Innovation of the Year, Asia: Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking
Our 2011 Innovation of the Year, Asia award goes to Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) for a structured swap deal with a major South Korean institutional investor.
The deal is based on the bank's proprietary commodity alpha strategy – SGI Smart Market Neutral Commodity Index (SGI SMN) with added bespoke structuring, which created a unique solution for the client.
The deal beat some stiff competition, says Chris Lee, SG CIB's head of Asia commodities investors business
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