The newly added markets are Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Israel, South Africa and Turkey.
Through this expansion, the French bank will be able to offer direct electronic access on key developed and emerging EMEA markets to institutional investors, strengthening its overall execution platform.
Recently, Societe Generale has added Latin American and Asian markets, as part of extending its geographic coverage and to provide new technology and services.
With these additions, the bank is now offering direct electronic access on 44 global exchanges including main developed and emerging EMEA markets (22 primary exchanges and the 5 largest MTFs), and major Asian and American exchanges.
Societe Generale said that with access to one of the largest liquidity pools in global equities (including market share on Euronext), the bank’s cash equity execution team offers global coverage across 65 markets, comprehensive liquidity solutions, advanced algorithms and an integrated execution product, which includes all equities, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and derivatives.
Quantitative Electronic Services (QES) provides advanced algorithmic trading, direct market access and direct capital access across world markets and is part of the bank’s integrated execution platform offering global program trading, ETF advisory and trading as well as sales trading.
QES offers clients access to 44 electronic exchanges in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific and via the Alpha-x crossing network and smart order routing capabilities such as MTF.
