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Societe Generale Launches Web site for U.S. Structured Products

Published September 30, 2008 10:52 AM EDT 1 Min Read

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking, has launched a new
structured investment products Web site dedicated to U.S. markets.

The Web sites address is: www.sg-structuredproducts.com. This new Web site focuses on education and has been created to serve as a reference center offering information about structured investment products. It is designed as a source of information for both distributors, institutional and qualified individual investors who wish to stay informed of new developments in this rapidly evolving area of investing.

Site includes dynamic payoff illustrations, secondary market metrics, and dedicated new issue pages to highlight current products and underlying innovations.

According to the Structured Products Association, structured investment products have become the fastest growing asset class in the U.S., with issuance having quadrupled in the last five years reaching $120 billion in 2007, according to SocGen.

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