France

Austria I Belguim I France I Germany I Greece I Ireland I Italy I Luxembourg I Netherlands I Portugal I Spain I Switzerland I United Kingdom Although the turnaround at Crédit Agricole and its investment banking subsidiary Calyon has been impressive, the group remains the poor cousin of rivals BNP Paribas and Société Générale, both of which continue to go from strength to strength and between them carve up Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence in France.

Austria I Belguim I France I Germany I Greece I Ireland I Italy I Luxembourg I Netherlands I Portugal I Spain I Switzerland I United Kingdom

BEST BANK: Société Générale
BEST DEBT HOUSE: Société Générale
BEST EQUITY HOUSE: BNP Paribas
BEST M&A HOUSE: BNP Paribas


Although the turnaround at Crédit Agricole and its investment banking subsidiary Calyon has been impressive, the group remains the poor cousin of rivals BNP Paribas and Société Générale, both of which continue to go from strength to strength and between them carve up Euromoney’s Awards for Excellence in France.

French consumers have had to put up with unexceptional retail banking for many years but the impressive growth recorded recently at BNP Paribas and even more so at Société Générale is testament to the changing pace of developments.

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