Certifications and awards

Certifications

Société Générale Securities Services is ranked among the world’s leading custodians and has undertaken a pragmatic approach to the deployment of the SAS 70 norm within its different business lines and offices
Certified ISO 9001 version 2000 in France for Employee Savings Plans

Rankings

Awarded “Securities Services Provider, Europe” by Financial-i magazine (Leaders of Innovation Awards 2009)
Awarded “Regional Sub-Custodian of the year for South Europe” (ICFA European Custody and Fund Administration Awards 2009)
Rated seven times in the Global Custodian’s annual Agent Banks in Major Markets Survey 2009
#2 Pan European clearer on NYSE - Euronext in 2009
Rated top custodian “Europe” and “Institutional investor” (Global Custodian Magazine 2009)
Awarded special commendation in the “European Custodian of the year” and “European Administrator of the year” categories (Funds Europe Awards 2008)
Rated top securities services provider in Europe and for Institutional Investors and received “Top ratings” in the “$1-10 billion” and the “Fund Manager” categories (Global Custodian’s Global Custody Survey 2008)
Awarded “European Broker/Dealer Custody & Clearing provider of the year” (ICFA European Custody and Fund Administration Awards 2008)
Rated six times in the Global Custodian’s annual Agent Banks in Major Markets Survey 2008
Top-ranked for the Institutional Investor category and #2 for four others; Fund Managers, Europe, Less than $1 billion, Between $1 - $10 billion dollars (Global Custodian magazine's annual global survey 2007)
Ranked #1 Global Custodian by Investment Managers and Institutional Investors and #3 overall (R and M Consultants Survey 2006)
#1 in France for the administration of stock option plans
#1 in France in electronic vote for CAC 40 companies General Meetings
#1 in France for Employee Savings Plans, (a joint venture between Société Générale, BNPP, HSBC and AXA): Savings plans administered for 14,415 companies and 1,570,962 employees (13,60% market share)