“The problem is not the way that European banks are managed, it’s Europe”
“We are much more open than before to partnerships and technological agreements with other banks”
Partnerships are the way forward according to Frédéric Oudéa, chief executive of Societe Generale
“As an ECM professional would I want a huge market-leading trading platform? Yes absolutely, in that there is no downside to it. But when you look at it rationally from the view of what you need to deliver a certain product today, then I think you can do without some things”
“There may have been situations where private companies have raised large amounts of capital quite quickly almost on the basis of reputation, with very little information delivered to investors”