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Cowen was taken over by the Societe Generale Securities Corporation, the French bank's New York investment bank, and renamed the SG Cowen Securities Corporation. Joseph M. Cohen, Cowen's chief executive became its chairman, and Curtis R. Welling, an investment banker from Societe Generale's New York office became president and chief executive. [23]
Fimat Banque or Fimat was a French financial services company and stock broker that operated between 1986 and 2008 when it was merged to form Newedge Group. Fimat was part of French bank Société Générale Group .
In 1984, the Banque Française Commerciale (BFC; the former Franco-Chinese Bank) restructured itself as a holding company.It established three legally and operationally distinct companies: Banque Française Commerciale en France Métropolitaine (BFC), with branches in France; BFCOI, with branches in Reunion, Mayotte and the Seychelles; and Banque Française Commerciale Antilles-Guyane (BFCAG ...
BPCE (for Banque Populaire Caisse d'Epargne) is a major French banking group formed by the 2009 merger of two major retail banking groups, Groupe Caisse d'Épargne and Groupe Banque Populaire. As of 2021, it was France's fourth-largest bank, the seventh largest in Europe, and the nineteenth in the world by total assets. [3]
It became a powerful and dynamic funding agent for major projects in France, Europe, North Africa and the world at large. As Napoleon III redeveloped Paris, the Crédit Mobilier speculated on real estate with inside information and collaborated with Baron Haussmann to develop neighborhoods such as rue de Rivoli, Opéra, and place de l'Etoile. [1]
After World War II (1939–1945) a law passed on 2 December 1945 redefined the regulatory framework governing the banking industry and decreed the nationalization of the Banque de France and the four leading French retail banks: Banque nationale pour le commerce et l'industrie (BNCI), CNEP, Crédit Lyonnais and Société Générale. [52]
The Société générale de crédit industriel et commercial was founded on 7 May 1859, mainly on the initiative of banker Armand Donon who was supported by the politically influential Duke of Morny, as a competitor to the Pereire brothers's Crédit Mobilier on the model of successful British depository banks such as the London and Westminster Bank.
Société Générale des Chemins de Fer Economiques (est. 1880 in France), later Chemins de fer et transport automobile; Société Générale de Touage et de Remorquage (est. 1898), later Touax; Société Générale d'Enterprises (SGE, est. 1899), later part of Vinci SA; Societé Générale des Voitures Automobiles Otto (est. 1900)