, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Saphyre, a fintech company using patent-approved AI technology to solve pre-trade setups and post-trade issues, announces that Societe Generale Global Markets division has joined the community of financial institutions using the Saphyre platform for new fund onboardings and maintenance.

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  • NEW YORK, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Saphyre, a fintech company using patent-approved AI technology to solve pre-trade setups and post-trade issues, announces that Societe Generale Global Markets division has joined the community of financial institutions using the Saphyre platform for new fund onboardings and maintenance.
  • Societe Generale has been collaborating with Saphyre on providing straight through processing of account setups to speed the time to market in order to provide immediate liquidity as well as seamless post-trade allocations and settlement.
  • The Saphyre platform reduces the time to set-up a new fund significantly, while also providing any updated data related to the fund.
  • Gabino Roche, CEO & Founder at Saphyre shared: "We are proud to have Societe Generale on the Saphyre endeavor.

PAXOS INTRODUCES THE PAXOS SETTLEMENT HUB FOR COMMODITIES MARKET PARTICIPANTS

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022
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This additional feature to the Paxos Settlement Service solution streamlines the settlement process to handle all settlements for market participants across gold, silver, platinum and palladium.

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  • This additional feature to the Paxos Settlement Service solution streamlines the settlement process to handle all settlements for market participants across gold, silver, platinum and palladium.
  • The Paxos Settlement Hub delivers efficient, cost-effective, safer settlement with full transparency on the movement of both metals and cash in a single user interface.
  • The Paxos Settlement Hub is now an all-encompassing network that offers streamlined settlement with the options of simultaneous settlement with other Paxos Settlement customers and safe settlement for trading counterparties that are not yet Paxos customers.
  • Anoushka Rayner, Paxos' Head of Commodities Growth, commented, "Settlement has always been a pain point causing significant risk for commodities market participants.

SOCIETE GENERALE MAKES LATAM APPOINTMENTS

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Monday, April 4, 2022
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NEW YORK and SAO PAULO, April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Societe Generale announces that Luiz Sainz, formerly Country Head of SG Brazil, has been appointed Head of Latin America, a position created to lead the bank's new strategic initiative for the region. 

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  • He left Societe Generale in 2000 and moved to Chicago to create and run CommonStream, a U.S. B2B electronic exchange company.
  • He was named Country Head for Societe Generale in Mexico in 2010, and subsequently was named Country Head for Societe Generale in Brazil in 2018.
  • She relocated to Amsterdam in 2006, leading Commodities and Trade Finance for Societe Generale in the CIS and Eastern Europe.
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Eneti Inc. Announces the Signing of Its $175 Million Multicurrency Credit Facility, Will Participate in a Conference Call With Bank of America Securities and Attend Citi Bank’s Global Energy, Utilities and Climate Technology Conference

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Monday, April 4, 2022
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On March 31, 2022, the Company signed its previously announced five year $175.0 million multicurrency credit facility (the Credit Facility) from DNB Capital LLC, Societe Generale, Citibank N.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Credit Industriel et Commercial.

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  • On March 31, 2022, the Company signed its previously announced five year $175.0 million multicurrency credit facility (the Credit Facility) from DNB Capital LLC, Societe Generale, Citibank N.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Credit Industriel et Commercial.
  • The Company will participate in the following investor events:
    On April 13, 2022, a conference call with Julien Dumoulin-Smith, Ken Hoexter and Paul Zimbardo from Bank of America Securities.
  • Eneti Inc. is focused on the offshore wind and marine-based renewable energy industry and has invested in the next generation of wind turbine installation vessels.
  • The words believe, expect, anticipate, estimate, intend, plan, targets, projects, likely, would, could and similar expressions or phrases may identify forward-looking statements.

Everstream Secures Over $1 Billion for Refinancing, Debt Capital Arrangement

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Friday, April 1, 2022
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Everstream , the business-only fiber network, has announced it has secured more than $1 billion in debt financing to refinance existing credit facilities and raise additional capital to continue funding network growth and densification across its 10-state footprint.

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  • Everstream , the business-only fiber network, has announced it has secured more than $1 billion in debt financing to refinance existing credit facilities and raise additional capital to continue funding network growth and densification across its 10-state footprint.
  • Everstream, which is majority owned by AMP Capital, is bringing high-capacity fiber connectivity to metro and rural areas across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic.
  • We are very pleased that the latest round of financing will support Everstream during its next phase of growth.
  • Through its Do What You Say You Will Do approach, Everstream is a valued partner dedicated to the success of business customers.

BlackSwan Technologies Wins Most Innovative Knowledge Graph Implementation at A-Team Innovation Awards 2022

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Thursday, March 24, 2022
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Cloud enterprise software leader BlackSwan Technologies has won the category for the Most Innovative Implementation of Knowledge Graph Technologies at the 2022 A-Team Insight Innovation Awards.

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  • Cloud enterprise software leader BlackSwan Technologies has won the category for the Most Innovative Implementation of Knowledge Graph Technologies at the 2022 A-Team Insight Innovation Awards.
  • The company was recognised for enabling financial institutions to harness the full potential of knowledge graph technology for expert-level decision making.
  • BlackSwan Technologies flagship product ELEMENT streamlines the construction of knowledge graph applications through the use of Knowledge Mesh an advanced implementation of the Data Fabric concept.
  • BlackSwan Technologies is reinventing enterprise software through Agile Intelligence for the Enterprise a fusion of data, artificial intelligence, and cloud technologies that provides unparalleled business value.

Hashdex Names Crypto ETP and ETF Leader Laurent Kssis Managing Director and Head of Europe

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022
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NEW YORK and RIO DE JANEIRO, March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hashdex, a leading global crypto-focused asset manager, today announced the appointment of Laurent Kssis as Managing Director and Head of Europe. Mr. Kssis will spearhead Hashdex's European expansion as part of the firm's ongoing efforts to help investors around the world better understand and gain a diversified exposure to the crypto asset class. To support the continental expansion, Hashdex continues to actively hire new members across London, Zurich, Paris, and Lisbon.

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  • NEW YORK and RIO DE JANEIRO, March 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hashdex , a leading global crypto-focused asset manager, today announced the appointment of Laurent Kssis as Managing Director and Head of Europe.
  • Mr. Kssis most recently served as Managing Director and Global Head of ETPs at Swiss issuer 21Shares, where he listed more than 25 crypto ETPs across several European regulated exchanges - which were world and European firsts.
  • In that time, Mr. Kssis actively contributed to the raise in assets under management from roughly $20 million to $1.75 billion.
  • In 2021, Hashdex introduced the world's first crypto ETFs, enabling over 250,000 investors to simply and securely add crypto to their portfolios.